Talk:Angry Video Game Nerd/GA1

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Anarchyte in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: Anarchyte (talk · contribs) 11:07, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

I'll start reviewing this. --Anarchyte 11:07, 1 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Main review

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Overall comments/Misc

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Hmm, I don't know if this is because other websites copy Wikipedia or if Wikipedia copied this source. I'll get a second opinion on that.
Please reword these sections.

Lead

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  • A starting independent filmmaker, Rolfe's earliest videos of the Nerd character was intended as a joke privately shown to his friends.
What do you mean by this?
  • [...] the Nerd was highly influential in bringing online video reviews to the mainstream public.
Seems a little promotional, IMO.

Premise

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  • Reference #2 (first sentence) is a deadlink with no available archive.
  • This section is reliant off 1 deadlink and 1 working reference, the last paragraph isn't referenced at all.
  • [...] him destroying whole game cartridges, or defecating, burning and sometimes even crushing entire video game consoles.
I can't find where this is mentioned in the article. Using CNTL+F for all of the words "burning", etc also finds no results.

Production

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  • Rolfe diversified the reviews of platforms and products such as the Atari 2600, Super NES, Sega Master System and Sega Genesis video game consoles, the Power Glove and U-Force peripherals, films such as The Wizard, and the Nintendo Power magazine.
I can't find the reference for this, I've added a cn tag.
  • expressive lighting and camera angles to emphasize its horror film-themed narrative in which the Nerd is attacked by Jason Voorhees for disliking the game. Later episodes have alternated from straightforward game reviews to those with a narrative focus resembling a documentary, with Rolfe pointing out information about the game or gaming console under review.
This seems to be copy/pasted from the source.
  • Ref 10 is a YouTube video and isn't reliable, if I remember correctly.
I'll get a second opinion on that as well.

Other media

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  • This section is pretty good, although if the references could be updated, it'd be better.
  • Reference 24 is a YouTube Let's Play video and is thus not reliable.
  • A few other references are to other media sharing sites.

Reception and legacy

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  • The section is good.  

Overall review

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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:  
    B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:  
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. Has an appropriate reference section:  
    B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:  
    C. No original research:  
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects:  
    B. Focused:  
  4. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:  
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:  
    B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:  
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:   (Fail)

The article stays focused but the references aren't very good. I'll put it on hold so people to fix these errors before I pass or fail it.   --Anarchyte 03:16, 2 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

I'm failing ( ) this because nothing changed in the 7 days it was on hold. Anarchyte 01:09, 10 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Re:

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Thank God somebody finally picked this one up, although I was already starting to lose interest in it, but anyways. I'll try to fix the problems you've posted, but I think that most of the copy/paste problems on the article were coming from the quotes taken from the external sites. Still, I'll be restructuring them just in case. Godzilladude123 (talk) 14:12, 3 July 2015 (UTC)Reply