Talk:Giant Bomb

2014 article improvements to do list

• History - 2012-2014 additions

• Ryan Davis 1979-2013 - Especially now that the Ryan Davis page has been merged into Giant Bomb, the reception to Davis's death from the gaming industry is important. I have many 3rd party sources for this. Addition to the article pending

Done --FLStyle (talk) 22:44, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

• New hires and Expansion - Giant Bomb hired Dan Ryckert (as Senior Associate Editor) and Jason Oestreicher (as Video Editor) in July, both of which previously worked at Game Informer. Prior to this Dave Snider left his post as Product manager, replaced by former Whiskey Media associate Matt Rorie. Have some 3rd party sources for these. Vinny Caravella has relocated himself to New York and together with Alex Navarro they're setting up a Giant Bomb East studio to create additional content for Giant Bomb. One 3rd party source and One 1st party source. Addition to the article pending.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 16:30, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

• Main features - Editorial Content - Video scaling

• I intend to lower the presence of video features which have either ended or are in extended hiatus, this includes not having their own section under a heading and not including as much detail about facts behind a given feature's creation. Features this relates to This Ain't No Game, Endurance Run, Thursday Night Throwdown and Building the Bastion. These features will continue to exist directly under the Videos heading, significantly reduced, as examples of Giant Bomb video content which has garnered recognition.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 22:44, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

• Main features - Community Content - Quests

• Same as above, replace This Ain't No Game with Quests

Done --FLStyle (talk) 22:44, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

• Development - Additions regarding the full-scale redesign of post-Whiskey Media Giant Bomb launching with regards to BermanBraun owning the Whiskey Media publishing platform. I have a small amount of 3rd and 1st party sources for this.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 22:44, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

• Reception - Any addition reception in 3rd party source form would be welcome.
• General improvements

• Link Rot - Work must be done to article references by adding archive URL and dates to ensure their continued use as references. Any future new references must have archiveurl and archivedate via http://archive.org/web/ links to prevent this from coming up again.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 18:58, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Part 2

Now that the above is complete I've got some other additions to add before I'll consider it fully up to date.

• Main features - Editorial content - News

• News stories broken by Giant Bomb that are to be added to the article, including but not limited to Microsoft's announcement that it was reversing its DRM policies for the XBox One, which is covered extensively on the pre-release section of its reception.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 19:49, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

• Main features - Editorial content - Reviews

• Some more details on review policies via a video game journalism round table discussion from 2008.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 01:28, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

• Main features - Editorial content - Video

• The currently running video series, Unfinished will be added

Rescinded - Can't find enough 3rd party sources to warrant inclusion.--FLStyle (talk) 13:27, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

• Main features - Editorial content - Paid subscription service

• Some extra information to add.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 19:49, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

• Corporate affairs and culture - New section "Humor"

• Details of Giant Bomb's sense of humor and how it's reflected in its coverage, the bulk of the section will feature coverage on Giant Bomb's 2014 video in which Ryckert and Gerstmann play Super Mario 3 on the Medusa roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 13:27, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

• Corporate affairs and culture - New section "Charity work"

• Details of Giant Bomb's contribution's to the Extra Life charity.

Done --FLStyle (talk) 21:50, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

--FLStyle (talk) 18:58, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

GA/A/FA status

I'm pretty much done adding to this wiki for now. The only upcoming addition, barring any significant developments in the future, is when Giant Bomb announce who they hire to replace Patrick Klepek as Senior News Editor. Should be a sentence in the History section and a new row in the Employees table, nothing more.

This wiki was rated B-class back in 2011, I think it's time we got the ball rolling on what needs to be done to get to GA/A/FA class. Here's the GA criteria and the FA criteria.

User Cyberbulb099 has already begun, they judged that the Usage section was not needed. Are we in agreement? Any other suggestions? --FLStyle (talk) 13:45, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Giant Bomb/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 18:12, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Should complete this one within a day or two ☯ Jaguar ☯ 18:12, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Initial comments

• Per WP:LEADCITE, citations are discouraged from the lead unless it's sourcing controversial information. I think ""a fun video game website"[4]" is alright to keep but it wouldn't hurt to cut down on a couple more
• Though the lead does summarise most of the article, I noticed that nothing was mentioned about Ryan Davis' death (a pivotal point in its history)? The history part of the lead is looking dry but I think this is no problem
• "Immediately after his termination" - really? Sounds like Jeff Gerstmann got vaporized by the Borg or something?!
• "its sister-site Screened in May 2010." - Screened is not linked in its first mention here?
• "March 2012 saw Shelby Bonnie sell Whiskey Media in 2 deals" - two
• There are a lot of bold phrases in the Video and Quick Look sub sections which aren't allowed per WP:MOS
• "Giant Bomb's news is written by Navarro" - who is this? Is it a pseudonym for somebody?
• Is the list itself of Game of the Year awards necessary to include in the Game of the year awards section? Lists are usually discouraged from GAs
• "Molyneux himself visited the London, UK" - no need to describe that London is in the UK, same goes with "San Francisco, USA" -
• "lamented Giant Bomb's hiring of Dan Ryckert and Jason Oestreicher in July 2014, maintaining Giant Bomb's 100% white, male staff personnel" - who said this? Was this taken from a source itself or is it original research?

References

• Ref 97 is the only dead link
• Other than that, the refs are properly formatted and complies per the VG guidelines

On hold

That's what I could find with this one. Generally a good article, though. If all of the above can be addressed and clarified then this will stand a chance of passing the GAN. I'm worried that something in there might be original research and a few prose issues remain, but otherwise it's all good. I'll leave this on hold for the standard seven days. Thanks ☯ Jaguar ☯ 22:59, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Close - promotion

Thanks for your improvements made here. After looking through the article again and reading the message left on my talk page, this article now meets the GA criteria. Well done ☯ Jaguar ☯ 16:42, 1 March 2015 (UTC)