Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Gog the Mild via FACBot (talk) 22 August 2022 [1].


Nominator(s): CaptainGalaxy 23:22, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the 2015 video game Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash, which was developed by Skip Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game departs from the series previous entries' 3D adventure genre roots by being a 2D sidescroller instead. The game was developed with the hope that it could save the series; however, fans often cited it as the cause for the death of the series after Zip Lash was a critical and financial failure. I created this article back in 2020 as I was surprised it didn't already have one and have since raised it to be a GA last year. Thanks to a peer review by Panini! and having a copy edit recently finished, now I hope to get it promoted to FA status; as well as get it to become my first article elevated to FA status. CaptainGalaxy 23:22, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose by Lazman321

edit

Sorry Captain Galaxy, but this article is not ready for being a featured article. In my spot check, I detected too many verification issues for this article to pass candidacy, along with at least three non-high-quality sources being used in the article. Not to mention, during my spot check, I also noticed other problems in this article such as the atypical first sentence (First sentences in video game articles are often formatted as either "[TITLE] is a [YEAR] [GENRE] game developed by [DEVELOPER] and published by [PUBLISHER]." or "[TITLE] is a [YEAR] [GENRE] game developed and published by [DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER]."), instances of awkward prose (e.g. "Some reviews said the game has underused the levels' surroundings and has 'no real sense of scale' compared to Chibi-Robo's height."), swapping between past and present tense in the reception section, a comma after a semicolon, inconsistency in linking works in citations, etc. This article cannot be considered a featured article by its current condition. Don't feel discouraged though. This certainly has potential, and with enough work, this can become a featured article. I might be willing to take another look at this article if you go through this article again and fix any issues I have raised or you notice. Lazman321 (talk) 23:45, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well over three weeks in, no movement towards a consensus to promote and an outstanding oppose: I am afraid that this one has to be archived. The usual two week rule will apply.

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.