Talk:Mega Man 4/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: DustFormsWords (talk) 23:21, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I intend to commence a Good Article Review for this article. (I will also review Mega Man 6 for the benefit of consistency across reviews.) - DustFormsWords (talk) 23:21, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I intend to conduct a Good Article Review of this article. I will start by adding a framework listing the GA criteria, and then assess against each criteria. In all but the best and worst articles I expect to find at least minor ways that the article should be improved prior to getting the tick. It may take me anywhere from a couple of hours to several days to complete the initial review, depending on RL commitments. Each criterion will be marked with a red cross until I have assessed that the article meets or exceeds the criterion, at which time the cross will be changed to a green tick. When the initial review is complete I will let the nominator know via a message on his or her talk page. Thank you for your patience.

1. Well-written:

(a) the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;

Prose is now clear and concise, and spelling and grammar are correct.

• Resolved - "the game is widely regarded today to represent a downward shift in the overall quality of the series, particularly for its immediate sequels" - Sorry, I can't parse "particularly for its immediate sequels". Do you mean that Mega Man 4, 5 and 6 are all worse than 1, 2 and 3? Or that Mega Man 4 looks particularly bad because 5 and 6 are particularly good? Could you rewrite this sentence to make it clearer?
• Resolved - "Cossack states further that he will unleash his army of robots upon the world as a "test" for Light to see which of them is best" - Do you mean which of the robots is the best? Or which is best out of Cossack and Light? Please reword to make this clearer.
• Resolved - "A "Wire Adaptor" and a "Balloon Adaptor" are additionally available, which can aid the player in reaching areas not normally accessible." - Sorry, what are these, exactly? It sounds like they are upgrades for Rush. The next sentence talks about "these five power ups". You have only listed two adaptors; are you also counting the three modes for Rush? Please clarify this section.

(b) it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation;

The article complies with the manuals of style for lead sections, layout, words to watch, and fiction.

The manual of style for lists does not apply to this article.

2. Verifiable with no original research:

(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;

All sources appear in a dedicated and appropriately described section.

(b) reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);

All content is attributed to reliable sources through inline citations.

(c) it contains no original research.

There is no evidence of original research in this article.

3. Broad in its coverage:

(a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic;

The article mentions all topics that I would expect for an article of this sort.

• Resolved - Music/Soundtrack - I would typically expect a video game article to have some discussion of the game's composer and its soundtrack, especially as some of the critical reviews identify the music as a particularly bad aspect of the game.

(b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).

The article does not go into inappropriate detail.

4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.

   I am unaware of notable viewpoints that are not mentioned by this article.

5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.

   The article appears to be relatively stable and does not appear to be the subject of any unresolved dispute.

6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:

(a) media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content;

All images used in the article have excellent, comprehensive and appropriate licensing and tagging.

(b) media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

Images are relevant to the article and are appropriately captioned.

Overview - My initial review is complete. The article is strong and should be able to be promoted to GA over the course of this review. However, there are three issues under criterion 1a to address above, and one under criterion 3a. Please edit the article to fix these concerns, and leave a message on my talk page when you believe the article is ready for me to re-review it. If editing of the article has not commenced within seven days I will close the review as a fail; otherwise I will leave it open for so long as active improvement is occurring, until the GA criteria are met. - DustFormsWords (talk) 01:36, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Overview 2 - All my concerns above have been very swiftly addressed; the article now meets the GA criteria and I will promote it accordingly. - DustFormsWords (talk) 02:40, 1 March 2011 (UTC)