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The list was promoted by Giants2008 10:01, 12 August 2013 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Characters of God of War[edit]

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Nominator(s): JDC808 ♫ 03:23, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This list is of the characters of one of PlayStation's biggest franchises, God of War. I'm not necessarily expecting this article to pass on the first attempt here at FLC. I would like reviewers to review this against the criteria for FL and I will do what I can to fix it during this FLC process. Who knows, maybe it will pass. --JDC808 ♫ 03:23, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support: Good job on meeting every single criteria for an FL! SoapFan12 Talk smile 11:24, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think this list needs much more images - if not with the actual characters then with the ancient gods that they are based on. Nergaal (talk) 00:33, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll see what I can find. --JDC808 ♫ 02:42, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've added a couple of images. I added the logo at the top, and added an image of four of the action figures down by Merchandise. --JDC808 ♫ 00:54, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Meets the criteria, high quality articles on fictional characters need to become more common, nice to see an editor making steps in this direction. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 23:36, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you --JDC808 ♫ 04:11, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I had more at one time, but was told it was too many. I don't remember why Ares was left, I guess because he was the first antagonist and who the series was named for essentially. The Hades one is to show the developmental difference because out of all the characters in the first God of War, he had the biggest change in appearance. I'm in the process of trying to find a couple more, like Zeus since he's one of the main antagonists. I've been trying to find one with a bunch of characters in it, but have had no luck. --JDC808 ♫ 21:25, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As I indicated above, I've added a couple more images. One is the logo because I can't find an image with a bunch of characters that I'd like to put there and the logo at least shows readers that these are the video game characters and not something else. The other image is of four of the action figures, which shows both their appearance and some merchandise that was produced for the series. --JDC808 ♫ 00:54, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. --JDC808 ♫ 16:31, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 12:43, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comments - lovely piece of work.
  • Could link story arc for non-experts.
  • "from 2010-11" en-dash.
  • It appears that there's a little bit of overlinking, Krakos for instance is linked in the lead, in the subsequent section and then in the list itself.
    • I kinda did that on purpose. The lead one is for obvious reasons. The next section is because it was the first occurrence of the name, then the list was to make it easier for a reader instead of having to scroll back up to find the link. I've removed the overlinking in the "Concept and creation" section. --JDC808 ♫ 18:41, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " 5-10%" en-dash.
  • "Artwork of Ares, former God of War and main antagonist in God of War." doesn't need a period. Same for the figurine image caption.
  • "Athena – See "Major characters" section." you can "hashlink" a specific section here.
  • You use IGN on its own in the lead but IGN Entertainment (which redirects back to IGN in any case) in the refs. Suggest consistency.
  • Actually, I'm confused. Because you have some refs to IGN Entertainment and some to IGN, both of which link to IGN.
    • I had done it like that on purpose. If IGN was the work, I only used "IGN", but if it was the publisher, I put it as "IGN Entertainment". They're all IGN now though. --JDC808 ♫ 18:41, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • External link titles need to use WP:DASH.

The Rambling Man (talk) 14:24, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Source comments –

  • What makes Review My Games (ref 38) a reliable source?
    • I've removed it, not because I couldn't refute it's reliability, but because the link is dead. --JDC808 ♫ 22:28, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes Cheat Code Central (ref 84) reliable?
    • Did some searching at WP:VG/RS, and most say it's unreliable so I have removed. --JDC808 ♫ 22:28, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • All caps in ref 93 should be removed. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:07, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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