Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Square Enix franchises/archive1

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The list was withdrawn by SchroCat 08:19, 29 August 2015 [1].

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List of Square Enix franchises

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• Featured list candidates/List of Square Enix franchises/archive1

Nominator(s): --Misconceptions2 (talk) 12:44, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

I am nominating this for Featured List status because I believe it meets all of the FLC criteria. The list consists of all notable franchsies of Square Enix, with sales figures where available. The prose was created by an Admin. --Misconceptions2 (talk) 12:44, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

• Comments:
  • "The prose was created by an Admin" That means nothing, admins aren't special when it comes to content.
  • What is the definition of "spinoff"? You note 11 original and 27 spinoffs in Dragon Quest, but simply "48 games" for Final Fantasy; do Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Dirge of Cerebus, etc. count as original or spinoffs, and why?
  • Furthermore, there have been several notable Final Fantasy movies; why are those not listed?
  • And again, Kingdom Hearts specifies remakes; I know that FF games have been remade many times.
  • Saying, for example, "110,000,000" is needlessly specific. The source says "110 million" and that's sufficient for here.
  • This might be just me but I think the "as of" date is not needed for the sales. The reader can assume as of current day, and in cases like Conflict, where no game has been released since 2008, people can easily and correctly assume that the number of sales has not budged much since then. The only time it's necessary is where the sourced data is older than the newest release: For example, Championship Manager.
  • "Latest release" contains some future releases, like in Deus Ex. It shouldn't.
  • Carmageddon: "as of 2011", no, they sold the rights IN 2011. :)
  • What does "most games in franchise published by Square Enix" mean? For example, Final Fantasy is not marked, but Tobal is, despite Square Enix being formed after the last Tobal game was released. Also Actraiser.
  • Is the series "Xeno" or "Xenogears"? If it's Xeno then there are 6 games, not just 1 game and 5 spiritual successors. (And also generally 'spiritual successors' aren't noted in a series. For example, Shadow of the Colossus is the spiritual successor to Ico, but no one would say they are both part of the Ico series. So maybe that designation should be removed.)
• That's all for now. --Golbez (talk) 14:43, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Speaking as the "admin" in question (I'm also one of the FLC delegates...) this list is nowhere near ready for FLC. I'm pretty heavily involved in the article, so I can't muck with this nomination, but I recommend a speedy close. --PresN 15:22, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

• Ok then i withdraw my nomination--Misconceptions2 (talk) 15:29, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
• @Crisco 1492: Nominator has indicated above that they would like to withdraw. Cowlibob (talk) 20:24, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

• Closing note: This candidate has been withdrawn, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. – SchroCat (talk) 08:17, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

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