Talk:Terraria

GA review

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Nominator: Vacant0 (talk · contribs) 14:37, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Tarlby (talk · contribs) 15:53, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Tarlby

I remember playing this game a lot. It was pretty fun. Expect me to begin soon! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 15:53, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.

   a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lead

• Earwig catches [1] an 88.9% chance for a copyvio from this website [2], though I checked the oldest archive from the Wayback Machine [3] and compared it to this permadiff. It's just a mirror of Wikipedia, so it's nothing to worry about.

• "The development began in January 2011..." ---> "Development began in January 2011..."
  •  Done

Gameplay

• The articles phases out of using the Oxford comma multiple times, i.e the lead and first sentence for this section.
  •  Done If I skipped something, please tell me.
• "NPCs prefer to reside in certain biomes and with certain NPCs, and will raise..." Brainfart
  •  Done
• "...NPCs, and will raise or lower their prices and sell special items depending on if they are sufficiently happy." How do players make sure NPCs are sufficiently happy?
  •  Done
• "And additional ones, such as Recipe Browser, Veinminer, and Fargo's Mutant Mod, aim to improve quality of life..." ---> "Additional ones, such as Recipe Browser, Veinminer, and Fargo's Mutant Mod, aim to improve quality of life..." I would link quality of life to Glossary of video game terms#quality of life.
  •  Done

Development and release

• Looks good.

Reception

• Looks good.

Sequels

• Looks good.

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• Couldn't find the date of publication in the non-archived link (or maybe I'm just blind) so I looked at the archive version. It says the article was published "11/09/2012" which I assume is in dmy format, correct?
  • Correct. In the URL, it is also listed in the YMD format.

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• I don't see where the author compliments the game's replayability.
  • Turns out, though, Terraria ($4.99) has one hell of a deep well, and has had me coming back for more on more occasions than I can count.

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Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 17:15, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

The spotchecks are finished now. I am pleasently surprised at the complete lack of any major problems here. Good job! If you ever plan on bringing this to FAC, I would reccomend making the prose more engaging. A lot of the sentences, especially in the development and receptions sections, follow this basic formula: "He developed this. This update was announced. That was released on (insert date)", or, "Someone thought that. This guy commended this. Some people criticised that."

This doesn't feel that engaging to read and ended up making me a little bored, so that's something you can fix later on. I'll be passing this now. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 17:49, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

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.

The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:02, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

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• Comment or view
• Article history

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• ... that Terraria was released earlier than planned because a beta version of the game was leaked to the public? Source: Cameron, Phill (July 28, 2011). "Terraria Review". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on October 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Miroslav Kvočka

Improved to Good Article status by Vacant0 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 14:52, 20 March 2025 (UTC).

• Should be good to go. The article was recently improved to GA status on March 19 (so within the 7-day nom period). Long enough, certainly. Passing GA means it had to clear the expectation of being well-sourced, neutral, copy-vio free. I double-checked this and it is. Earwig pops up with a concerning 88.9% figure for "https://hastega.net/terraria/", but I suspect the text on that site actually rips what's written on Wikipedia. If another editor wants to object with that or chime in though, feel free. I could be wrong here. I like the hook, it's interesting to me and definitely short enough and cited correctly. It also complies with WP:DYKFICTION. I think several ALT hooks could be made too, given the amount of content present in the article. But this ALT0 definitely works. QPQ's been completed. Soulbust (talk) 15:17, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
  • That website copies from this permadiff. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 15:43, 20 March 2025 (UTC)