Talk:Wave Race: Blue Storm

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Cleanup

All right I'll explain where all my cleanup rationale comes from.

• The VG release template was used per three discussions and a consensus to use those instead of flags. See here, here, and here.
• The Overview was moved to the lead. It fit better there (lead is an overview of the article).
• The features section read like an advertisement. It gave me a vibe of POV and was unreferenced.
• The point ranking was integrated into the rest of the article so it would not take up as much space.
• The list of characters and list of levels is considered list cruft. Having a paragraph about the levels and characters is okay, but a complete list and description of every single player and level is only helpful for owners of the game and crosses the void into game guide information. I removed it, and would be happy to move it to strategy wiki. The exact quote from the VG style guide is "if the content only has value to people actually playing the game, it's unsuitable. Keep in mind that video game articles should be readable and interesting to non-gamers; remember the bigger picture."
• The See Also was trimmed due to the navbox
• The navbox was added for connivance.
• I tried to clean up some of the trivia by removing extraneous, unencyclopedic, and irrelevant facts.

There it is.--Clyde (talk) 19:45, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I think your rational is reasonable, and I do appreciate some of the rewrites, but I'm still not sure deleting so much of this stuff is the best way to improve the article overall. I agree that the Features section read like an ad, and it's not a huge loss. But I think the list of characters and tracks was still useful information to non-owners - or at least it would be for me. Perhaps that's in the eye of the beholder. Maybe they could be condensed into single paragraphs in a later update. I'll consider doing that if I can put something together that is in keeping with the line you quoted. For now, I appreciate the explanation. I think it makes sense. --Bishop2 20:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I put some of the other stuff back in, but I don't know about the list. I tried not to mess with the referencing of the reception section, as you had done some work with that in the midst of all this.--Clyde (talk) 20:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Some time in the next few days, I hope I can sit down and come up with a way to describe some of the tracks and characters without making it read like a list. If I write something up, I'll put it into the article and if you think it's no good, let me know in here what the problem is and we'll just take it back out again. I don't know if we need to list all the tracks, that's true, but I think something that gives a general concept of the broad nature of the settings would be helpful. It might only take one or two lines in the Gameplay section to get the point across for each of these (both Characters and Settings) if I can condense it enough. --Bishop2 20:25, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good.--Clyde (talk) 20:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Waverace1.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:42, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Criticism/Praise

I'm going to start making some edits to this section. As usual with this sort of thing I expect edits to become quite controversal. Having never played the game myself I'm just going to focus on langauge, grammer and POV issues. In addition I am comparing the Gamespot review comments to that of the metacritic responses and am trying to minimalize any descrepencies. Reinoe (talk) 19:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Cool. I'll keep an eye out, and have a list of some other good websites if you want them, there is more than just Gamespot out there.--CM (talk) 23:19, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

The reception section is writen in the wrong way, as it must focus in the comments of the critics (IGN, Gamespot, etc.) and the sales reports; currently, even with the given references, it's violating the NPOV policy. Greetings. --Twicemost (talk) 21:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

What do you have in mind other than critics and sales?--CM (talk) 00:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Critics and sales are fine, but use the actual reviews instead of the metacritic site as references. Also you should write the section in prose. Kazu-kun (talk) 05:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Praise and Criticism Section

This section would look better as a paragraph rather than a list of points. If I knew how to put a tag about it, I would do it. SuperChencho (talk) 04:31, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Waverace appearance in Pikmin 4

One of the treasures you can collect in Pikmin 4 is this game, should that be mentioned? Latiott (talk) 01:20, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

@Latiott: Only if it's discussed in reliable sources. Waxworker (talk) 22:43, 24 July 2023 (UTC)