Talk:Grand Theft Auto IV

Different?

GTA 4 is really a different Liberty City from GTA III. But, there's still many same thing from previous rendition. Like cars name, food and drink, Francis INTL, and view radio host. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.215.36.145 (talk) 13:54, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

That is correct, but this should not be included in the article. If anything, this is WP:TRIVIA, which is not accepted on Wikipedia. Good work on noticing the similarities, though! ---- Rhain1999 ^{(talk to me)} 07:03, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

gta ordinal not found

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Grand_Theft_Auto_IV&action=edit&section=new#c

i have install gta 4 and my pc is asking me for gta 4 ordinal not found what should i do to run ta 4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.245.85.94 (talk) 13:04, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Why not mention "GTA IV"

This edit [1] is following the invis comment advice, but I do not understand why omitting the initialism "GTA IV" from the lead is needed. This might have stemmed from the GA review where it was pointed out inconsistent use of the full and initialized title, and that's fine, but it is still normally the case that if there is an industry abbreviation for a title, that should at least be mentioned in the lead so readers know they're at the right page. "Grand Theft Auto IV (often abbreviated GTA IV) is a...." is very commonplace language, even if the "GTA IV" moniker isn't ever restarted. --MASEM (t) 19:19, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, but excluding the "(commonly shortened as GTA IV)" from the lead actually stemmed from a discussion at the Grand Theft Auto V talk page. As you've mentioned, "GTA IV" is never used in the article, so there's no need for it in the lead. Additionally, the acronym is very straightforward. If readers want to know that they're at the right page, then they should work out that "GTA" means "Grand Theft Auto". -- Rhain1999 ^{(talk to me)} 02:53, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Remember that we are not targetting gamers but a general audience here. "GTA IV" (and GTAV for that matter) are used often enough in mainstream literature that we should be sure people are aware they landed on the right page (that's why we include those at the start even if not used). This lead-mention of a common acronym, even if never subsequently used, is common WP practice. --MASEM (t) 03:14, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Dimtri spoiler

Isn't captioning a picture of Dimitri Rascalov as the main antagonist just an unnecessary spoiler? It's not like saying Bowser is the main antagonist of Super Mario Bros., it's an actual spoiler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eruul2012 (talk • contribs) 15:40, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not label content as spoilers. If there's a major plot point that is necessary to explain the work, as Dimitri being the antgonist, we don't hide it. --MASEM (t) 15:54, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

GAN?

This article's in much better shape than it was a year ago. Rhain1999, do you have any plans to go for another GAN any time soon? I'd say if you fixed up the mess that's been made of the plot section you wouldn't have much trouble taking the article to the next step. CR4ZE (t • c) 02:21, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

CR4ZE: Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't been keeping my eyes on this page recently; the plot section had really become a huge mess. Now that I've fixed that up, I think I'll take one last look at it before taking it to GAN. I have a little over a week of school remaining, and I'm planning to be a lot more active on Wikipedia over the holidays, so I'll definitely go for GA on this article (and probably a number of others) when that time comes. -- Rhain1999 ^{(talk to me)}

Just let me know when this is ready, I'll be happy to review it. Snuggums (talk / edits) 19:45, 19 November 2014 (UTC)