Talk:Sega AM2/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Namcokid47 (talk · contribs) 01:47, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quarantine has given me bug-all to do, so I'll look over this. Besides, these guys made two of my favorite arcade games, After Burner and Space Harrier. Namcokid 47 ^(Contribs) 01:47, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Namcokid47: Sorry to be a bug, but it's been over a month since you put your name down for AM2 and AM3 to get reviews. Any idea when these might happen? Red Phoenix ^talk 14:58, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Red Phoenix: After being a month overdue, here are my comments.

Maybe describe what Hang-On is for unfamiliar readers? Something like "Suzuki's next project was the motorcycle racer Hang-On.
"Sammy Corporation bought a controlling share in Sega at a cost of $1.1 billion" - this needs a source.
I don't know the purpose of the Virtual Cop or F355 Challenge images being here. The reader doesn't need to know what Virtua Cop or F355 are to understand what the article is about.
Kikizo is listed as "inconclusive" on WPVG/S, and I don't know how reliable it is. I'd personally replace it with a better one.
Is Gamingbolt a reliable publication?

Namcokid 47 ^(Contribs) 15:21, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Namcokid47:

Added the expanded intro to Hang-On
Removed the 1.1 billion, the rest is in the following source. That was actually a good catch - you made me go back and catch that it was under supported and not fully accurate in Sega. I was quite surprised by that.
I don't see anything wrong with the additional images - F355 Challenge and Virtua Cop are mentioned in the adjacent paragraphs, and with the exception of the copyrighted logo in the infobox, everything is a free image from Wikimedia Commons. Nothing should have a non-free content issue, and it hardly appears excessive to me, but if you insist, feel free to delete.
On Kikizo, most of the citations are actually to interviews. In light of your concerns, though, I went to the ones that aren't and shored them up with additional resources. Studying the "about" page of Kikizo suggests it passes my test for reliability (had a content deal with AOL and they have a whole list of editors who worked on Kikizo and also for RS publications, plenty of them). Especially with the interviews, I don't think they have to be thrown away as unreliable, and I hedged the bet with the rest.
Removed Gamingbolt - that wasn't my addition, but the statement really isn't needed anyway.

Red Phoenix ^talk 03:26, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]