# Talk:Development of Red Dead Redemption

This review is transcluded from Talk:Development of Red Dead Redemption/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 23:50, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Should have this to you within 48 hours ☯ Jaguar ☯ 23:50, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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: 

Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section: 

B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary: 

C. No original research: 

Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects: 

B. Focused: 

Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias: 

Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc: 

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: 

Overall:
Pass or Fail: 


### Initial comments
Not at all essential, but would there be a chance of having some sort of image for the lead?
"Rockstar Games published Red Dead Redemption on May 18, 2010 " - I think released sound more accurate, what do you think?
"One of their studios, Rockstar San Diego, oversaw the work, sharing it with other studios around the world" - what does this mean? Was it developed in more than one Rockstar Studio?
"Preliminary work on Red Dead Redemption began in 2005" - this is in the Production section, but I was thinking that something as important as this should also be mentioned in the lead?
I would mention that all the places in the Story and setting section are all fictional - it got me going for a minute that New Austin and Nuevo Paraíso were real places!
""[T]here are countryside environments" - why is [T] there?
"The trailer was a technology demonstration of the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) and was set in the Old West" - the story and setting states that the game takes place during the transition into the modern world?


#### References
No dead links, and the citations are all in the correct places, so this meets the GA criteria


### On hold
A very good article, this appears to be pure GA material, hence the review feeling a little short. It is mostly well written, comprehensive and the references are in working order. I'll put this on hold for the standard seven days until everything can be addressed. ☯ Jaguar ☯ 14:53, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, Jaguar! I've gone through and fixed most of your concerns:
I would also like to have an image in the lead, but I can't think of any that would be suitable. Only a couple of the other development articles have images in the lead, but I'm not sure if one will work here. Let me know.
I felt that published would be better, since Rockstar Games is the publisher. However, I'll change it if you wish.
I've added a list of other developers in a footnote.
I believe the beginning of development (2005) is mentioned in the first sentence of the lead.
Clarified that the locations are fictional.
The original quote was written as "there are countryside environments", but here it's used as the opening of a sentence, requiring an upper case letter; as far as I'm aware, I can't alter the original quote without brackets.
Removed "set in the Old West".
If you have any further concerns, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks! -- Rhain1999 (talk to me) 20:58, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your response, Rhain, I think that after the changes you have made the article now meets the GA criteria. It was well written to start off with, but passing now  ☯ Jaguar ☯ 21:14, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! -- Rhain1999 (talk to me) 21:17, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

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