Talk:Dead Island Reveal Trailer

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Review: August 3, 2016. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Dead Island Reveal Trailer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 November 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the community reaction to Dead Island's announcement trailer made the game developer Techland adjust the game's tone?

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I don't see where this is known as Dead Island: Official Announcement Trailer. I imagine its common name is Dead Island trailer. czar 04:22, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Czar: I used this as the article's name because it is its official name, though not its commonly known name. Its commonly known name should be Dead Island announcement trailer AdrianGamer (talk) 09:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The common name (as used in the sources) is usually the way to go czar 13:07, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

Why is this a separate article? I don't see how all of this couldn't just be part of the Dead Island article. I think this article sets a precedence for minutiae that should probably be discussed wider. This is not a Dead Island Wiki... In general, trailers do not get their own articles, but are discussed in the articles about what they advertise for. FunkMonk (talk) 12:04, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This happens to be the most controversial trailer in the video game industry, and it was covered by multiple reliable sources that discuss the creation of the trailer. I could expand it to turn to something like "Marketing of Dead Island though, but I believe the trailer alone meets the inclusion criteria. AdrianGamer (talk) 04:26, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

pinging @FunkMonk: AdrianGamer (talk) 10:40, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But again, why should all this info be separated from the Dead Island article, which is not even a long article? I'm not saying the info should be deleted, just that it makes more sense included in the parent article. Again, trailers are covered in the Wikipedia articles about what they advertise, not in standalone articles. FunkMonk (talk) 18:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Dead Island article should discuss the creation of the game, not the trailer. We have several Marketing articles, and they were also split off from their parent article. I do intend to improve Dead Island and its expansion Riptide when I get time. AdrianGamer (talk) 03:08, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, marketing might be a better, more inclusive scope of this article. But note that such articles are split off after the parent article grows too long, not before. FunkMonk (talk) 16:12, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:13, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mine. JAGUAR 20:13, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The lead would be better off being merged into two paragraphs
- "The team also had the goal to show the inevitability and the helplessness of a family in a zombie outbreak" - the development team
"The trailer was produced by Scotland-based Axis Animation" - the article says Glascow, so it should be Glascow-based Axis
"and the community reaction led Techland" - de-link Techland here
"immersion and tone, but it received criticism" - however
"According to Techland, it is a game about killing zombies, not a game focused on delivering an emotional experience" - this sounds like it's still anticipating the game, but it was released in 2011. I'd change it to past-tense
"The team worried that the action and violence featured would seem excessive" - was worried. Also, can this paragraph be merged into another? It's choppy
There's a citation needed tag in the Reception section
"Keith Stuart from The Guardian compared it favourably" - does this article use American or British English? Should be consistent
Rename "Plot of the trailer" to just "Plot"
No dead links
Dab links OK

Quite decent. On hold until all are addressed. JAGUAR 20:21, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaguar: Thank you for the review! I have fixed the issues mentioned above. AdrianGamer (talk) 03:35, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! This is good to go now.

JAGUAR 13:13, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]