Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Reviewing pre-2008 FAs
The video games WikiProject has a large number of featured articles, many of which were promoted to featured status years ago. This page lists the project's featured articles that have not had a formal review process after 2008. Articles should be reviewed to ensure that they comply with current quality standards. Once reviewed, recommend what action (if any) is required to improve the article; please include descriptive notes for other editors. If the article is determined to require a featured article review (FAR), please wait before submitting it. If an article needs improvement, please contact the primary contributor to see if they can assist with any actions.
Reviewing instructions
[edit]When reviewing articles, please examine the prose, media, and sources. Content should comply with the applicable manuals of style and Featured article criteria.
| I. | Read the article, watching for:
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| II. | Review the media for:
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| III. | Review the sources for:
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| IV. | Update the table
Update the table accordingly, filling in the necessary information based on your review.
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Table
[edit]| Article | Last FAC/FAR | Importance | Reviewed | Action | Collaborators | Notes |
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| 1080° Snowboarding | January 7, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| 4X | August 20, 2008 | High | No | |||
| Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None | June 28, 2007 | Low | delisted | Synopsis section completely unsourced; Reception table in non-standard style; Reception section rather short and summative; messy prose and structure; poor organisation and explanation of Gameplay; overwrought plot section | ||
| Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express | July 7, 2007 | Low | No | Noticed for FAR, 2021-05-26 | ||
| Age of Empires | April 29, 2008 | High | No | |||
| Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings | October 4, 2008 | Mid | delisted | Gameplay overly long and divided into too many subsections; too many short paragraphs in Development and Sequels; intro a little too detailed (e.g. does it really need to list all 13 civilizations?); Reception a little long (perhaps a Legacy subsection is in order); some awkward wording and sentence structure | ||
| Age of Mythology | October 14, 2007 | Mid | delisted | Gameplay overly long and divided into too many subsections; some parts of Gameplay unsourced; some short paragraphs in Gameplay; intro too short and doesn't cover development; some awkward wording and sentence structure. Article was demoted in January 2014. | ||
| Alleyway | August 4, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| BioShock | November 18, 2007 | Mid | No | Questionable sources, Development section is not comprehensive | ||
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | May 6, 2008 | High | No | |||
| Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow | February 15, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow | November 18, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| Characters of Final Fantasy VIII | March 30, 2007 | Low | No | |||
| Chrono Cross | August 21, 2006 | Mid | No | Notes given on talk page, 2021-03-13 | ||
| Conan (2007 video game) | August 22, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Cortana | December 15, 2007 | Low | delisted | Became a good article after demotion from FA status. | ||
| Crackdown | June 13, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Crazy Taxi (series) | November 26, 2007 | Low | No | |||
| Crush (video game) | October 13, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Defense of the Ancients | March 17, 2008 | High | No | Noticed for FAR, June 10, 2021. | ||
| Development of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | August 30, 2007 | Low | No | |||
| Devil May Cry (video game) | April 12, 2007 | High | No | Needs expansion | ||
| Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening | April 28, 2007 | Mid | delisted | FAR | Needs additional references/soruces, has prose issues, and must be expanded. Often gets into mediocre grammar. Demoted. | |
| Diary of a Camper | August 29, 2006 | Low | No | |||
| Donkey Kong (video game) | February 28, 2006 | High | delisted | Clean up | Excessive non-free images, available free images unused, excess gameguide info, structure is dissimilar to current trends, references need further inspection, prose could use some light copy editing, paragraphs need evening out | |
| Empires: Dawn of the Modern World | December 3, 2006 | Low | Yes | Its its FA status in 2015 | ||
| F-Zero GX | March 15, 2007 | Low | No | |||
| Final Fantasy IX | June 28, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| Final Fantasy Tactics | December 22, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| Final Fantasy X | December 21, 2008 | High | No | Notes left on talk page 2021-04-17 | ||
| Final Fantasy X-2 | August 9, 2006 | Mid | No | Kept at FAR Oct. 2020 | ||
| Flood (Halo) | July 23, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| GameFAQs | November 26, 2007 | Low | delisted | FAR | Was demoted in September 2012 and has "outdated" tag since June 2013. | |
| Giants: Citizen Kabuto | March 25, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Golden Sun | October 8, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| Grim Fandango | March 26, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Guitar Hero (video game) | April 16, 2008 | High | Yes | Clean up | Screenshot is not fair use, grammar and content is solid. | |
