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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 19:54, 30 July 2010 [1].

List of Final Fantasy media

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Nominator(s): Axem Titanium (talk) 09:35, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because after nearly 3 years, I believe this list is back up to standards. There is an archived peer review here for reference. Any comments and criticism are welcome. Axem Titanium (talk) 09:35, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Nomader (Talk) 16:42, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Nomader
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Sorry I don't have time to make a more thorough review of the lead and the list-- I'll try to add to my comments at another time. For now this should do. Nice work bringing it up to the level it's at now! -- Nomader (Talk) 21:06, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • The video game consoles do not need to be linked in every instance of the notes: after the console appears for the first time, it does not need to be linked (i.e. iPhone is linked for both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II: it should be linked only in its first occurrence).
  • 1UP.com, GameSpot, and FinalFantasy-XIII.net should not be italicized in the references. Wired should be italicized.
    • I was looking at Template:Cite web and it says that the preferred parameter for putting the website of origin is "work", and that parameter is automatically italicized. What are your thoughts? Axem Titanium (talk) 19:22, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • In most cases for citing web sites in normal articles, sources are usually italicized because they're periodicals like The New York Times or magazines like Wired. Most gaming websites are just websites and not print publications, and websites such as GameSpot and fansites such as www.finalfantasy-xiii.net are not italicized. I think a good example of how to do referencing can be found at Space Invaders-- you'll notice that magazines such as Edge are italicized, but most video game websites are not. I'd stick with the "publisher" parameter instead of "work" as well so it's easier for you to customize italics properly in references. Nomader (Talk) 20:27, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the lead, it says that Final Fantasy is a "series of console role-playing games". FF XI and FFXIV are being released on the PC and the games have been re-released on other systems. I think it'd just be easier to say, "series of role-playing games".
  • I would split the long sentence about sales and genres. Say "... having sold 97 million units worldwide to date. The series includes a variety of genres, including" or something to the like. Right now, the sentence is oddly cobbled together. Nomader (Talk) 16:42, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I'm going to go ahead and add my support now. Nice work on addressing my concerns, and I'm confident that you'll be able to address Jonathan's as well. Nomader (Talk) 05:35, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 13:08, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • The Novels and manga section is incomplete. The FFVIII Ultimania for instance included a short story in it too. There was also a FFIV: The After Years novel (sorry I didn't think about these during the peer review :/ ). I'm not sure if there are others.
  • The Novels and manga section could use more references. The title "Musei Renu Haito, Tōbae wa Onore Mazu" is not verifiable for instance, as the reference given for it is not sufficient (does not prove that a short story of that name exists).
    • (in response to your first two points) There seems to be a contradiction in your requests here. There's the demand for comprehensiveness and the demand for verifiability. Wikipedia demands verifiability (over truth, amirite?) so I'm going to make the executive decision to comment out "Musei Renu..." on the grounds that it cannot be verified and should be added when it can. As for the FFVIII short story and FFIV After novel, same thing. I'll add them in comments but until references can be found, they don't exist as far as Wikipedia is concerned. Axem Titanium (talk) 11:09, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I meant "not verifiable" as in not verified by the current sources, not "impossible to verify". I'm sure it's possible to source everything properly with a bit of Googling and Google Translate. I've just found a source for the After Years novel: [2]. Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 15:49, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I've added the FFIVA ref. Do you know what the FFVIII story is called? Or the page number? I happen to have a pdf of the FFVIII Ultimania so I could look it up. As far as I can tell though, the only thing that resembles a short story is the character "diaries" that appear in the walkthrough section. Axem Titanium (talk) 10:53, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Actually, I've been thinking. The section is called "Novels and manga". Perhaps short stories should only be mentioned in the main game articles and only works published by themselves (ie, have their own ISBN, or online) should be listed. This would only affect Musei Renu..., Hoshi o Meguru Otome, and On the Way to a Smile. These short stories probably don't belong on the same level as a full-fledged novel or manga. Axem Titanium (talk) 11:28, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes the list comprehensive? Many guidebooks are missing, and while the Ultimania series has an article, the other official guidebooks are not mentioned.
    • I'm not sure what you mean here. None of the guidebooks are listed, official or otherwise. The quality of the Ultimania article is not relevant to this FLC. Axem Titanium (talk) 10:50, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • A featured list should be comprehensive. The video games and the Ultimanias have their own list articles, so one can argue that not all the video games and Ultimanias have to be listed here. However, the guidebooks should be listed here as they fall within the scope of this list and are not listed elsewhere. Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 15:49, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I wouldn't say that the older guidebooks without the Ultimania name can't appear on the Ultimania page. They are clearly related and a hypothetical article on these older books would definitely be merged into the Ultimania article if it couldn't sustain itself on its own (which it can't). As a matter of fact, I'm going to add them right now. Axem Titanium (talk) 10:58, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Woah, either you're confused or it's a very heavy-handed addition... These books are not Ultimania guides. Ultimania is a brandname and the Ultimania guides are all written by Studio BentStuff and all published by DigiCube (now Square Enix). The early FF guides were written by various people and published under various names by various publishers (NTT Publishing, etc., no DigiCube). You can't add these early FF guides to an article about Ultimania, just like you wouldn't add, I don't know, Edge Magazine issues to an article about Nintendo Power. Therefore, these early FF guides should be covered here in the List of FF media. Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 21:13, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • Ok, fine. What do we know about these early guides? Should all of them be included or should we split them off into an article of their own too? Perhaps the best option is to expand the scope of the Ultimania article to all "Square Enix companion books" and discuss the early guides, Perfect Works, and Ultimania? User:PresN worked really hard to keep this list of FF media to a manageable size, but found that video games needed to be split into their own list. Perhaps the forty-some "early guides" plus the forty-some Ultimanias deserve their own central list. Axem Titanium (talk) 12:06, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • Well "Square Enix companion books" would still exclude these early guides since they weren't published by Square/Square Enix. Perhaps something like "List of Final Fantasy companion books"? The Ultimania article would still exists in addition to that new list; it would partly overlap with it but it's not a real problem IMO (the overall scopes of the two articles are distinct enough; non-Ultimania FF books exist and non-FF Ultimania books exist). The Perfect Works series (4 books, covered in the DigiCube article) wouldn't be affected by this change. Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 15:53, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • Well, since Square Enix owns the intellectual property rights to all Square and Enix works, presumably including these books, I believe it's a generalization we can make, in the interest of minimizing content forks. I'd prefer if there could be some article/list that centrally covers and discusses these books (old guides, Ultimania, and Perfect Works) without spreading across multiple articles. Are you ok with "List of Square Enix companion books" including all three groups? Axem Titanium (talk) 16:43, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Adventure Log" should be moved up one row (it was released in 2007 but is currently between two 2008 releases).
  • The "Never released outside of Japan"s are unnecessary since the release dates by region are already indicated.
  • The Video games and Soundtracks tables could probably have a title or a legend that says "Main releases" or something similar.

