Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Metal Gear media/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 00:35, 30 May 2009.

List of Metal Gear media

 * Nominator(s): TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it meets the featured list criteria. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 19:48, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Comments: Just a few comments on the games section:
 * Is it nesseccary to list the country after the system release. Per style of the other featured lists this isnt done
 * Fixed. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 03:28, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There are duplicate listings for platforms under system release, eg. For Metal Gear PlayStation 2 is listed twice on the system release.
 * Fixed. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 03:34, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Shouldnt the MSX2 and NES entries for metal gear be merged because they are essensially the same game
 * The above being said it seems it would be more practical to merge the MSX2 and NES sections together.
 * Your missing the year and endash on many of the system release entries for games. Salavat (talk) 06:43, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 18:40, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


 * 1) I guess not, the original creator of the article based it on List of Castlevania media, which does have some country specifications.
 * 2) This is for showing the different country releases, again based on List of Castlevania media which has a few multiple systems entries.
 * 3/4) I know it seems weird, but the current listing is a compromise between the editors of the list. We couldn't agree to list the games by system/canon/type/etc. until we eventually settled on this. Series creator Hideo Kojima has been vocal about the NES version (which was changed significantly) and doesn't consider it to be a Metal Gear game, so we agreed that having them separated works well. Also, Snakes Revenge was developed after the NES version, while MG2: Solid Snake was developed following the MSX2 version. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 18:40, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Im still not a fan of the countries after the system release. The information like that would be served better in the notes or the main article for the game, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, gets first released once for the playstation 2 in 2005. I dont think the system release is meant to be overly detailed. Salavat (talk) 01:55, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, I removed the 'adjacent' year releases, but left up some of the further apart years (Metal Gear mobile phone 2004 and 2008), Family Computer/NES release countries, and releases only in one region. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 03:28, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Kool much less excessive, my comments seem to have been ressolved however i wont support until someone else ways in with a review on the rest of the article. Salavat (talk) 14:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Support. Alright after Dambomb's review and sticking to my word i believe i can confidently give my support to this article. Salavat (talk) 15:00, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Review by 
 * Lead
 * 'The games take place in a semi-fictional universe and the stories involve a special forces agent (Solid Snake in most games)' --> The games take place in a semi-fictional universe with stories that involve a special forces agent (Solid Snake in most games)
 * Fixed. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 22:41, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 'This game was popular enough to garner a sequel, again without Kojima's involvement, released outside of Japan.' --> This game earned enough popularity to garner a sequel, again without Kojima's involvement, released outside of Japan.
 * Fixed. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 22:41, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Music albums
 * I find it unnecessary to use the same source more than once to verify information about the same topic, I think just listing the source under the title will suffice or adding a row called Ref would help.
 * Fixed. Column called "Source" added. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 22:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * References
 * Per WP:ACCESS and reflist, it is recommended that only 2 columns be used because most browsers and pc's can't handle 3.
 * It's currently set to "colwidth=30em", should this still be changed to "2"? TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 22:48, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it's fine as is. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * All right, I'll leave it be then. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 23:22, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There is an inconsistency with the linking of publishers, either link all of them, link it on just the first occurrence, or don't link them at all.-- T ru  c o   22:28, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. The only one's left unlinked are those without Wikipedia articles. TH 1 RT 3 EN talk ♦ contribs 22:52, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Previous issues resolved; article now meets WP:WIAFL.-- T ru  c o   20:07, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
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