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red links is to indicate topics that could have valid articles, and the only reason to remove a red link is if the topic shouldn't have an article. Both good articles and featured articles allow red links when they are valid. Boulevard de l'Independance has been reviewed by Stylus Magazine,
[1]Exclaim!,
[2]The Guardian,
[3], BBC,
[4], The Independent,
[5] and The Times.
[6] It is often mentioned in context of
Toumani Diabate,
[7][8] was #57 on Paste Magazine's best albums of 2006 list,
[9] and it won "Album of the Year" in BBC's Awards for World Music.
[10] All that, along with the "Tapha Niang" controversy mentioned in the article for LittleBigPlanet is evidence for the notability of this album. There's no reason to remove the red link.
Lazman321 (
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05:45, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
The reception section overall uses far too many quotes to be comfortable reading.
Also, this sentence: "The creative aspect of LittleBigPlanet has been widely praised by critics,[7] though some critics have noted how it takes patience to create a great level.[3][133]". Maybe find a paraphrase for "critics" in one instance to avoid repetition.
This is going to be a lot of little things more than anything.
Lead
"...platform game developed by British developer Media Molecule..." - Does the developer's location matter? Also having "developed" and "developer" so close together is repetitious.
" While initially, sales dwindled in 2008, LittleBigPlanet ultimately became commercially successful after 2009, reaching four million sales by 2018." - This feels like two types of sentences were stitched together with commas. Is there a way of rewriting this bit?
"LittleBigPlanet is set on a planet called LittleBigPlanet" - Maybe "planet of the same name" or "titular planet" would be better to avoid rapid-fire repetition.
"they had only had a vague idea of what they game they wanted to create" - Replace with something like "they only had a vague of idea of what to create" or "they only had a vague idea of what game they wanted to create".
"They wanted to create an ambitious console-friendly game that utilised user-generated content, appealed to a broad audience, and proved that a small company could create a mainstream game." - Too many creates.
"they realised just how much backing Sony was devoted to the game" - Either "they realised just how much Sony was devoted to the game" or "they realised just how much backing Sony was giving the game", or something similar here.
"Healey relates that although the revelation of Sony's faith in the game boosted their confidence, additionally, it increased the pressure on them with the realisation that their task had become much greater than originally anticipated." - This sentence reads very awkwardly. Maybe a rewrite for clarity and flow.
"Healey served as the creative director, Ettouney served as the art director, and Evans and Smith served as the technical directors." - Repetition of "served".
"Around May 2007, a demo of LittleBigPlanet was rumoured to be planned.[63]" - Think you should just say "rumoured", as saying there was a rumour of a plan sounds superfluous.
"Over the years, LittleBigPlanet and the franchise it spawned has garnered a large amount of DLC." - Is garnered the right word for DLC? I've only really seen it used for awards before.
@
PerryPerryD and
Lazman321: That's it. Mostly a lot of word repetition, and a few bits that seem left over from a blending of different rewrites. I think I'll put the article on hold for now. (Hope this ping reaches you this time.) --
ProtoDrake (
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14:05, 12 March 2022 (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
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... that the sales for the critically acclaimed video game LittleBigPlanet dwindled before 2009? Source:
[11][12]
ALT1: ... that the lyrics to a licensed song for the critically acclaimed LittleBigPlanet had to be removed to avoid offending
Muslims? Source:
[13][14]
Comment: Far too much of the article dwells on the removal of the song. It is mentioned in the Lede, Release and Audio, with references 45-50, 82-84. I recommend removing the content from the lead, and at most 2-3 refs in Release to explain why the launch was briefly delayed for CD swap. Does not need to be in Audio because the song ended up not being in the product being sold. Should not be the DYK.
David notMD (
talk)
11:39, 22 March 2022 (UTC)reply
On the contrary, the amount of coverage the "Tapha Niang" controversy has in this article is proportionate to how important it is to the topic. It received much coverage in both the video game journalism media and British media; it resulted in a worldwide recall of the game and the delay of its release; and it was the only major controversy that LittleBigPlanet was a part of, at least until the server issues of 2021 and subsequent takedown. Also, the song itself was not removed from the game; only the lyrics were. Even if the song was removed, the song would still warrant mention in the music subsection because it was the most discussed aspect of the in-game music. I do think it would be interesting enough for DYK, though I can add one more DYK nomination.
Lazman321 (
talk)
00:27, 27 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Comment: I agree with
Lazman321, the time spent on the song controversy is appropriate. Review—
Promote ALT2 to
Prep 7. I think the article has the appropriate amount of text for the song controversy, and the hook referring to its removal is not used as the hook.
Z1720 (
talk)
18:51, 3 April 2022 (UTC)reply