Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by Grand Theft Auto V/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 Giants2008 23:07, 1 September 2014.

List of accolades received by Grand Theft Auto V

 * Nominator(s): CR 4 ZE  (t &bull; c) 02:20, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it meets all aspects of the FL criteria and comprehensively covers GTA V's many year-end accolades. I had a peer review open prior to this nomination that got no comments and went stale, so I can only assume that this list is good to go all the way. CR 4 ZE (t &bull; c) 02:20, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Support as nominator. CR 4 ZE (t &bull; c) 02:20, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Also support, as a major contributor. -- Rhain1999  (talk to me) 09:47, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Comments from Tezero
It's close. My concerns are only stylistic/organizational:
 * Keep consistent whether you link all instances of a publication or just the first one in the sources. For example, Metacritic uses the former style, and Destructoid the latter.
 * I'm concerned about the allocation of information into the third, fourth, and fifth paragraphs of the lead. Why is the Best Xbox Game accolade in the third paragraph but the Best British Game in the fifth? Why are some graphics/technical-related awards in the fifth and others in the fourth? I mean, maybe there's some hidden rationale I'm not seeing, but to me it looks kind of haphazard. Why not try an organizational style like this?
 * First paragraph as normal: anticipation and release.
 * Second paragraph as normal: reviews. (God, it sickens me to even look at this because I dislike Western open-world games and the general "we're so edgy and jackass-ish" GTA style so much, but whatever. Most people don't.)
 * Third paragraph: All awards for the game in general, whether among all games or among all Xbox 360 or British games.
 * Fourth paragraph: All awards for specific aspects of the product.

Tezero (talk) 18:26, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * "GameTrailers' Game of the Year Awards ... Top Three" - Ambiguous. Were they unable to decide beyond their three favorites, is it traditional that they only narrow it down to three, or did it only make it up to the top three before being knocked out? You might want to include a footnote to elaborate on which of the first two it is, or if it's the third, just say "3rd Place" or something. "Top Three" in that context makes me cringe like I do when my dad touts UIUC as having a "top 3" Computer Science program (he contrasts this with "just" having a Top 5 one) when it is unequivocally in third place.
 * Okay, I think I've taken care of everything. Take a look and bask in the glory of the world's greatest Western open world game. CR 4 ZE  (t &bull; c) 02:18, 7 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't like your attitude, so I'm oppo- Nah, just kidding. Support. Great job; maybe I should try this game sometime. (I actually have the GTA collection from Steam, although I've only played a couple hours each of GTAIV and San Andreas and haven't touched the rest. This one wasn't included.) Tezero (talk) 02:43, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
 * As if you weren't hooked after San Andreas. Go pick up GTA V when it finds its way into Steam's discount bin and I very much doubt you'll regret it. Thanks for the support. CR 4 ZE  (t &bull; c) 03:50, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

If it was same awards ceremony it's fine. Made a few fixes on ref formatting and changing some sources. Good Games most memorable moment according to the source was "Looking out over Los Santos as Trevor" not Friends reunited mission so please change that.
 * I can now Support this list. Good job! Cowlibob (talk) 08:56, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Comments from SNUGGUMS
Looking pretty good so far, here's my 2¢: Not much to do here.  Snuggums ( talk  /  edits ) 17:22, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * "scheduled to be released in Q3/Q4 2014"..... just say late 2014 for simplicity sake
 * "Two characters, Trevor Philips and Lamar Davis, received numerous nominations for Best Character, and Lamar won such an award from Giant Bomb"..... I think multiple nominations would be better, and try with Giant Bomb deeming Lamar the game's best character
 * For some of the awards this didn't win, maybe include in the lead who the winners were.
 * Metacritic should not be italicized (it's a website)
 * IGN should not be italicized either (same reasons as Metacritic)
 * Digital Spy should also not be italicized for previously stated reasons
 * Publisher for The Daily Telegraph is Telegraph Media Group
 * Game Revolution owner/publisher is Net Revolution
 * Publisher for Wired (magazine) and Ars Technica is Advance Publications
 * GameSpot and Giant Bomb are owned by CBS Interactive
 * Publisher for The Escapist (magazine) is Defy Media
 * Publisher for Entertainment Weekly and Time (magazine) is Time Inc.
 * Publisher for Electronic Gaming Monthly is EGM Media
 * I think you meant to link to Polygon (website), and publisher is Vox Media
 * Thanks, I've tended to everything here. Metacritic/IGN etc. are italicised by default because they're using the work= field. I'm not aware of any policy that says they can't be italicised, and I'd rather keep it consistent with other video game websites like Polygon and Edge, which are normally italicised. CR 4 ZE  (t &bull; c) 12:46, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. I now support this for FL. For the record, a way to un-italicize terms would be by putting them in "publisher field". For example: "publisher=Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation".  Snuggums ( talk  /  edits ) 15:43, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Comments from PresN

 * "the Spike VGX"? Shouldn't that be "the Spike VGX Awards"?
 * Link Inside Gaming Awards, since you do in the table
 * The Platinum PlayStation Award is given out by Sony entirely based on sales- it's like an album being certified Platinum, except it's only for PlayStation games. Your call if you want to mention that.
 * "from Spike VGX" - well, you dropped the "the" this time, so be consistent
 * When sorting by result, some of the places (fourth, fifth, eighth) are sorting below nominated
 * Yeah... you can't just link the first instance of a term in a sortable table. You will need to link each instance of Spike VGX 2013, etc. - the one you linked may or may not be first in the table anymore once you sort on a column.
 * You have the award for "GamesRadar's Game of the year 2013" down as "Game of the YEar"
 * Sorting for recipient is messed up- the songs are sorting by ", and names are sorting by first name instead of last. To solve: put the songs down as "song name" and the people down as first last
 * If a source doesn't have a specific author you leave the field out, rather than putting "GameSpot staff" or "Staff" etc. - it's taken as given.
 * Snuggums missed one - GamesRadar is published by Future plc
 * Slant Magazine, as an online magazine, should be italicized in references- stick in "work=".
 * -- Pres N  23:25, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * , I think I've taken care of everything. Please take a look. CR 4 ZE  (t &bull; c) 14:41, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Support -- Pres N  17:31, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

@/, I think I've tended to most of your points but I'll be back later to do more. Let me know if there's any problems with my changes insofar. CR 4 ZE (t &bull; c) 12:48, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Source review by Tezero
Spotchecks: Tezero (talk) 04:08, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 18. Canada.com should be linked in the source
 * 23./67. Same with Edge
 * 9. good, but you could probably get as specific as $817 million
 * 17. good
 * 20. good
 * 13. good
 * All done. Canada.com redirects to Postmedia News, which is already linked in the publisher field. Do you think it needs linking anyway? CR 4 ZE  (t &bull; c) 08:22, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I know you're probably busy playing the world's greatest sandbox game, but please look at my changes when you have a moment. CR 4 ZE  (t &bull; c) 13:57, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hadn't noticed that about Postmedia; that's fine. Continue to support; source review passes. And yes, I've had a great time with Terraria; thanks for asking! :D Tezero (talk) 15:06, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Giants2008 ( Talk ) 23:45, 1 September 2014 (UTC)


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