Talk:Rockstar Lincoln/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sparkl (talk · contribs) 20:40, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
Pass, see below.

B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Pass. The lead is a brief overview of the studio (no mention of the workplace incident though). Neutral terms such as "reported" are used.
Is it verifiable with no original research?
A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
Standard bibliography and reflist.

B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:
See below.

C. It contains no original research:
See below.

D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
Earwig finds nothing other than video game titles.
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
Addresses the history of the company in a fair manner.

B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
I'll give this a weak pass. Information such as pet fish and tanks, and where heads of the studio relocated are just there to provide context.
Is it neutral?
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
Nothing prominent. The workplace controversy is described as plainly as possible, and provides a response from the studio.
Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
No edit wars or content disputes present.
Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:
Rockstar Lincoln Logo.svg had valid threshold of originality tag.

B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
No images included, but that's fine.
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Opening comments

I will voluntarily dedicate my time into reviewing this article by this weekend or earlier. I am still in school though, but I will try my best to review it as soon as I can, copyediting as I go. This is also going to be by first ever GA review, so I apologize if some of my findings were out of place. Sparkl^talk 20:40, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

History

After Hewson shut down Hewson Consultants and co-founded 21st Century Entertainment in 1991, he met with Marsden in early 1992. Marsden and Cooke established Spidersoft on 5 May 1992. I'm a bit confused here. Did Hewson met with Marsden or did Cooke met with Marsden? I also suggest these sentences to be joined together.
Reworded this slightly. Marsden met with Hewson leading up to the formation but performed that formation with Cooke. IceWelder [✉] 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As the publisher increasingly focused on pinball games, the business became "formulaic" and Hewson lost his passion for it. Lost his passion for what?
Fixed. IceWelder [✉] 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In October 1999, it employed twenty-four development staff and was in the process of hiring fifteen people for quality assurance. Who employed twenty-four development staff?
Fixed. IceWelder [✉] 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Culture

I'm not sure if this is needed for GA, but the "Culture" section seems too short to be comprehensive. Consider merging it with the "History" section.
Done. IceWelder [✉] 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Games developed

No sources here, but that's fine as the games are sourced to themselves.

Sources

Noticing a lot of archived links here, but that's not too big of a deal.
This tends to happen with older topics. The sources are better dead and archived than completely gone. IceWelder [✉] 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There are some sources here that are made by contributors, but that's also not a big deal as long as it's an actual published news piece from a reputable site of fact-checking.
Modern labels on old sources can be misleading because old titles are often not carried over to newer systems. In the case you cite, Matt Martin was actually an editor for the site until 2013. The most recent site redesign was introduced this year and "Contributor" seems to be the fallback. IceWelder [✉] 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'll give the sources a pass. This is not mandatory, but I would like to receive an explaiantion of sources like these: [1], [2] since I'm wondering if these are primary and reputable.
This Is Lincolnshire was the website of the Lincolnshire Echo newspaper. The newer name is Lincolnshire Live.

The Tower of Pin was a long-running site for pinball game coverage largely authored by Sam Gabrielsson. It had a good reputation within that niche but I included it mostly because it was the only one with a more precise date for 21CE's demise. If you think the source is untenable, I'd be fine with removing it from the article. IceWelder [✉] 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spotchecks

I think this is how reviewers check for original research. I'll randomly pick sources to verify soon.

Ref 8: Y Trivial mention in newspaper, but Verified.
Ref 13: Y Verified
Ref 19: Y Verified
Ref 21: Y Verified.
Ref 22: Y Verified. Copyedited the workplace controversy.

Closing comments

Alright IceWelder, here is the review. Since this is my first time reviewing for GA status, I actually chose this article because it was short and simple, and looked really good even before reviewing it. The tables in the "Games developed" section are organized and formatted neatly. Once the small issues above have been addressed, I will pass the article. Sparkl^talk 22:57, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @Sparkl, great review! I have made some changes to the article that should satisfy your comments. I also left some replies above. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 09:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work IceWelder! All of your comments are very insightful. I am very happy to say that my first GA review will be a one that

passes. Sparkl^talk 11:44, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]