Template:Did you know nominations/Video game walkthrough

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:58, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Video game walkthrough

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• ... that ... before they were placed online, Nintendo video game walkthroughs were available via telephone hotlines? Source: [1] [2][3]
  • ALT1:... that ...video game walkthroughs are typically designed to assist other players in accomplishing certain feats within video games? Source: Niemeyer, D. J., & Gerber, H. R. (2015). Maker culture and Minecraft : implications for the future of learning. Educational Media International, 52(3), 216-226. doi:10.1080/09523987.2015.1075103
  • ALT2:... that ... some individuals and companies have been known to earn lucrative income through the process of recording and offering video game walkthroughs publicly? Source: [4] [5] COSTA, D. (2017). Video Gaming for Fun and Profit. PC Magazine, 6-8.
  • ALT3:... that ... CNN declared the watching of video games being played by other people via video walkthroughs and live streams "must-see TV"? Source: "Why watching video games is must-see TV" [6]
  • ALT4:...that...GamesRadar+ has called the watching of video game playthroughs the "Netflix of video games"? Source: "No-commentary playthroughs are the Netflix of video games" [7]
  • ALT5:...that...in the late 1980s through mid 2000s, Nintendo game councillors provided callers with assistance by walking them through areas of video games via telephone hot-lines? Source: [8][9][10]
  • ALT6:...that...in the late 1980s through mid 2000s, Nintendo game councillors provided players with assistance by walking them through areas of video games via telephone hot-lines? Source: [11][12][13]

Improved to Good Article status by TheSandDoctor (talk). Self-nominated at 06:20, 8 August 2017 (UTC).

• Hook 1 is a little vague, as the article doesn't mention walkthroughs and the Nintendo counselors didn't actually give full walkthroughs of games, just parts of games. Hook 2 is a little boring being a straight up dicdef. Hook 3 is somewhat misleading as the links describe video game live streaming rather than actual walkthroughs. Hook 4 has the same issue as Hook 3. Hook 5 describes playthroughs rather than walkthroughs, which imply the host is "walking you through the game", not just playing it. There is no source in the article that says playthroughs are the same as walkthroughs. Ultimately Hook 2 makes the most sense but is not interesting to a broad audience, so there needs to be a new hook that specifically mentions walkthroughs._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 12:25, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

• @TheSandDoctor: I'm not sure that changing Hook 1 to "partial" will remedy the issues, since there is no source that says that partial walkthroughs are still classified as walkthroughs. Citing an actual partial "walkthrough" won't work, as that is WP:OR. So please come up with an actual secondary source that says that walkthroughs don't necessarily need to cover the whole game._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 18:57, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

@Zxcvbnm: I added a couple of hooks and new sources. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:50, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: I think Hook 1 might be better if it was phrased like this: "...before they were placed online, Nintendo video game walkthroughs were available via telephone hotlines?"_{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 10:41, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

@Zxcvbnm:  Done --TheSandDoctor (talk) 14:36, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

@Zxcvbnm: --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:58, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: Approved - Hook 1. Sorry, I am new to this. Am I supposed to approve it now? Then I will add this here._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 04:14, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

No problem Zxcvbnm! For future reference, please review the reviewing guide, but you did it correctly, just needed {{subst:DYKtick}} and a preferred hook (if any). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 05:33, 20 August 2017 (UTC)