Sorry if I am annoying, but we all want the list to be the best one possible right? :) Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 10:08, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A few other missing stuff I've just noticed:

Still more missing stuff I just found:

Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 16:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and added them myself. [4] seems to be a game guide of sorts and [5] is a "preview" book released just before FFXIII (although it contains an excert of the game's novella). Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 08:40, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for doing that. I was a bit busy this weekend, so I mostly focused on responding to comments on my other FAC (-_-). Axem Titanium (talk) 09:44, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, on Talk:List of Kingdom Hearts media, Stefan2 brings up a good point which also applies here -- the term "PAL region" doesn't make much sense outside of the video game sections. I suggest replacing it with "United Kingdom", "Europe" or "Europe and Australia" or whatever (in multiple columns if necessary!) depending on the sources available. Also, I think the "PAL region" column should outright be removed from the Soundtracks section, as there is no point in having an empty column. Similarly, the "North America" and "PAL region" columns should be removed from the Radio drama section... Wait! Since when is Nico Nico Douga a reliable source? O_o Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 16:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at official press releases, it seems publishers do still use "PAL region". I guess it means "region that formerly used PAL for its TV". The empty column can be kept for now since there is currently a discussion on standardization of media lists. Basically all my concerns were addressed except for the Nico Nico Douga stuff. I don't know if the referenced video is reliable or not (registration is needed >_<). Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 08:40, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll keep looking for a better source. I'll let you know how that turns out. Also, the thing about standardization, Template:Video game table was my attempt to create a table of arbitrary length. It works alright within its scope but I'm finding it a little inflexible when it comes to other media and I don't have a good enough grasp of wikitable syntax to get around it. I'll keep an eye on that discussion since I'd be interested in a better solution as well. Axem Titanium (talk) 09:44, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Found some! :) Axem Titanium (talk) 10:17, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Review
  • "Its first game premiered in Japan in 1987, and Final Fantasy games have subsequently been localized for markets in North America, Europe and Australia, on nearly every video game console since the Nintendo Entertainment System, including MSX2, Super Nintendo, PlayStation, WonderSwan (Color), PlayStation 2, IBM PC, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 3 game systems, as well as several models of mobile phones." -- 1) No need to link the continents 2)I feel that you should probably cut this list down by saying something along the lines of "since the NES, including other first, second, third, and fourth generation consoles"
  • Ref #112, is a dead link.
  • "...and games for mobile phones." - you already stated that earlier
  • I know the series is basically about video games but this is a list of the entire media, why focus solely the lead on the games? I feel you should expand upon the other media instead of just giving them one sentence in the lead. That is not summarizing.
  • In the games list, what verifies some of the console releases? I see some that say "released on Playstation" with no references.
    • Those are the original console releases. I figured they would be implicit because for most video game articles I see, you don't need a ref for the original console. I can add one if you insist. Axem Titanium (talk) 10:53, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just listing the film/television doesn't tell the reader much, their should be some introduction to that table. As well as to the radio drama and novels. Simply because they dont have main articles doesn't mean they can't have some sort of introduction.
  • References
  • What makes RPGamer, RPGFan, TV.com, MusicBrainz, Fleuve Noir, and finalfantasy-xiii.net. all reliable sources of information?
    • RPGamer is reliable per WP:VG/S, RPGFan is reliable per comments in here, as discussed in resolved comments from Nomader above. TV.com is part of CNET, a reliable publisher. MusicBrainz is a semi-open wiki style database, but all changes are subject to strict editorial review. Fleuve Noir link was dead, replaced with Amazon. As discussed above in Nomader's resolved comments, ff-xiii.net is not necessarily reliable per se, but the news articles cite primary sources (in Japanese) and they were the only place I could find that covered the info I needed. Axem Titanium (talk) 09:51, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is inconsistency with linking publishers, either link all the publishers that have links, or don't link them at all. Prime example would be the inconsistency with "GameSpot"
  • Publishers need to be the same throughout, Amazon is the publisher, not Amazon.co.uk (thats just the location difference, but Amazon is still the publisher). Square Enix is the publisher throughout, the location again is not important. If you must state it, place it as "Square Enix (Japan)"
  • Some refs don't have the language template, such as the Yahoo! Japan reference. (Btw, Yahoo is the publisher not Yahoo Japan)
  • In a lot of the references, the formatting is a problem because you use brackets in the titles, when instead you should use parenthesis, prime examples are refs#112 and 69 (although there are a lot more)
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 09:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:03, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support – I've been watching this as you built it up before/during this FLC, and I'm really impressed with how it's shaped up. --PresN 15:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC) (Note- I wrote/FL'd the video games sublist)[reply]


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