Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Doom (2016 video game)

Doom (2016 video game)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 13, 2024  by Gog the Mild (talk) 16:38, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

 Doom is a first-person shooter video game and a reboot of the Doom franchise released on May 13, 2016. Players take the role of an unnamed space marine who battles demonic forces within an energy-mining facility on Mars and in Hell. The game also has an online multiplayer mode and a level editor. Developer id Software and co-developers took eight years to make the game. Their "Doom 4" project was fully overhauled in 2011 to better replicate the tone of the 1993 original Doom. Bethesda Softworks published the 2016 Doom as the first major series installment following Doom 3 in 2004. Its single-player campaign, graphics, soundtrack, and gameplay received considerable praise, while its multiplayer mode drew significant criticism. Doom became a best-seller, with over two million PC copies sold by the next year. Multiple industry outlets named Doom among 2016's best video games. It received a sequel four years later.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Space Invaders seems to be the most recent video game-related subject, from January 26
 * Main editors: User:Vami IV
 * Promoted: February 4, 2024
 * Reasons for nomination: In honor of Vami IV's recent passing. I believe this FA was the most recent of their content work, although I can't verify because they've had the FA star on their user page long before its promotion. This blurb is mostly a paraphrase of the lead.
 * Support as nominator. Panini!  • 🥪 03:58, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Very sorry to hear about his death. Two video-game articles have already been scheduled and there's one more on the April rough-draft calendar already (and Doom just ran in December), so I can't run this in April, but if it's still around later in the year I'll be happy to run it. Or one of the other coords may get to it first. - Dank (push to talk) 05:04, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support for May 13, the game's anniversary. Rephrased the blurb to put the info most relevant to a general audience first. (There is a fair amount of lede-worthy content not currently in the article's lede...) I think the picture detracts from the blurb, or at least isn't high enough quality for the mainpage. Alternatives are the SVG logo (not in use in article though) or no image. czar  16:35, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Good call on the anniversary! Regarding the image, I found this image from the same event, where the image is less busy and the people are more visible against the background. Is this a good alternative? Panini!  • 🥪 04:36, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * (Forgot the ping)  Panini!  • 🥪 04:37, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * My take is that having no image is a better choice than any of the image options here, since these images aren't necessarily representative of the work itself. czar  01:27, 19 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Support for May 13 per Czar. &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:40, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support, and I have moved mine out of the way for May 13.--NØ 21:21, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support May 13, given that April 16 (what would be Vami's 25th birthday) is impractical. sawyer  * he/they *  talk  22:34, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support May 13 per above. Queen of Hearts (talk • stalk • she/they) 01:45, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support May 13, rest in peace Vami. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 02:27, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support for May 13 per above. -- Zoo  Blazer  18:29, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support May 13 per above. Rest in peace Vami. —  VAUGHAN J.   (t · c) 22:16, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Support for May 13 – Epicgenius (talk) 16:16, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Y'all are try to tell me something, ain't ya? Gog the Mild (talk) 18:19, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Coordinator comment: the blurb is too short, at 860 characters including spaces. It needs to be in the range 925 - 1,025. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:17, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It is an early example of 3D graphics in video games, and has enemies and objects as 2D images, a technique sometimes referred to as 2.5D graphics. I think you're thinking of the 1993 Doom, not the 2016 Doom. That part should be removed. Do you need an additional sentence? czar  12:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I've added a replacement sentence on the relationship with the original, which was a conspicuous absence. Should be over 925 now. czar  13:05, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Oops. Thanks . Gog the Mild (talk) 13:23, 28 March 2024 (UTC)