Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Peer review/Starkiller

Starkiller[edit]

The article is currently at "B" status and is fairly good, so it'll be great to give it that final touch and get it to GA-status. I'll admit, the reasons I'm putting this up for peer review are mostly personal, as I originally started the article and added most of the content, though I still think it won't be too hard for it to achieve GA soon. I'm thinking about adding a "Characteristics" section, though that might be a bit too trivial and/or in-universe. Harry Blue5 (talk) 13:22, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Was just curious, did you make sure to check all avenues for reception/development information? Just for clarification, there are a number of web sites not covered under Google News, Books, or the VG Google Search; these include g4tv.com, andriasang.com, wired.com, next-gen.biz, officialnintendomagazine.co.uk, bitmob.com, mtv.multiplayer.com, and vg247.com. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:32, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to do a search of every site, though I might've missed something. I just found this interview, so there might be some information worth harvesting there (though it seems to focus on Smallville more than TFU). Harry Blue5 (talk) 23:58, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone make the Starkiller image transparent? I'd do it, but all I have is MS Paint, hardly the most advanced image editor. Harry Blue5 (talk) 19:28, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would be somewhat difficult because the lightsaber's glow. It would be a big white/red block. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 21:13, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The turkish Wikipedia managed to do it somehow. Harry Blue5 (talk) 21:21, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dang, that is a high quality image. I might take that, and shrink it when I get the time. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 21:45, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I did it. I hope being smaller, but higher quality doesn't hurt the rationale or something. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 23:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Image looks great now that the white thing around it is gone. Btw, due to appearing in Sean Williams' The Force Unleashed adaptions, should Starkiller be categorised under one of Category:Characters in written fiction's subcategories? If so, should Starkiller be covered under the literature WikiProject or WikiProject Novels? If it helps, the novels aren't just straight up copies from the games, but have some unique touches (most notably, Starkiller's real name, Galen Marek). Harry Blue5 (talk) 23:17, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, do you think this could pass GA now? I'm worried slightly about verifiability (in the "Appearances" section for some plot points), though it looks good enough. Harry Blue5 (talk) 00:50, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it has a good chance, and any problems will be addressed by the reviewer, and will be easily fixed. I think the reception section could use some appropriate splitting. Right now, there is a random tag-on paragraph with 2 GamesRadar sources. Try making some sort of split that makes sense. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 00:55, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was originally doing 1 paragraph = positive, the other negative. Didn't really imagine the reception section actually getting that big, y'know? Harry Blue5 (talk) 01:04, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I gave IGN their own paragraph, due to their vast coverage of the character. That enough? Harry Blue5 (talk) 01:07, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it would make more sense to sort by article date then website. Your way makes it more obvious that IGN is given somewhat Undue weight. Plus, my way, once more reception comes in, it can simply be tacked on to the end of the section. I might try sorting reception sections like this in some of my articles. Although some subjects get multiple sources commenting on a similar part of it, for example Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat's Reception section's second paragraph is all about Zubat being compared to Woobat. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 01:44, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've reorganised the reception. The first paragraph is reception from 2008, the second is other reception, and the third is negative reception, because I don't know the dates for GameRadar's sources. I also don't know the dates for Top Star Wars characters, but I know from the accessdate that it was probably somewhere between "Who Is Your Favorite Star Wars Character?" and "Readers' Top 30 Characters Results Revealed". Harry Blue5 (talk) 02:13, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't suppose any of these (this one in particular) would be considered promotional? I want to show a picture of "Lord Starkiller" (from the darkside ending of the first game) in order to illustrate how he looks like as it and his appearance in Ultimate Sith Edition. It also helps show what GamesRadar was commenting on in their reception. For the caption I was thinking something like:

"In the dark side ending of The Force Unleashed Starkiller is made the Emporer's apprentice. This redesign was reused in the Ultimate Sith Edition of the game."

Or is the answer to me using it still no? Harry Blue5 (talk) 17:44, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm about to go and request GA nomination, okay? Like you said, any serious problems will be solved at review. Harry Blue5 (talk) 20:42, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]