Talk:Government simulation game/GA1

GA Reassessment

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As part of WikiProject Good Articles' Project quality task force, I am re-reviewing this article to ensure compliance with the Good article criteria. I have found the following issues:

• WP:LEAD—lead sections should be a minimum of two paragraphs and adequately summarize the entire article; the lead currently does not do this.
• WP:NOR/WP:RS—the article does not have sufficient supporting citations from reliable sources. "Games based on geopolitics and elections existed long before the emergence of personal computers and their ability to quickly process large amounts of statistical data." unsourced, for example. There are many instances where the refs suggest that they are sourcing large amounts of text, but are only sourcing facts about the games. This is the most serious issue; much of the article is unverified speculation and original research on the patterns of the gametype, and the article will require substantial rehaul to meet spec.
• Other issues include single-line paragraphs which need to fleshed out or merged elsewhere, excessive use of non-free images with weak rationales, and a lack of comprehensiveness (there were many questions left unanswered by the end of the article that I should reasonably expect to be in it; what about the 2008 election? what about other countries?)

Due to the multitude of serious issues listed above, I am delisting this article outright. Remember that you can renominate an article any time you feel it meets criteria at WP:GAN. Please direct any comments to my talk page, as I am not watching this GA review subpage. Thanks, --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 20:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)