Talk:Magic: The Gathering/GA2

GA Reassessment

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This article has too many issues for a good article. In order to keep its status, several issues must be resolved:

* Clean up the article so that the cleanup template is no longer necessary * Resolve the [citation needed] tags * Format references per WP:CITE/ES to include publisher and access dates * A lot of rules are missing inline citations and need them:

• • Most of the introduction to "Gameplay"
  • Most of "Constructed"

* Remove the external links in the article and move them to the External Links section per WP:EXTLINKS

I could not find any external links in the article other than links to the Gatherer for specific cards. While these are external links, too, I wonder if they are acceptable anyway. It is the most convenient way to reference specific cards, there is no way to do this inside the Wikipedia, it is not overly distracting, and it is quite helpful for many people. In my opinion you lower the quality of Magic articles if you do not allow those links. I don't know if that has been discussed before, but if there is disagreement about this, I think a discussion about this topic should be started (Where would we do this?). OdinFK (talk) 08:18, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I agree that the external links are useful to show the cards ways, but I disagree that they are even necessary to mention at all. This should be an overview of Magic to a general audience; specific cards and decks should not be mentioned if possible. Gary King (talk) 15:44, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Removed all external linkks within the article. OdinFK (talk) 10:31, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Keep this page updated with the article's progress. Gary King (talk) 16:28, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Because it has been seven days and issues have not been resolved, this article has been delisted. Gary King (talk) 03:19, 2 December 2008 (UTC)