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The article cites Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 3 page 68 as its source for the July 31st release date, but the page makes no mention of the device's release date. Only its upcoming lineup. Nintendo Power Issue 7 page 84 has a teaser for the Game Boy and states it "should start appearing on store shelves in early September." The September issue of the magazine covers the handheld and its launch title, Tetris. This leads me to think the Game Boy's actual US release date is sometime in September of 1989. Are there any sources backing the July 31st, 1989 date currently in the article?
The source claimed for that is "Argos catalogue 1990" but it's actually the Autumn/Winter 1991 Argos catalogue. It's entirely possible that nearly a year after the Game Boy's late 1990 release, there was a price reduction from a higher price (such as £99.99). Anamyd ( talk) 15:20, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
So, @ RickyCourtney, regarding your changes, that I would like you to substantiate your claims.
My version: 1221822443
Your version: 1221825191
Multiple issues:
In general, the prose has been generally worsened. So at this point, I'm reverting this again and invite for dispute resolution, which directly says to keep the article at a consensus version before the disputed changes: WP:DR.
For example, I would like to hear from you what, exactly, was "factually inaccurate", so we can address that. Thanks? Sleeps-Darkly ( talk) 07:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
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Nominator: RickyCourtney ( talk · contribs) 23:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: ProtoDrake ( talk · contribs) 21:37, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
I'll try and get to this before Sunday next. If you don't see any comments here by then, please ping me. --
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Okay, I spotted two biggies that stood out in the "Games" section.
-- ProtoDrake ( talk) 20:48, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
@ RickyCourtney: This is a start. I didn't realise just how much of this page might need a question raising or point of writing addressing. I'll do my best to get the rest of this finished sooner rather than later. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 12:42, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
@ RickyCourtney: This is hard, but having looked over both the article and my own personal allowance of time and investment, I feel I must fail this GAN. Don't be too discouraged, you've done some good work here, but more is needed that can't easily be covered within a GAN. Pages for consoles need some of the hardest and most rigorous sourcing and checking. I recommend bringing this article up to Peer Review, so multiple users can chip in with suggestions, and maybe collaborate with you on expanding. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 15:26, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
Game Boy was nominated as a Video games good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 28, 2024, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated. |
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 22:01, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
The article cites Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 3 page 68 as its source for the July 31st release date, but the page makes no mention of the device's release date. Only its upcoming lineup. Nintendo Power Issue 7 page 84 has a teaser for the Game Boy and states it "should start appearing on store shelves in early September." The September issue of the magazine covers the handheld and its launch title, Tetris. This leads me to think the Game Boy's actual US release date is sometime in September of 1989. Are there any sources backing the July 31st, 1989 date currently in the article?
The source claimed for that is "Argos catalogue 1990" but it's actually the Autumn/Winter 1991 Argos catalogue. It's entirely possible that nearly a year after the Game Boy's late 1990 release, there was a price reduction from a higher price (such as £99.99). Anamyd ( talk) 15:20, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
So, @ RickyCourtney, regarding your changes, that I would like you to substantiate your claims.
My version: 1221822443
Your version: 1221825191
Multiple issues:
In general, the prose has been generally worsened. So at this point, I'm reverting this again and invite for dispute resolution, which directly says to keep the article at a consensus version before the disputed changes: WP:DR.
For example, I would like to hear from you what, exactly, was "factually inaccurate", so we can address that. Thanks? Sleeps-Darkly ( talk) 07:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
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Nominator: RickyCourtney ( talk · contribs) 23:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: ProtoDrake ( talk · contribs) 21:37, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
I'll try and get to this before Sunday next. If you don't see any comments here by then, please ping me. --
ProtoDrake (
talk) 21:37, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Okay, I spotted two biggies that stood out in the "Games" section.
-- ProtoDrake ( talk) 20:48, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
@ RickyCourtney: This is a start. I didn't realise just how much of this page might need a question raising or point of writing addressing. I'll do my best to get the rest of this finished sooner rather than later. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 12:42, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
@ RickyCourtney: This is hard, but having looked over both the article and my own personal allowance of time and investment, I feel I must fail this GAN. Don't be too discouraged, you've done some good work here, but more is needed that can't easily be covered within a GAN. Pages for consoles need some of the hardest and most rigorous sourcing and checking. I recommend bringing this article up to Peer Review, so multiple users can chip in with suggestions, and maybe collaborate with you on expanding. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 15:26, 28 May 2024 (UTC)