Talk:Geth/GA2

GA review

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Nominator: Oreun (talk · contribs) 17:18, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: ZooBlazer (talk · contribs) 18:41, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

I should have my comments posted either later today or tomorrow. -- ZooBlazer 18:41, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Great! Thank you for the review. Oreun ^💬Talk 18:52, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Copyvio check

• No issue picked up by earwig

Lead

• Mass Effect: Revelation is missing the colon
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• Most Geth are of humanoid shape; however some are quadruped or aerial --> Add a comma after "however"
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• artificial intelligence, labor struggles and post-colonialism --> add a comma after struggles
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Concept and design

• similar design principles to the ones used for other organic Mass Effect races -- Italicize Mass Effect
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• For the final design the art team opted for a more mechanical approach... -- Add a comma after design
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• Elements from earlier iterations were kept, previous designs were maintained, including the aforementioned tube-like elements --> There is a comma splice and redundant phrasing regarding the retention of earlier design elements. "Were kept" and "were maintained" are repetitive.
  • Done! Removed the redundant phrasing. It probably was a leftover from some changes I made. Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• Narrative wise should be hyphenated
• all but than a human brain are you sure "all but than" is the correct quote?
  • You were correct. Removed 'than'. Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• The use of "whilst" is British English. Since the rest of the article American English, this should be changed to "while"
  • Sorry about that, I'm not a native speaker. Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Types

• Geth drone, Geth heavy drone and Geth flyer -- Add a comma after "Geth heavy drone"
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• the primary villain of the first Mass Effect game''.'' - The period is randomly italicized
  • Removed it. Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Technology

• ...allows them to connect with each other and cooperate and allocate part of their processing power... -- The sentence uses "and" repetitively, which makes it feel like a run-on.
  • Changed to "allows them to connect with each other and cooperate to allocate part of their processing power..." Oreun ^💬Talk 09:58, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Culture and society

• as an individual Geth program is depicted to only possess a rudimentary, animal-like intelligence -- Should be changed to "depicted as only possessing" or "depicted as possessing only" for better encyclopedic tone.
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• ...allows them to employ advanced behaviors like tactical planning, strategizing and situational analysis. -- Add a comma after strategizing
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• Rather than acting as individuals, Geth programs share a collective mind, communicating experiences and information across their network, rather than through independent action -- Clean up one of the uses of "rather than" so it is not used twice in such close proximity
  • Done! Changed the second "rather than" to "instead of". Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

History

• The term "Geth" means "servant of the people" in the fictional Quarian language, the Quarian native tongue. -- Stating it is in the "fictional Quarian language" and "the Quarian native tongue" is repetitive.
  • Removed! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• Initially the Geth were not intended to develop true intelligence -- Add a comma after initially
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• reaching the point of inquiring whether they possessed a soul or not -- Using "or not" is redundant when used with "whether" and should be removed.
  • Removed! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• the Geth are depicted as having earned an ungrateful reputation amongst the many species -- "ungrateful reputation" is an awkward word choice since a reputation itself cannot be ungrateful; it would be better phrased as an "unfavorable reputation" or "negative reputation"
  • Switched "ungrateful" for "unfavorable". Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• However, the Geth didn't --> did not
  • Done!
• The Geth, who had intended no initial harm on their creators -- "harm on" --> "harm to"
  • Done!
• a massive flotilla of salvaged second-hand ships of varying shapes and sizes -- Redundant. A salvaged ship is inherently second-hand.
  • Removed "second-hand" Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Appearances

• ...a networked synthetic race that had been created by the Quarians and that had ultimately rebelled against their creators -- Remove the second "that"
  • Removed Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Mass Effect

• Saren Arterius, a rogue Turian Spectre, an intergalactic intelligence group with almost no limitations imposed on their actions. -- It currently states that Saren himself is an "intergalactic intelligence group" rather than a member of one.
  • Changed it to "a rogue Turian member of the Spectres, an intergalactic intelligence group..." Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

• Influenced by the reaper Sovereign, Saren leads the Geth to attack multiple planets -- "reaper" should be capitalized, as it refers to the specific antagonist species in the franchise.
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Mass Effect 2

• Legion, a gestalt consciousness composed of a collective of networked artificial intelligences that serve -- Change to "serves"
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• decide whether to rewrite "the heretics"' code and force them to rejoin the "true Geth" -- The punctuation in '"the heretics" code' is awkward to read. It would be smoother to rephrase this entirely (such as "the code of the 'heretics'") to avoid placing an apostrophe immediately after a double quotation mark.
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• ...an advanced user interface software designed to simulate natural conversation, with Shepard ultimately faced with a decision regarding the test subject's fate -- This is a long run-on sentence. Additionally, it relies on a clunky "with + [noun] + [participle]" trailing construction ("with Shepard ultimately faced"). It should be split into two sentences.
  • Split it into three sentences because I feel it flows better that way. I hope this is a good solution. Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Mass Effect 3

• Whoever Shepard may encounter then eveals that the Geth -- eveals --> reveals
  • Done!
• true individuals, while -- There is an extra space after the comma
  • Removed the extra space!

