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"This spring, popular artist Soccer Mommy played a live music set in Club Penguin Rewritten as part of a larger wave of in-game concerts during the pandemic."
NME
"The site and others like it experienced a boost in popularity in the early weeks of the pandemic, as teens and young adults who grew up with the game used it to convene from quarantine."
Reviewed: QPQ exempt (0 credits)
Comment: I might not respond as often in the following months.
Normally, I'd say it should be merged, if it was a flash-in-the-pan thing. But, I think it got enough coverage as a social phenomenon to be its own entity, in addition to the controversy over its shutdown, despite not having a massive difference with the original. It's notable as a clone that got as many users as a real AAA MMO. If people disagree though, I will be fine to admit I am wrong.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
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06:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)reply
I do think that if the article goes to DYK, it should be focused on its unauthorized nature and high amount of users. Like "by the time the unofficial Club Penguin Rewritten was shut down due to copyright infringement, it had more than 10 million users", or something of that nature.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
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06:03, 7 September 2022 (UTC)reply
I'll join the chorus and say that this does deserve its own article as an unlicensed clone that has (er, had) taken a life of its own, just like the many
Mario and
Sonic ROM hacks out there.
DigitalIceAge (
talk)
17:31, 8 September 2022 (UTC)reply
New enough, long enough, neutral. Gave it a copyedit for grammar and sectioning. I would like to see the development section expanded in the future, as it's not clear from the article if the remake is a clone in the sense that the developers copied the original assets from working copies of the old Club Penguin or if they recreated the game from scratch (or both). But that's out of the scope for a DYK review. No close paraphrasing. QPQ exempt. Prefer ALT0, as ALT1 is kind of how all video games were used during the pandemic.
DigitalIceAge (
talk)
06:44, 28 September 2022 (UTC)reply
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I've reviewed first to see if the issues brought up by the
previous GA reviewer have been addressed. I am pleased to say that they have been! I went ahead and added a more specific source for the release date, but at first glance this is not an instant fail and I will be moving on to the full criteria. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me!18:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)reply
(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with
the layout style guideline;
(b)
reliable sources are
cited inline. All content that
could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);[2]
All major aspects are covered. I think the notice at the top of the "Gameplay and development" section linking to
Gameplay of Club Penguin is sufficient for this article as the major change (no memberships) is covered in-text.
Pass
(b) (focused)
Removed a couple filler sentences as part of my
WP:BOLD changes but otherwise there were no issues.
Pass
Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
Notes
Result
No issues of note.
Pass
Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing
edit war or content dispute.
Notes
Result
No issues of note.
Pass
Illustrated, if possible, by media such as
images,
video, or
audio:
Criteria
Notes
Result
(a) (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales)
No issues of note, the fair-use image has detailed rationale.
Pass
(b) (appropriate use with suitable captions)
No issues of note.
Pass
Result
Result
Notes
Pass
Great job on this article! It meets all the criteria and can be promoted to GA. It was a really interesting read - I remember the original game from my childhood and it's a shame that this recreation was shut down.
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