Wikipedia:Peer review/Red vs Blue/archive1

Red vs Blue[edit]

Myself and a number of other people (mostly, if not entierly, the other people) have been working to make Red vs Blue a featured article. We beleive that the article is currently ready for a peer review, the next step towards nominating it for a featured article, and would appreciate your imput. Thank you. Dr. B 06:35, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For featured article status, inline citations need to be implemented. AndyZ 21:18, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are we talking about putting direct quotes into the article, or what?Dr. B 03:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sources are cited inline currently with embedded HTML links (and, considering that RvB is an Internet phenomenon, 95% of the information that you'll be able to find on it will be on the Internet in one form or another). Is this style not generally preferred for featured articles? Wikipedia:Citing sources didn't make it clear that one style is superior to the others in general, but I can change things around if one style is in fact considered preferable. -- TKD 10:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, some material does come from DVD audio commentary, so if that is to be cited inline, we might need to change styles. Of the other styles mentioned in Wikipedia:Citing sources, is there one generally preferred over another? -- TKD 11:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I converted all citations to <ref>-style footnotes. -- TKD 12:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It would be cool to see a list of non-BG/Coag maps that are used in RvB, and the context of the episodes that they're used for. KrazyCaley 01:25, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Such a list in the article would probably be difficult to fit in. however, creating a separate page that lists the different maps used and what they were used for is a possibility.Dr. B 03:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we should make a seperate article on it. Just a little sub-section.--Drat (Talk) 04:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps even a single table would be enough, since a lot of that information is already in the episode summaries. -- TKD 11:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've made a sub-sub-section on the maps, under filming. Maps I'm not sure about are in comments, so they can be filled out and put in properly.--Drat (Talk) 10:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think some more screenshots are needed, lower in the article, to break things up. Some two-character ones like Grif & Simmons, and Church & Tucker, and perhaps Sheila & Lopez.--Drat (Talk) 13:39, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we don't want to use too many, as that'd undermine a fair use rationale. We have the main characters. Maybe a screenshot or two from Halo 2. Might fit well near the Filming section. -- TKD 06:18, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What about location establishing shots? I still think maybe one two-character shot, like the first scene, would be neat.--Drat (Talk) 07:38, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By location-establishing, do you mean showing maps other than Blood Gulch/Coagulation? We could probably do one of those, though I'm not sure that it's essential. I've added two images, one showing Grif and Simmons in the Warthog in episode 6 (to show post-production editing techniques), and one from Halo 2, to illustrate visually the differences from Halo footage. I think that those can easily be justified under fair use. Shots of other characters (especially the minor characters) are probably justifiable in the characters auxiliary article. -- TKD 22:52, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, those ones seem good. Great work. Now, we just need some more feedback from the peers...--Drat (Talk) 03:14, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request again. How may we improve it?--Drat (Talk) 17:24, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I only just remembered this. We also need people to take a look at the character and episode guide pages. Check the template at the bottom of the RvB page.

Might it be a good idea to have an episode guide for the Red vs Blue videos that occur outside the main storyline, and possibly to move episodes 28.5 and 45.9 there (along with adding material for the PSAs and such)? I used to think that it wasn't necessary, but since we mention PSAs in the lead, it might be good to list them off somewhere, just for the sake of comprehensiveness -- TKD 07:52, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps make another episode summery page for all PSAs, put a link to the page next to the summeries for each season (At the bottom), and link to it from the infobox?Dr. B 09:47, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on a new page. It will be at Red vs Blue episode guide: Specials when I save it.--Drat (Talk) 12:57, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]