Talk:Aliens Versus Predator 2

Multiplayer

section out of date. Official support has ceased. Official Publisher announcement here [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.229.73.216 (talk • contribs) 23:50, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

russian version of wikipedia covers this, and cites that URL [2] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.229.73.216 (talk) 00:05, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

For the umpteenth time, the article talk page is not a forum. If you have a reliable source, then nothing is preventing you from adding this information to the article. However, I would recommend searching for a different source, preferrably a third-party one, as messageboard forums are not generally considered reliable. Perhaps the company has presented the same information in some kind of news post or press release, rather than on a forum. Or even better, perhaps their announcement has been covered by a third-party gaming news source. Or is the forum the only way they make these types of announcements? If so, all you need do is cite the source and it can be included in the article. --IllaZilla (talk) 05:15, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Third-party gaming news sources cite this forum message as a primary source: [3] [4] [5] 80.93.176.70 (talk) 09:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

and when i add this to the article you reverted it multiple times --98.229.73.216 (talk) 16:49, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Because you have yet to cite a reliable source, despite numerous requests. Another editor has provided some above. --IllaZilla (talk) 16:53, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

maybe i dont know how to do all that fancy jazz? instead of reverting my earlier attempts, maybe help with formating the reference url? numerous other wikipedia articles cite [6] as a source. [7] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.229.73.216 (talk) 17:01, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, this article contains very few in text citations.

Which is a reason to find more sources, not to add even more unreferenced statements. It's not just the matter of a source, you keep inserting a boilerplate comment: "Official support from the publisher has ceased" right beneath the multiplayer section header. This is extremely poor writing. If you want to add information to the article, don't just treat it like a blog or forum & slap the same statement wherever you please. Find a place where it might flow with the article's text, construct one or two complete sentences, and then finish with a citation. For example: "In November 2008 Sierra discontinued its online multiplayer support for Aliens versus Predator 2 along with a number of other games, making Aliens versus Predator 2's online multiplayer component no longer playable through the developer's servers." And that should go at the bottom of the Multiplayer section, not the top. Do you see how that's better, and makes more sense, than just slapping "Official support from the publisher has ceased" at the top of the section? --IllaZilla (talk) 18:09, 28 June 2009 (UTC)