Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 16:24, 18 August 2008 [1].

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List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

previous FLC (16:08, 8 August 2008)

Resubmitting this; all previous comments/objections were fixed during the previous FLC, but there were no followups of support from those that responded, so the list remained unpromoted. --MASEM 16:24, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Support-meets all criteria and follows format of other Guitar Hero song lists. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:59, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Looks pretty good. There are a few prose issues that I'd like taken care of before I support though.

• Redundant: "Guitar Hero III features a total of 73 songs on the game's media.."
• "Releases" sounds weird to me in this sentence. When I first read it I thought released downloadable content, maybe try "versions" "The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 releases support..."
• Sounds too wordy: "There is one exclusive downloadable song for the Xbox 360, as well as one exclusive downloadable song for the PlayStation 3."
  What about something like "The 360 and PS3 version each had an exclusive song"?
• Switch "open up" to "access"; just sounds more professional to me: "...including the Encore, to open up the next one.'"
• I think emdashes would work better here instead of parenthesis. "All songs (except Boss Battles) can be unlocked..."
• This sentence lost me. I'm not sure what it is conveying. Is it suppose to be CD instead of game? "The game includes songs included on the game disc..."

I noticed some inconsistencies with the refs.

• Some sources say IGN and others IGN Entertainment, Inc. I would go with IGN for simplicity's sake and for consistency.
• Same thing with majornelson.com and Major Nelson's Blog
• Shacknews and Activision too.

Overall, it looks very comprehensive and well sourced. I've never been a fan of the green Yes and red No cells in tables, but that's nothing worth opposing. I'll check back in on the list later. Keep up the good work. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:02, 17 August 2008 (UTC))

Reply to Comments: I am not the nominator or an involved editor, but for the sake of being bold (and to reinforce my support) I fixed most of the prose issues. The only prose comment I did not address was the emdash replacement suggestion; I was not sure whether that would improve the article or not. I left that and the reference issues for Masem to fix. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:37, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

The prose looks better; the emdashes aren't deal breakers. The only issue left from above are the publisher names in refs. And hate to be a nit picker, but I think one or two sentences about the game's reception in the lead would be good. Something like the number of units sold and if the songs were well received. I think that would round out the list. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 20:45, 17 August 2008 (UTC))

Remember, this is the list of songs, not the game itself. This information is covered in the main article. --MASEM 21:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

True, but I think one sentence about the songs' reception adds to the notability of the list. But it's hardly anything worth withholding support. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 22:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC))

Publication names have been normalized. --MASEM 22:05, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

• Support: My main concerns have been addressed. The prose is well written, and the content is comprehensive and well structured. Good job. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 22:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC))

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