# Talk:Super Mario Bros.


### GA Reassessment
This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Super Mario Bros./GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

In the "Legacy" section, update the current speedrunning world record to 4:54.565
The run in question can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQmkaEZeVSk
The run has been verified on speedrun.com: https://www.speedrun.com/smb1 Origamiscienceguy (talk) 13:04, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
 Done (3OpenEyes's talk page. Say hi!) | (PS: Have a good day)  13:28, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi everyone! I’m planning to nominate Super Mario Bros. (1985) for Featured Article status. Since I’m not one of the major contributors, I wanted to consult you first and see if you have any thoughts, suggestions, or concerns about the nomination. Your feedback would be very helpful before I move forward! Thanks! CrowbarCatalyst (talk) 04:31, 14 July 2025 (UTC)


### Super Mario Bros.
Previous peer review

I've listed this article for peer review because I'm preparing to nominate Super Mario Bros. (1985) for Featured Article status. As this is my first nomination, I would greatly appreciate feedback on the article’s comprehensiveness, sourcing, writing quality, and overall suitability for FAC. Thanks, CrowbarCatalyst (talk) 03:05, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

I think that the first thing that you need to do is fix the  {{Citation needed}}  tags by adding sources. Cos  (X + Z) 16:22, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
I'll leave a couple of comments:

You need to fix {{citation needed}} tags by adding reliable sources.
You should remove unreliable / non-high-quality sources from the article (e.g., WP:VALNET, but there are also many more besides Valnet sources)
The article should not rely on primary sources (Nintendo / Iwata).
You should look for scholarly analysis of the game and books about the game and add them to the article.
Also, are you actually sure that you want to bring this article to FAC? You have zero experience at WP:GAN and WP:FAC. My suggestion would be to withdraw this PR and work on something else that is easier than this. This is, after all, one of the most known video games of all time and it'll be extremely complicated to get it to FAC status, especially if you don't have prior experience there. Also, please consider what others at FAC said. PR rules state that you must address FAC issues before bringing the article to PR and you haven't done that. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

You've also haven't even edited the article... You should really withdraw and work on something else at this point before coming to this stage. My suggestion would be to seek a WP:GAMENTOR and work on a video game article. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 19:10, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
I agree. As much as you want to have that article at FA level, it takes a lot of work. If you think about it, creating an article (what many Wikipedia users start with) is pretty difficult without prior editing experience but bringing an article to FA is even more so. And I don't think I've seen an editor with 1000 edits or less to bring an article to FA, or bringing an article to FA without ever having a successful GA. JuniperChill (talk) 09:24, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
Its somewhat similar to when I planned to nominate Animal Crossing: New Horizons to FAC, via a PR (which I will close shortly, since that plan is on hold) as I needed to remove some low-quality and unreliable sources, as well as adding sources from 2022 onwards. I never nominated that for FAC since its a step too much. I would not that I'm not a significant contributor to ACNH, since I only added a couple of sentences plus made some reverts. JuniperChill (talk) 16:04, 28 August 2025 (UTC)


#### FAC PR sidebar
I have posted this article on the FAC peer review sidebar. Please consider reviewing other articles posted there. Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 04:57, 10 August 2025 (UTC)


#### Query from Z1720
@CrowbarCatalyst: It has been over a month since you have commented on this PR. Are you still looking for comments? Z1720 (talk) 15:32, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Platform game -> Platformer game

 24.155.147.109 (talk) 14:06, 11 September 2025 (UTC)
 Not done: "Platformer game" is not correct. It's either "platformer" or "platform game". Day Creature (talk) 17:04, 11 September 2025 (UTC)
Ah, it just sounds weird to me. Didn't know it was correct :P 24.155.147.109 (talk) 17:47, 11 September 2025 (UTC)