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A fact from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet became the lowest-rated mainline entries in the franchise's history due to performance issues at launch?
I propose that we standardize the existing nine generations to American English. It is a bit jarring to see that Generation 1-7 articles are written in American English, while Generation 8 is a mix of British and American, and Gen 9 is British.
I think the idea behind Sword/Shield being British English was probably because the game's setting was based on the U.K., but I agree that Scarlet/Violet especially should probably be in American English if we're striving for cross-series standardization. DecafPotato (talk) 03:49, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
as is, the games generally use unitedstatesian english, but gen 8 uses englandian english. using yeehaw english for most articles and crumpet english for swsh seems like the way to go cogsan(nag me)(stalk me)14:17, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd assume we're at a consensus for American English? I ask primarily because the article's GA review is currently active, and it's best to resolve anything that would cause a sweeping change as soon as possible. Magneton Considerer:Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 02:20, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Been wanting to pick this up for a while but didnt because I haddent finished the game yet. So glad the GA backlog is more powerful then my lack of skill. At a first glance it looks not just good but good enough. Questions?fourOlifanofmrtennant (she/her) 02:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC
GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
(削除) In the side table for the games scores anything that rates the game out of ten uses numbers instead of stars with the exception of Nintendo Life. Any reason? (削除ここまで)
(削除) The line "Parent company Nintendo attempted to takedown many of these leaks, but other accounts reposted the information taken down" reads a little oddly. (削除ここまで)
(削除) Is it worth linking both DLC given that the redirect to The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero which is linked immediately before (削除ここまで)
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(削除) "though is forced by its programming" -> "though its programming forces it" MOS:TENSE (削除ここまで)
-Nintendo Life uses the stars I believe because it's the only out of ten scale explicitly using stars. Admittedly unsure if there's a policy regarding the usage of stars over numbers or not depending on the outlet.
-Does "Parent company Nintendo attempted to takedown many of these leaks, but other accounts reposted the information after it was taken down." read better?
-Linked the specific expansions just in case readers were unfamiliar with the two DLCs, as it would allow them an easy link to either one in case they confused names or something similar. Can remove this if you feel it necessary.
-I included the image of Fox since I figured any form of identification was better than none. It seemed odd to me not to use it given it's the only one we have and we don't need to be too concerned with a "primary" identifier here, unlike at Fox's main article. There have been BLPs using lower quality images than that one.
-Addressing your concern on stability that you mentioned in the edit history: the stability criteria states that " it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute." The actual page content has not been changing day to day, and no edit warring has occurred, as a result of the discussion on the talk page. The changes it asks aren't too egregious, and support for American English seems unanimous as of now. I've left a message to double check the status of it so I can resolve it sooner, but I do believe this discussion is irrelevant to the stability criteria and would not result in a significant quality decrease if it did go through. Magneton Considerer:Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 02:32, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
"Ed Sheeran's new song Celestial will apparently feature somewhere in the game... Celestial will be the first song included in a Pokemon game that actually has lyrics."
"I wasn’t expecting the Ed Sheeran single that plays during the end credits to be on this OST."
ALT1: ... that due to performance issues at launch in the 2022 video games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the games became the lowest rated mainline entries in the franchise's history?
Everything seems to be in order. GA was on the 7th, article is long enough and appropriately sourced. It looks like some of the images are yours—why aren't we using this gem?—and are good to go. Hook is fascinating enough and the picture of Mr. Sheeran, while haunting, is good at 100px. Overall, great job! ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:29, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The page for developer Toby Fox uses an avatar commonly used to represent him, and not the image of him covered in foam, with points raised such as MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE, and it's probably more distracting. What's the consensus on changing the image in question? Plebiano (talk) 16:01, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Plebiano that avatar is a fair use image and also currently under an image review. The only free use representation of Fox is the foam shower one, and some form of visual identification is probably better than none. Other BLPs use less effective images than Fox's. Magneton Considerer:Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 17:27, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the current image depicted is a sufficiently informative, doesn't help users understand the subject matter, and may even distract from the information of the page. I don't think other pages should have ineffective images either, but that's neither here nor there. Plebiano (talk) 11:16, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've listed this article for peer review because I want to take it to Featured Article at some point in the future, and wish to get a gauge for what more I need to add or rewrite before making a nomination. I've done a few FLs before, so I have a few ideas of what I need done, but I wished to get some more input since FA is a whole new beast for me as an editor. Please feel free to tear into any and all parts of the article with this, and all advice is appreciated!
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