| Half-Life 2: Episode One | October 31, 2008 | High | Pending | Nicereddy (talk) | Prose could be improved, only contains a single non-free screenshot, most likely not replaceable. The references likely require a sweep and archiving for the purpose of future-proofing, as most are over half a decade old. | |
| Half-Life 2: Lost Coast | December 31, 2008 | Low | No | Nicereddy (talk) | ||
| Halo: Combat Evolved | September 21, 2006 | High | delisted | |||
| Halo 2 | April 21, 2007 | High | No | |||
| Halo 3 Original Soundtrack | May 6, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Ico | November 22, 2008 | Mid | Pending | Clean up | Awards section short for what it has received | |
| Iridion 3D | May 15, 2007 | Low | No | |||
| Katamari Damacy | September 10, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Kingdom Hearts | September 9, 2007 | Low | No | |||
| Kingdom Hearts (video game) | July 16, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| Kingdom Hearts II | August 14, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | August 3, 2007 | Low | No | |||
| Frank Klepacki | September 3, 2006 | Low | delisted | Could be divided into subsections, sourcing quality | ||
| Mana (series) | February 26, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Marble Madness | December 21, 2008 | Mid | No | Guyinblack25 copy edited and reviewed in Dec. 2011, but an independent review would be good | ||
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | September 6, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Mario Power Tennis | September 10, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Master Chief (Halo) | October 14, 2007 | High | No | |||
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | October 8, 2006 | Low | Pending | Major issues with 1b, 1c, 2c and 4. | ||
| Metroid Prime | February 26, 2008 | High | No | |||
| Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | December 13, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | November 15, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Midtown Madness | August 8, 2008 | Low | Yes | FAR | Informal, vague, and awkward grammar/prose (by the time FAR started). | |
| Myst III: Exile | June 28, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Myst IV: Revelation | September 19, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Myst V: End of Ages | November 25, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon | December 8, 2006 | Low | delisted | |||
| Ōkami | September 24, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| Perfect Dark | April 13, 2006 | Mid | No | Niwi3 (talk) | ...Actually, holds up surprisingly well (as of February 2014) for something from almost eight years ago | |
| Populous: The Beginning | October 23, 2007 | Low | No | |||
| Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki | February 9, 2008 | Low | Pending | Contains poor grammar and questionable sources. Lead has poor prose and includes unimportant details, and its fourth paragraph is unsourced. The "Development" section is too much quotes and too little original text, and it has only 3 references ("Music" has 2 references, 1 less than "Development"). "Biohazard" is not italicized in the section's first quote. | ||
| Red vs. Blue | March 9, 2006 | Low | delisted | Delisted at 2012-10 FAR | Several full-length sections completely unsourced; article may be out-of-date | |
| Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War | March 15, 2007 | Low | delisted | |||
| Riven | June 4, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Shadow of the Colossus | August 9, 2006 | Mid | Pending | FAR | Sections need medium to light copy editing, Plot section has redundancies, new PS3 content needs clean up and sourcing, references need consistency, excess non-free images, images should have ALT text | |
| Silent Hill 4: The Room | January 28, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Space Invaders | September 29, 2008 | High | No | |||
| Spyro: Year of the Dragon | March 30, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| StarCraft | August 22, 2006 | High | Yes | Expansion | Legacy could use more. Noticed for FAR 2020-12-15 | |
| StarCraft: Ghost | October 16, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| Super Mario 64 | February 4, 2008 | High | delisted | |||
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | July 26, 2007 | Top | delisted | |||
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | July 16, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| Super Smash Bros. Melee | March 20, 2008 | High | No | |||
| System Shock | May 15, 2007 | Mid | Pending | Expansion, clean up | JimmyBlackwing (talk) | The lead and Development, Reception and Legacy sections could be beefed up. Quotes appear without Cite video game template. Gameplay section probably too long; Plot paragraphs too short. |
| The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | May 25, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| The Halo Graphic Novel | February 17, 2008 | Low | No | |||
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | May 8, 2008 | High | Pending | Clean up | Grammar mistakes throughout; parts of Gameplay unsourced | |
| The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages | May 4, 2008 | Mid | No | |||
| The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | July 14, 2006 | High | delisted | Delisted at 2012-02 FAR | Gameplay and Plot are unreferenced | |
| Vagrant Story | June 10, 2007 | Mid | No | |||
| Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne | June 28, 2007 | Low | delisted | Badly written with choppy, short paragraphs, poor grammar, and WP:BALANCE problems. "Intelligence Management System" consists mostly of quotes. "Development" has poor prose. The "Reception" table is too long. "Differences with the novels" is an underdeveloped and unsourced section. | ||
| Wii | March 16, 2007 | Top | Yes | Kept at FAR March 2021 | ||
| Wii Sports | February 20, 2008 | High | No | Development can be expanded, Impact and legacy may need updating | ||
| Wipeout 3 | August 14, 2008 | Low | No |