Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Characters of Kingdom Hearts

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 00:37, 3 December 2007.

[edit] Characters of Kingdom Hearts

Myself and other editors have been cleaning up and expanding this article. It just passed GA a while ago and we'd like to get it up to FA. It is also a candidate as a supplementary article to the Kingdom Hearts FT and we'd like to improve the topic as a whole by getting it to FA. Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Pass & support

• On the basis that it's far better than most articles.

Remark: Nice work actually.

Remark2: There are only two images throughout the article. Leranedo 23:44, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

There are actually three images, one is a sketch with a mostly white background. Most of the other images were removed, I assume because of fair use violations, but we couldn't get much of an answer from the guys that removed it. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 02:06, 31 October 2007 (UTC))

Weak oppose This article would benefit from a good copy-edit. MeegsC | Talk 03:14, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll see what we can do. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 03:16, 31 October 2007 (UTC))

The article has undergone copy editing by a couple editors. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 19:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC))

Minor Support it's well-written and referenced. The pictures, while enough for illustrating the article, are somewhat sparse, but considering how the article is 84kb long and the copyright neurotics will complain, nothing can (or needs to) be done. igordebraga ≠ 23:34, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Support - I am doing a light copyedit to help, but I believe it is ready for Featured Article status as is. Judgesurreal777 23:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

• Support This is a great example of out of universe prose where writing that is difficult. User:Krator (t c) 01:09, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
• Support - superb work. An excellent showpiece of what articles on fictional characters should look like. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 06:00, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• Out of universe? At no point in the lead is the reader told that this relates to a video game. –Outriggr § 06:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
  • I believe that is described in the first paragraph. It is described as a series of action role-playing games, though the word "game" is used instead of "video game". That distinction has now been made to the sentence. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:46, 23 November 2007 (UTC))
• Support: This article is an absolute epitome of how video game characters articles in wikipedia should be. — Blue。 20:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose, no screenshots.--Nydas^(Talk) 11:33, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Sigh, we were just nailed for having too many images. He who walks in the middle of the road is hit from both sides... Axem Titanium (talk) 15:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
    • There can never be pleasing anyone. I don't think not having screenshots justifies for an opposition to FA. — Blue。 16:52, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
      • They're video game characters. Concept art and promotional art don't adequately capture this, they could be in a comic or cartoon for all the images tell us. You could try creating a collage of screenshots, or something. It is a shame the fair use people have decided to make an example of this article, though.--Nydas^(Talk) 17:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
        • The WP:FACR does not stipulate what type of images should be used for what type of articles. Criteria 3 only states: "It has images and other media where they are appropriate to the subject, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Non-free images or media must meet the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly."
          Character artwork is certainly appropriate and all images are captioned and have acceptable copyright status. Since there is not an available single screenshot to adequately illustrate the majority of the characters, the current pictures will have to do as creating a collage of screenshots for that purpose would not be allowed under Wikipedia's guidelines of non-free content usage.
          While including a screenshot would help to illustrate that these are video game characters, it is not necessary as the text adequately establishes that. Yes it is a shame that Wikipedia's fair use rules is the way it is, however it serves its purpose by ensuring the game developer's intellectual property is protected so that they get the income they deserve to continue to make quality games. And it is also a shame that this article was made an example of because people consider it a list rather than article, but that is a discussion for another time and place. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 17:51, 25 November 2007 (UTC))
          • Why not have a screenshot with two or three of the main characters on it, just to give the reader an idea of the graphical technology used to create them? I assume the images that were removed were not screenshots; I expect the fair use people could be persuaded to allow one for clarity and accuracy. Depicting video game characters with cool-looking promotional artwork only is rather misleading. There are people out there who have never heard of this game series; they will walk away from this article knowing nothing about what the characters look like in-game.--Nydas^(Talk) 18:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
            • Screen shots can be found on the corresponding game articles which are linked in the article. Also we did mention the in-game appearance of the characters when the majority of the images were deleted as some of the images were rendered graphical images of the characters. While it would be ideal to accurately convey the exact appearance of the characters, it is not the most important purpose of an encyclopedic article. "How" the characters were created and "what" people thought of them are more important and those are conveyed in the text. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 18:36, 25 November 2007 (UTC))
              • You have a picture of the action figures. How can a minor aspect of the franchise like that trump the appearance of the characters in-game? Square presumably spent months getting them right. Video games are a visual medium; not having any in-game shots is like having a painting article without an image of that painting. The video game screenshot license template does allow for use on character articles.--Nydas^(Talk) 18:54, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
    • (unindent) Nobody is saying that a merchandise photo trumps a screenshot. It is being used to illustrate the merchandise in question. Just as the character artwork done by the lead character designer/director is being used to illustrate the characters of the video game series that encompasses 100+ characters over 3 games on two different gaming consoles. While video game screenshots are allowed on character articles, that is mainly meant to apply to single character articles, not an article of a group of characters. Screenshots for such an article is unfortunately impractical. Trust me, I wish the old images (including the renders) were in there, but they were removed for a reason and there was little we could do to keep them in using the same arguments you're bringing up here. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 19:06, 25 November 2007 (UTC))
      • Why not have a single screenshot with the protagonist and his companions? That would allow readers to decide from themselves (as per WP:NPOV) how well the promotional artwork matches the actual in-game character models. The worst that can happen is that it will get removed again.--Nydas^(Talk) 19:23, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
        • If you feel that a screenshot should be added you're welcome to add it in, like you said, the worst that can happen is it will get removed. Though I feel I should point out that WP:NPOV normally applies to textual content, not so much to photographic and graphical illustrations. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 20:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC))
          • I have added an image. Let's see if it sticks.--Nydas^(Talk) 10:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
• Nydas: Nearly all the characters are included in the image in the lead. The usage of images in this article has already been discussed. The Prince (talk) 22:22, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
  • So I guess you'll change your Oppose to Support? — Blue。 08:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
    • I've struck through my oppose. Neutral for now. It's rather long and somewhat in-universe. Do we need such a long paragraph for the Riku Replica?--Nydas^(Talk) 21:45, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
      • The length has been trimmed down by several editors as much as we could. If you feel the length is still an issue, you are free to be bold and copy edit it yourself. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 21:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC))
• Support per Krator. Trainra (talk) 07:22, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
• Could the intro be jiggled to include a proper bolded mention of the article's title? Circeus 02:32, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Per the Bold title guideline, "If the topic of an article has no name, and the title is simply descriptive... the title does not need to appear verbatim in the main text." There is technically not an official topic named "Characters of Kingdom Hearts", it is simply a descriptive title meant to describe the topic. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 03:11, 1 December 2007 (UTC))
• Support. Great article, very interesting and informative. Malinaccier (talk • contribs) 02:42, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.