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A fact from The Sims 2: Apartment Life appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Sims 2: Apartment Life is not about apartment life?

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Apartment Pets

Should apartment pets be a sub-section here or it's own page? --Kuriza (talk) 05:47, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't act like kids...

The main problem on this article seems to be, that some of the sentences are written in non-serious English, I even found a :-) sign after one of the described spells for witches... I mean, smilies are for chatrooms, forums or fansites, not for serious encyclopedias. The page should be edited so it looks like a real page, not like a playground for 7-year-olds. :-)There are also sentences and whole blocks of text copied from fansites, it can be that this is the main reason for the "language", if you look at certain fan-made articles about the game, especially those from the California Event, you find almost the same text as here. I will try to improve the page with more serious and informative text if no one disagrees. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.78.46.83 (talk) 11:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with this article though is that most people are just copying the information from the Sims2.com website word by word. Hardly any of this article is freshly written. Jammy (talk) 11:48, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I totally agree. The article might contain some usefull information, but the way the information is presented just doesn't seem like a real encyclopedia article, but more that of an advert. -Jort227 (talk) 12:42, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

rewrite

I rewrote the article to minimize any copyright violations result from copy/pasting from fansites. I also standardized the English (the oldest portion of the article used American conventions, so that's what I stuck with), copy-edited, removed information about "new objects" which sound a lot like old objects, wikified relevant links, and explained a few things better for readers who may not be longtime fans of the series.

I hope all this helped. I think it did. Let me know. Aylad ['ɑɪlæd] 19:59, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You did a good job, if you were part of the Sims Wikiproject I would give you a wikiproject barnstar, but sadly you are not... Jammy (talk) 20:11, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've inserted a reference list, which I think the article definitely needs, and I've added some citations. I'll admit they're not the best sources to be referring to, but it's a starting point. --Snipes (talk) 16:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Source for info

This source has a lot of information for this expansion pack. I hope that it's a valid reference. [1] I'd add it to the article myself but I'm not sure where or how to put it.58.179.65.189 (talk) 00:44, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bad dates

Here you say it'll be released in europe on the 28^th, while in the The Sims 2 article, you say it's the 29^th! which is it?— Supuhstar * § 19:39, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

a question

Hi. Has it been confirmed that Apartment Life will be the final EP?--59.101.138.7 (talk) 00:43, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--MaxoidShannon mentioned in an interview that there are currently no plans for further expansions, so Apartment Life will apparently be the final expansion pack. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.57.35.176 (talk) 17:54, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requirements

do you need internet to install or play this expansion pack. It says internet connection required on the bottom part of the cover at the back. The others didn't need internet. Is it just needed to download new objects or other things that you don't really need?Darkside2000 (talk) 10:40, 3 September 2008 (UTC)Darkside2000 (talk) 10:38, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

how many cd or dvd's is the program ?

how many cd's or dvd''''''''''''s .. Is the game on cd or dvd ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.75.69.150 (talk) 02:29, 5 September 2008 (UTC) [reply]

It doesn't Require Internet

I finally took a chance and bought the game and it doesn't require internet. The info that it does is wrong.Darkside2000 (talk) 12:38, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron talk 20:08, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that The Sims 2: Apartment Life is not about apartment life? Source: Kramer, Greg (2008). "Introduction". The Sims 2 Apartment Life: Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-7615-5986-3.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Life
- Comment: So -- a bit to say here. This is from secondary analysis of a work, which is generally accepted to pass WP:DYKFICTION. It's not independent, but in a sort of roundabout manner. Kramer isn't someone who worked on the game's development himself, but an author who wrote for Prima Games, whose guides were sanctioned by the games' publishers. Reviewing DYKCR and practice, I think this is okay -- it's a secondary statement from someone who wasn't involved in the game himself.

Converted from a redirect by Vaticidalprophet (talk). Self-nominated at 14:41, 19 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Sims 2: Apartment Life; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article length is fine, moved to mainspace today (which the DYK checker doesn't seem to fully understand). QPQ done, and I'm happy with the nominator's reasoning as to the source (there's an element of "ordinary claims don't require extraordinary sources" here). There's a banner at the top of the article: might be good for an admin to get to that before/while promoting the hook, but not a serious issue. Incidentally, the line of the lead Apartment Life was inspired by player demand both for higher-density living options and for witchcraft is one of my favourite that I've read in a while. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 18:03, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]