Talk:Paper Mario: The Origami King

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Captain Galaxy in topic Genre
Featured articlePaper Mario: The Origami King is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
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Main Page trophyThis article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 9, 2021.
Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
November 18, 2020Good article nomineeListed
December 2, 2020Peer reviewReviewed
December 12, 2020Guild of Copy EditorsCopyedited
January 21, 2021Featured article candidatePromoted
March 16, 2021Good topic candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 2, 2021.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Paper Mario: The Origami King uses office supplies for boss battles to complement its origami theme?
Current status: Featured article

Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk19:31, 23 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that Olivia from Paper Mario: The Origami King is based off of an unknown Japanese actress? "Paper Mario: The Origami King developers talk origami influences, hidden Toads and celebrating Super Mario". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020.
  • Reviewed: Second DYK, QPQ exempt

Improved to Good Article status by Le Panini (talk). Self-nominated at 02:17, 18 November 2020 (UTC).Reply

  •   As someone who has never played this game before and knows next to nothing about it, I do not think either of these hooks are particularly strong or "hooky". I do not think it was a good idea to make both hooks about the character Olivia as that does not mean much for people unfamiliar with the game. I would recommend thinking of a different approach. Aoba47 (talk) 01:57, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
  • I was gonna suggest a DYK about Shigeru Miyamoto not being involved with the development process. I would word in a way where people new to the game would still be surprised about it. Hers an example.

Or it could be about the Rubik's cube, but it up to @Aoba47:. Le Panini Talk 12:40, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Yoninah: Sorry I didn't notice this sooner. Here are a couple of other options:
Would you prefer any of these options instead? Le Panini [🥪] 05:49, 21 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
  •   Article promoted to GA on day of nom - good, new, long enough. However, a copyvio check shows up some issues with the use of the [gameinformer.com/preview/2020/06/30/a-new-crease-on-life-nintendo-shares-insight-on-paper-marios-latest-adventure Game Informer source]: it's all direct quotations, but to the point that nearly 50% of the Game Informer article is quoted. I can't get that source to load from earwig to see the context of the original, but the headline says it's an interview and there is more leniency with quoted %age when it's a person's words (i.e. said in an interview) rather than copyrighted text (i.e. creative journalism). So if the nominator could confirm the quotations in the article are from an interview. As for the hooks, looking at ALT3a and ALT4, both are interesting. 3a is preferred since 4 is only mentioned/sourced in a quote box, not prose. Both facts are sourced in line. Kingsif (talk) 02:09, 22 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
Yes, the direct quotations are from the interviews directly; the two quotations are from PCGames and Eurogamer Germany, and quotations in text are mostly from Game Informer. I paraphrased these quotes, but it seems that a copyediting reintroduced some of these quotes back for better wording. Le Panini [🥪] 16:49, 22 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
  Looks good to go with one of the approved hooks, then. Kingsif (talk) 16:59, 22 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Genre

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I am not sold on this game warranting the label of Cross-genre. It is a side entry to the Mario series that doesn't do anything too unfamiliar other than a new style of RPG combat. As the infobox says, it is an RPG Action-Adventure, with simple RPG elements. Debate below and let me know if this isn't protocol. Klayman55 (talk) 18:29, 9 March 2021 (UTC)Klayman55Reply

See Talk:Paper Mario: The Origami King/Archive 1 and Archive 2 for more info as to why this is in place. (I won't be surprised if you choose not to, it is likely an hour long read). CaptainGalaxy 15:12, 15 April 2022 (UTC)Reply