Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Wolfenstein 3D

Wolfenstein 3D

 * 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 5, 2017 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  15:38, 19 April 2017 (UTC)



Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software, published by Apogee Software and FormGen, and originally released on May 5, 1992, for MS-DOS. The player assumes the role of Allied spy William "B.J." Blazkowicz during World War II as he escapes from the Nazi German prison Castle Wolfenstein and carries out a series of crucial missions against the Nazis. Wolfenstein 3D was the second major release by id Software, and was released through Apogee in two sets of three episodes under the shareware model, in which the first episode is released for free to drive interest in purchasing the rest. An additional episode, Spear of Destiny, was released as a standalone retail title through FormGen. Wolfenstein 3D was a critical and commercial success, garnering numerous awards and selling over 200,000 copies by the end of 1993. The game popularized the first-person shooter genre, established standards of fast-paced action and technical prowess for many subsequent games in the genre, and showcased the viability of the shareware publishing model at the time.
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 * Promoted: February 7, 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: May 5 is the 25th anniversary of Wolfenstein 3D, the "grandfather" of first-person shooter video games
 * Support as nominator.  Pres N  21:33, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support. Major anniversary. No mention of contemporaneous reception or development process in hook? More important than Spear of Destiny, no? A little odd with the Carmack inset photo, might look to some as if he's a "first-person shooter" for those unfamiliar with the genre Eye close font awesome.svg czar  16:29, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Support iconic game Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:42, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Important anniversary. I think that the blurb would be better off without an image than that option though: it seems a bit obscure. Nick-D (talk) 01:20, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Support elevating this to the Main Page. Face-grin_expert.svg Armbrust The Homunculus 18:32, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment. Who is the photo of? If he is not named in the blurb, then we shouldn't be showing him. – The Bounder (talk) 22:28, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The photo is of lead developer John Carmack. And as far as I'm aware, TFAs frequently include pictures from the article (like this one) that are not explicitly named in the blurb. I'm not opposed to dropping it if that's what the current consensus is. -- Pres N  23:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I didn't think they were if it wasn't obvious - and this is far from obvious (although I don't know the formal guidelines on the point). The image raises more questions than it provides answers and I don't think it helps explain the topic at all. Aside from that, it's a great article, in good shape and the date would be a good one on which to run it. All the best, The Bounder (talk) 07:42, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd support the photo only if his name and function is in the blurb, because it's not obvious. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:24, 18 April 2017 (UTC)