Talk:Guild Wars: Eye of the North

This article was nominated for deletion on 2007-03-06. The result of the discussion was Redirect to Guild Wars.

Added to AfD. Mikkelm 10:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is this another utopia like page? We shouldn't write about every rumor we read. Look what gaile has to say about this:

"Just a quick word to let you know that we haven't made any official announcements about Guild Wars in, oh, a couple of months. Sure, there's a little *ahem* info circulating this week. But you guys know the drill: Until we say it, it's not official. I can tell you that some of what you've read is right, some of it is wrong, and quite a bit of it is misleading. Unfortunately, we can't offer a fact check quite yet."--Ofer1992 13:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the fact that the domain eyeofthnorth.org has been registered, I think the name is likely. However, all details shown in the article are in question due to the statement from the Community Relations Manager (Gaile Gray) which Ofer1992 quoted. That statement has been posted by her on numberous fansite forums - two of which are here and here. Sadly, I believe that forum postings cannot be used as a verifiable source on Wikipedia (I could be wrong, I didn't research very far) regardless of who the community knows to be behind the postings - although I also question the validity of basing this article on a "news story" posted by an on-line tech tabloid which claims "NCsoft has announced" despite the fact that no such press release has been found to exist. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct: web-based bulletin boards and forums are generally not considered reliable primary or secondary sources. Have ArenaNet formally disclaimed this article on their web-site? That sould be citable as a primary source. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 14:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gaile Gray has said some of the information is true, and some if false. She can't tell us which is wrong or right.--72.66.12.143 03:46, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have a bad feeling about this, but this might be because I realy hate the idea of this expansion thing.--Ofer1992 12:45, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: The above discussion and the AfD took place prior to the release of information that was provided by the game publisher via their media partners. The information was published and received by magazine subscribers the week of March 19th, 2007 (citation links in the article). --161.88.255.139 23:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the article info should include that you need one of the other Guild Wars games in order to play it. I'm not positive about this but I read it in one of the new Guild Wars interviews. I know i read the above quote but still i think it should be included.76.174.55.41 03:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you read it on this page? Because it is there. First paragraph. --Aspectacle 06:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

spoiler tag

How is a basic story line summary that's equivalent to what you would find on any game's box in a store considered a spoiler? In fact, most game boxes at the store tell even more of a story that what's shown here. To me, the spoiler tag in not needed. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:42, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

trivia

As soon as I read the name Guild Wars: Eye of the North, the first thing I thinked about is the obvious refenrence to GWEN. Might that be on purpose? Or just a suspiciously strange coincidence?

It is almost certain that Gwen will be in GW:EN, and most of the fan community believe the similarities of names is everything but coincidental, but it isn't quite official enough to put in the article.--Per Abrahamsen 05:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question about release date

It says the release date is in the 3Q which in the fiscal year is between april 1st to june 30th, my question is why so soon from the first announcement(only leaves about 2 months left)? It just seems like it might be later than that. Any ideas?