Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/World Video Game Hall of Fame/archive1

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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 14 August 2023 (UTC) [1].[reply]

World Video Game Hall of Fame

Featured list candidates/World Video Game Hall of Fame/archive1

Nominator(s): Pres N 00:31, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Taking a break from the animal lists for a minute, here we have something totally different: the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The Strong National Museum of Play has been around since 1969, took on the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002 from a children's museum in Oregon, and started the International Center for the History of Electronic Games in 2009. So as far as I can tell, when they announced that they were going to make a hall of fame for video games in 2015, everyone felt that it sounded pretty authoritative and just ran with it without further comment. Every year since, announcements of the finalists and inductees get widely reported in video game websites, trade magazines, and newspapers... so now this is "the" authoritative video game hall of fame. Apparently that's how all halls of fame work- if you have money and a building and get there first, you win. So, here we are. I've worked on articles for games that have been inducted before, and decided that the list could use some improvement last month, so I guess I followed the same thought process as all those sources—which I've tried to include a broad spectrum of, as an indicator of its implied authority. I think the list is much improved, and hopefully you do too. --Pres N 00:31, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"The set of final nominees is typically announced each year in March, and the inductees in May. In its first two years of operation, the hall named six inductees from fifteen finalists; since then, it has named four inductees each year from a set of twelve." - is this part sourced by one of the refs earlier in the paragraph? It just jumps out at me that there's no ref at the end of the para......

It's not- I was trying to get it in under WP:SKYISBLUE. The numbers of inductees/finalists are just a summation of the table- it's clearly what happened (WP:CALC). The March/May thing isn't remarked on anywhere or explicitly stated in the rules, it's just that every year since the first, they announce the finalists in March and the inductees in May (which can be seen by the publication dates of the references), so I thought I'd mention that. I'm open to dropping it though if you think it's too far.

"40 games have been inducted out of 74 nominated, many multiple times" - wording is arguably ambiguous as to whether games have been inducted multiple times of nominated multiple times. Is there a way to reword?

Broke into two sentences.

That's it, I think :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:49, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@ChrisTheDude: Thanks for reviewing; responded above. --Pres N 13:54, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:01, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
With entries such as NBA 2K and FIFA, are they referring to the first entry in the series, or the series as a whole. The pictures they use, particularly with this source make it unclear. (Oinkers42) (talk) 01:48, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@(Oinkers42): As I put in the lead (because it is unclear): "In some cases, the hall may list the first game in a series of similar titles as a proxy for the entire series, such as with The Oregon Trail series or the FIFA International Soccer/FIFA series." Basically, nominations are always for a single, specific game, but then sometimes the associated description talks about the impact of the series as a whole. They only do it in some cases, though – like, they don't do it for games that just have sequels like Doom or Super Mario Bros., they do it for games were the various releases are seen as iterations on a common theme- NBA 2K and FIFA, as you mention, where each release is just "the version of FIFA for <year>" rather than as a wholly new sequel. Personally I find it a bit blurry where the line is, but they didn't ask me. --Pres N 02:18, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FOARP

Good varied sourcing, nice presentation and picture licence appears OK. I could list the criteria but quicker to say they all appear met. Good job. Support. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FOARP (talk • contribs) 07:23, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pseud 14

Per MOS:GEOLINK, I would unlink United States.
Nothing more to quibble. A very fine work! Pseud 14 (talk) 20:06, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Pseud 14: Unlinked, thanks! --Pres N 20:08, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Pseud 14 (talk) 20:13, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Source review – All of the references are reliable and well-formatted. The link-checker tool seems to have trouble accessing the museum site's links (this happens with some sites for whatever reason), but it's not detecting any issues that are worthy of concern. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:43, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Image review – The one photo used in the article has an appropriate free license. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:19, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:13, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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