Mass Effect: Andromeda

• from three mass effect relays, a set of Reaper-built massive space installations that allow spaceships to slingshot themselves from one to another through a corridor of massless space -- The explanation of what mass effect relays are is overly long and drags out the sentence, which distracts from the Geth (as they are the main subject of the article). The excessive details should be trimmed down significantly or removed entirely.
  • Removed excessive detailing on the explanation of what "Golden Worlds" are and trimmed the explanation of what Mass Relays are to "a set of Reaper-built massive space installations that simplify space travel". Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Untitled future Mass Effect game

• Mass Effect is missing italics
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• among which what appeared to be a Geth dressed in clothing could be found -- This is a somewhat clunky and passive structure ("among which what appeared to be... could be found"). Rephrase for better flow.
  • Split in two sentences and rephrased the final part. Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Reception

• ...their power derived from networking thousands of artificial intelligence... -- "artificial intelligence" should be pluralized to "intelligences" to match "thousands of"
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• their power derived from networking thousands of artificial intelligence, endlessly debating and generally voting in favor of peaceful co-existence except when threatened --> "...networking thousands of artificial intelligences that endlessly debate and generally vote in favor of..."
  • Replaced Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• in IGN's list --> IGN{{'s}}
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• in the entire Mass Effect trilogy -- Italicize Mass Effect
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 09:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Analysis

• Faller also compared the Geth to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein noting that, as seen in the novel -- Need a comma after Frankenstein
• drawing an analogy between the choice that the player has to make to alter a species' destiny to "what settler-invader peoples did... The analogy structure uses the wrong preposition. The phrase "between X to Y" is grammatically incorrect and should be "between X and Y" --> "destiny and "what..."
• Geth-Quarian relationships have also been the subject... Vanessa Erat analyzed Geth-Quarian relationships... Erat compared Geth-Quarian relationships... -- "Geth-Quarian relationships" is used three times in three consecutive sentences making it highly repetitive
• Cow Clicker's --> Cow Clicker{{'}}
• hadn't --> "had not"

GA1 Feedback & Summary Style

• As noted in the previous GA review, the Analysis section still goes much deeper than necessary. There is no need to summarize every single philosophical paper published about the species. Trim the paragraphs down to a concise, high-level summary of the critical themes rather than a dense laundry list of academic breakdowns.
  • I have condensed the section into 2 shorter paragraphs, one covering their analysis through a colonialist, philosophical, and literary point of view and another from a theological/sociological point of view. Oreun ^💬Talk 16:27, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Spotchecks

Ref numbers are accurate as of

• Checked refs 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35 - all passed

Other ref issues

• Many sources are missing archives
  • Ref 1 for instance is marked as a dead YouTube link for some reason. It seems to work, but needs an archive.
    • I'm archiving the link on the Wayback Machine, so it may take a bit. Should I archive every source? Oreun ^💬Talk 12:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
      • The YouTube link is now archived. Should I remove the dead YouTube link tag? Oreun ^💬Talk 13:20, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

        If the link works properly and is the correct video, remove the dead YouTube link template. Or if the video is truly dead, now that you have an archive, you can just mark |url-status= as dead, but keep it as live if there are no actual issues. -- ZooBlazer

Removed the dead YouTube link tag. Oreun ^💬Talk 23:45, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

• Refs 2, 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, and 16 are missing page numbers
  • Added! Oreun ^💬Talk 12:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

    Ref 13 still needs the page number -- ZooBlazer

Sorry about that. Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 23:45, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

• Ref 3 is missing the publication year
  • Added! Oreun ^💬Talk 12:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• Ref 4 -- Change "trade off" to 'trade off' (single quotes)
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 12:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• Ref 19 does not include the site
  • Added the site. Oreun ^💬Talk 12:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
• Replace the GameRant and Comicbook.com refs if possible with higher tier sources
  • I have not been able to locate better sources. I have found a GameSpot interview with writer Mac Walters that briefly shows an internal document in which the 'Geth Frankenstein' concept can be found (weirdly the video isn't loading for me now, but it can also be found on YouTube). Should I just remove the refs? Oreun ^💬Talk 12:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Images

• I would suggest adding alt text to the images
  • Done! Oreun ^💬Talk 07:23, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

• Barring the replacement of the Game Rant and Comicbook.com references and further archiving, I believe everything has been adressed. I will do a second check just in case I accidentally forgot something.

I have not adressed your comments on the analysis section because that phrasing is no longer in use in the new version. Oreun ^💬Talk 16:40, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

• If you are unable to replace them, they are fine for now. If you were to ever take this article to FAC, then you would most likely have to remove or replace them. -- ZooBlazer

Just give me a ping once you finish your second look. -- ZooBlazer 17:25, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

@ZooBlazer: Done. Oreun ^💬Talk 17:41, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

@Oreun: Great work so far, just a few things left per comments I left above. -- ZooBlazer 20:58, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

@ZooBlazer: Comments left above have been adressed now. Oreun ^💬Talk 23:47, 7 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.