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Tetris

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Interested in nominating this article for FAC, especially given its importance. Any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks, Lazman321 (talk) 03:51, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I have added this article to the FAC PR review sidebar. Please consider reviewing other articles listed there, and remove this entry when this is closed. Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 15:23, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vacant0

I'll give some recommendations next week. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 15:47, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I know that we don't usually have an infobox caption, but considering that the logo has changed over the years, you could potentially include a caption "Logo since XXXX".
There's an overuse of images in the early sections of the article. I'd suggest having one image per section (in sections where there are currently multiple images).
Besides this, I don't really have anything to add. You should address concerns from other editors and then bring this to FAC. Feel free to ping me when you get at that point and I'll gladly review the article. Cheers, Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 16:49, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shapeyness

Hey, thought I'd add some comments, hopefully these are useful. Amazing for a vital article like Tetris to be going to FAC! Shapeyness (talk) 19:02, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"There are advanced techniques that can gain more points than a Tetris" I don't think this is quite right from my reading of the source. I think the source is saying that these techniques are more important in competitive play because they allow quicker line clears, which will interfere with your opponent. Compare to the source for the previous sentence: "Scoring a Tetris should be one of your primary goals because it results in the highest amount of points. However, if you’re playing a competitive version of the game, like Tetris 99, then your goal should be sending the most amount of garbage lines to your opponent by clearing your own lines quickly." I don't know anything about Tetris scoring though so correct me if I'm wrong about that.
"nearly everyone with an IBM computer in Moscow and similar cities had played Tetris" Could maybe do with some clarification of "similar cities" here, i.e. this is referring to other large cities within the Soviet Union but not elsewhere
where a judge ruled that Mino... Since Mino hasn't been mentioned yet, I think it would be useful to say something like "the iOS game Mino"
"over 200 variants" - I don't see that mentioned in the linked source, only 65+ different platforms. Also, do you know what "as of October 2010" is referring to (source doesn't look dated to me)?
"As a result, some publications consider Tetris the best-selling video game of all time" Maybe worth clarifying that these publications are grouping all mobile releases together to get to this conclusion
There is a little bit of repetition in the first paragraph of the cultural impact section from things mentioned in other sections, it would be nice (imo) to replace this with more examples from the "representation in a vast array of media such as architecture, art, and merchandise" if possible - this is just personal opinion though, I think it would be fine for FAC currently.
"first scientifically recognized" What makes this recognition scientific? Reads as just a personal observation atm
There are some non-MEDRS sources used for medical claims in this section (e.g. Plank 2022 in relation to PTSD and cravings) and some bits I'm not sure are psychological research at all (e.g. the Tetris effect stuff, although you could maybe use sources like these: "Replaying the Game: Hypnagogic Images in Normals and Amnesics" and "Game Transfer Phenomena: Origin, Development, and Contributions to the Video Game Research Field").
On PTSD interventions, these recent sources might be useful (although I didn't go through in detail so they might not be): "Evidence That Tetris Reduces Immediate but Not Subsequent Daily Intrusions of a Trauma Film: A Multilab Replication Study" and "A summary review of the development of using a brief imagery-competing task intervention (ICTI) for reducing intrusive memories of psychological trauma: applications in healthcare settings for both staff and patients"
Source titles should have consistent capitalisation for FAC, also some books have locations and others don't. I would suggest going through and double-checking formatting is ok for all sources, I noticed "Is That Just Some Game? No, It's a Cultural Artifact" has the author in all caps and nytimes.com instead of The New York Times. Also, I think the page references for the Ichbiah 2009 might be wrong, they don't match up with the page range in the bibliography.
I think image reviewers generally like all images to have alt texts for FAC

ImaginesTigers

Very much enjoyed your previous work on Fallout so happy to provide a review. This is an interesting video-game article because it's both an article about an old game and a kind of "series" article. Won't go into exhaustive detail here but I've given the article a read and have some high-level thoughts

Sourcing

There's a mixture of Sfn and <ref>s used throughout the article, which is not likely to pass muster at FAC
There's inconsistency across source fields
We have articles on Tetris: The Games People Play (Box Brown) but it isn't mentioned anywhere

Content

I've read the first few paragraphs and they're cleanly written. My feedback would be that I have access to one source (The Ultimate History of Video Games) and there's quite a lot of missing context from here. I can see that book is used 4 times across the page – are we using sources as best we can? Some examples:

Thinking Pajitnov had the authority to make a deal – Didn't he? Is this related to the Soviets not honouring contracts?
Stein granted these rights before securing them by himself (TUHOVG) – is this related to The Soviet researchers expressed interest in forming an agreement with Stein via fax, but were unaware that this fax communication could be considered a legal contract in the Western world from the article? If so, "the Soviet researchers" confuses me here because I thought it referred to Pajitnov and Brjabrin and not Stein (an executive)

There's an earlier statement that The Soviet spirit was preserved, with fields illustrating Russian parks and buildings as well as melodies anchored in Russian folklore of the time (I think for the American release), but later The earliest versions of Tetris had no music (Versions) – is this a reference to the in-development versions? Or a released version of Tetris?
Given that this is essentially a series article, I'd expect information on gameplay innovations on Tetris' core rules. For example its allowed players to freeze time, or has colour-matching mechanics, or had gravity switching. The game has been a battle royale, and 3D spherical game map, or multiplayer.
Recommend using surname for Maya Rogers instead of calling her Maya – it's a bit intimate

— ImaginesTigers (talk) 11:57, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]