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August 7, 2019Guild of Copy EditorsCopyedited
November 3, 2019Good article nomineeListed
April 9, 2021Guild of Copy EditorsCopyedited
April 21, 2021Peer reviewReviewed
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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 14, 2019.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the video game developer Rockstar San Diego once worked on XGirl, an "interactive girlfriend" experience for the Xbox console?
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Rockstar Spouse[edit]

Similar to EA Spouse, there's now Rockstar Spouse for Rockstar San Diego. TRS-80 (talk) 16:41, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Spy-cicle (talk · contribs) 20:20, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]


I might be able to review this in the ~ next week — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spy-cicle (talk • contribs) 20:20, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Spy-cicle, it's been almost two weeks since you accepted the request. Are you still getting on this? If you don't feel like it, you can still pass it on. IceWelder [✉] 18:53, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies this has taken longer than expected I have worked on a draft and I am still wading through it, it should be done shortly Spy-cicle (talk) 20:48, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Lordtobi, Also it may be worth you knowing that I am currently working in the draft section here: Draft:Talk:Rockstar San Diego/GA1 before the review is complete and uploaded. Spy-cicle (talk) 20:48, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am still  Reviewing... this but this is what I have so far:


1. Well written?:  Done
2. Verifiable?:  Not done Generally accurate but still have things which are not mentioned in the sources provided. Some things I could not verify include:

 Done After the adjustments made to the article it is now verifable.  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 19:08, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sectioned comments

Beginnings, partnerships, and Resident Evil 2 port (1984–2000)

Rockstar Games deals and acquisition (2000–2006)

Controversy, Red Dead Redemption, and layoffs (2006–2011)

Later activity (2011–present)

 Done Everything seems verifible here.  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 15:50, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Games developed

I am not sure if it is worth putting Virtual Jungle Cruise or Sky Pirates VR in the Game developed table.  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 15:50, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

3. Broad in coverage?:  Done
4. Neutral point of view?:  Done
5. Stable?:  Done
6. Images?:  Done confirmed by second opinion.  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 12:05, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Previous Comments Not sure Difficult to tell if this passes criteria as there are only 2 images. Possibly try and add another relevant image of the GTA series or another relevant image of a game they have developed. I may need to seek a third opinion on this one.

As game images are non-free and would only be used decoratively, not for context, this would run afoul of our WP:NFCC guidelines. I thought about adding images of the offices and the founder, but have not found freely licensed versions of either. What would you think about an image of the N64 to highlight Angel Studios' presence in the Dream Team? IceWelder [✉] 06:57, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You are right having game screenshots would not meet WP:NFCC. Honestly, considering this is my first GA review I will call for a second opinion on whether this meets the Images criteria for GA articles as I would not want to risk to promote an article to GA without properly meeting the GA standards.  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 16:17, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
We could ask e.g. @Rhain or @TheJoebro64 for this. IceWelder [✉] 16:25, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am still  Reviewing... this but this is what I have so far (this is still subject to change)

Good stuff so far, I'm answering the concerns in-line for clarity. IceWelder [✉] 06:57, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Second opinion

I am requesting a second opinion on whether this article meets GA criteria of the use of media throughout the article. Considering this is my first GA review I am not sure if this meeets the Images criteria for GA articles and I would not want to risk to promote an article to GA without properly meeting the GA standards. The rest of the criteria has generally been met so far (except verifibility which is currently being worked on).  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 16:25, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Per the good article criteria, "the presence of media is not, in itself, a requirement"—considering that the article has two images, I'd say that it is sufficiently illustrated. I also agree with Lordtobi that any additional images would likely be deemed as decoration; images of some of the company's key people (Angel, Wasserman, Martin) would be perfect, but unfortunately none seem to exist under a free license. With that said, I think this GAN passes the criteria for Images. Good luck with the rest of the review. – Rhain ☔ 00:17, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Rhain: Thanks for your input on this GAN; now to finally wrap this up.  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 12:04, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Finishing Review

Congratulations @Lordtobi:, I am happy to announce that this has offically passed GAN, it certainly has been interesting to read about Diego Angel's love of tequilla, his 'Sippy Wippy's' and the birth of Red Dead.  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 12:12, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wicked, thanks! IceWelder [✉] 12:34, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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