Talk:Emil (Nier)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Tintor2 (talk · contribs) 18:29, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Z. Patterson (talk · contribs) 00:14, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

I will be reviewing the article. Z. Patterson (talk) 00:14, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

There appear to be no copyright violations. Z. Patterson (talk) 00:15, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

@Tintor2: I have some points to address.

• Per WP:SD40, short description should be at most 40 characters. I think it can be shortened to "Character from the Drakengard series".
• Make sure all sources (such as The A.V. Club source) cited have authors' names. If you do not know what the authors' names are, enter editors' names and place them in editors' fields. The transparency of authors' names or editors' names is one indicator that differentiates a reliable source from a potentially unreliable one. Please see Special:Diff/1357661140 at Jujutsu Kaisen 0 as an example.
• Please be consistent with how you list sources, such as The A.V. Club. I see it as The A.V. Club in the body, but as AV Club in the citations.
• After journeying for a time, a giant Shade attacks the protagonist's village. The battle ends with Emil being forced to petrify Kainé to seal the shade, and Yonah, the protagonist's sister, being kidnapped by a master Shade known as the Shadowlord. - I understand that this is a plot summary, but do you have a source?
• Per WP:RS/P, statements by Engadget should be attributed. Also, the website name of the Engadget source needs to be corrected to Engadget. It is currently EndGadget.
• Per WP:USERG and WP:SPS, Google Documents is not a reliable source. Anyone can create a Google Document without it being fact-checked and reviewed.
• Is GetNews.jp a reliable source? I see only ソル (Soru) as the author, and it suggests it may be a username. If not, can you try to replace it?
• Please be mindful of some words to watch, such as "while", "however", and "though". See MOS:EDITORIAL.
• Can you expand on Mai Kadowaki and Julie Ann Taylor with additional reliable sources, such as interviews?
• The lead and a category mention that Emil is an LGBTQ character, but the body says "queer". Could you be more specific in the lead and change "LGBTQ" in the lead to "queer"?
• In "Eternal sunshine and the “Gestaltized” mind: the broken promise of the posthuman in NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139", - Change to an article published in the Journal of Games Criticism.
• I would try to use the authors' names in the critical reception section, such as Ash Parrish of Kotaku and Jade King of The Gamer.
• The quote "finally does" in the Nier remaster "finally does" justice for the character seems to be an unnecessary quote. Can you rephrase this part of the sentence?
• "TV" could be changed to "television" in an article.
• Both images in the article should have alt= information. Please see Wikipedia:Good article reviewing guide.

Otherwise, the article appears to be solid for a short GAN. I will give you seven days to address these. Z. Patterson (talk) 02:26, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. I removed the unreliable sources you mentioned and revised everything like your comments. I could find one interview with Kadowaki but sadly not with Taylor. If I missed something, please tell. Thanks. Tintor2 (talk) 19:02, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

There were no edit wars. Subject appears to be notable, based on what I find in Google News, Google Books, and Google Scholar. Despite the short length, I conclude the article is:

• Well-written
  • the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct
  • it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation
• Verifiable with no original research
  • it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline
  • reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose)
  • it contains no original research
  • it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism
• Broad in its coverage
  • it addresses the main aspects of the topic
  • it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style)
• Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each
• Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute
• Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio
  • media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content
  • media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions

Z. Patterson (talk) 01:30, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.