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The Track Section is needless game guide information. It serves no real purpose here. I'm removing it. DurinsBane87 ( talk) 18:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
The following two phrases should be removed from the article:
1) "It has sold approximately 4.67 million copies worldwide" 2) "In the United States, the game was the seventh best-selling Nintendo GameCube title as of October 2006, according to the NPD Group."
Neither of these phrases are accurate.
The article accurately states that Double Dash sold 3.8 million in North America and accurately states that it sold an additional 802,000 in Japan. The assessment that the game "has sold approximately 4.67 million copies worldwide", however, is not accurate. The 4.67 million figure was obviously obtained by adding the North American and Japanese sales numbers together. This number clearly doesn't take into account sales figures from Europe or other territories, and suggesting that the 4.67 million figure represents "worldwide" sales is not accurate. Therefore, the sentence "It has sold approximately 4.67 million copies worldwide" should be removed from the article.
The article also suggests that game was the seventh best-selling Nintendo GameCube title as of October 2006. The link provided suggests that the game was the seventh best-selling game IN October 2006. It does not, however, suggest that the game was the best selling game AS OF October 2006. These are two completely different things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolioMcAwesome ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Two small quarms, firstly it says followed by the console releases of mkds and wii. Last I checked I thought the DS was a handheld gaming device, not a console.
Also someone has written (and cited?) that the power slide technique was improved on its predecessors. Umm, surely thats opinion as I personally prefer mk64s mt'ing. I would like to it change to re-invented? (not hopping into an mt)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomasgx1 ( talk • contribs) 21 April 2009
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Unfortunately I'm going to have to fail' this article due to inactivity. -- Teancum ( talk) 19:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Is there a specific reason why the article's title uses "‼" (two exclamation marks in a single character) instead of !! (two exclamation marks as two separate characters)? Salvidrim! 20:41, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 05:29, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ →
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! –
Changing ‼ to !! ; I do not believe there is any reason to have a technically difficult name (the character is not present on keyboards) in lieu of a more accessible name; especially considering the minute differences and the fact it doesn't change the appearance of the title to readers & editors. I have no seen any justification for the odd use of the ‼ character; the original move on 16 January 2009 by Kaptincapo was explained as "(moved Mario Kart: Double Dash!! to Mario Kart: Double Dash‼: unicode)"; there have been notoriously many attempts to move, rename, redirect or otherwise correct the title. Salvidrim! 10:48, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
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I mean, even if it looks weird, it's the official full name. Maxeto0910 ( talk) 23:14, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
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Mario Kart: Double Dash → Mario Kart: Double Dash!! – Adding exclamation marks to the title. This also used to be the page name but was changed (without a discussion AFAIK). 🔥 Jala peño🔥 Stupid stuff I did 14:30, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Upon stumbling upon the above article, I reviewed the article, and...It's fallen a long ways since being made a WP:GA in 2012. The article is in rough shape, well below GA standards. There's all sort of unsourced content, trivia, sloppy stuff, etc. I'm going to try to clean it up a bit, but I don't know time I'll end up having. Others may want to jump in as well if its necessary - if someone one put it through a WP:GAR today, it'd fail for sure as is... Sergecross73 msg me 18:24, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
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The Track Section is needless game guide information. It serves no real purpose here. I'm removing it. DurinsBane87 ( talk) 18:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
The following two phrases should be removed from the article:
1) "It has sold approximately 4.67 million copies worldwide" 2) "In the United States, the game was the seventh best-selling Nintendo GameCube title as of October 2006, according to the NPD Group."
Neither of these phrases are accurate.
The article accurately states that Double Dash sold 3.8 million in North America and accurately states that it sold an additional 802,000 in Japan. The assessment that the game "has sold approximately 4.67 million copies worldwide", however, is not accurate. The 4.67 million figure was obviously obtained by adding the North American and Japanese sales numbers together. This number clearly doesn't take into account sales figures from Europe or other territories, and suggesting that the 4.67 million figure represents "worldwide" sales is not accurate. Therefore, the sentence "It has sold approximately 4.67 million copies worldwide" should be removed from the article.
The article also suggests that game was the seventh best-selling Nintendo GameCube title as of October 2006. The link provided suggests that the game was the seventh best-selling game IN October 2006. It does not, however, suggest that the game was the best selling game AS OF October 2006. These are two completely different things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolioMcAwesome ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Two small quarms, firstly it says followed by the console releases of mkds and wii. Last I checked I thought the DS was a handheld gaming device, not a console.
Also someone has written (and cited?) that the power slide technique was improved on its predecessors. Umm, surely thats opinion as I personally prefer mk64s mt'ing. I would like to it change to re-invented? (not hopping into an mt)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomasgx1 ( talk • contribs) 21 April 2009
Howdy, I'll be your reviewer for this session. My style is to typically bring issues up in sections, (Lead, Gameplay, Development, etc) below the posted GA criteria. Once an overall issue is taken care of I will strike it out of my comments below and mark the issue with a green check in the criteria. Feel free to address issues as I find them, I will let you know when I am finished with a first full check on the article.
Reviewer: Teancum ( talk) 12:49, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
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Unfortunately I'm going to have to fail' this article due to inactivity. -- Teancum ( talk) 19:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Is there a specific reason why the article's title uses "‼" (two exclamation marks in a single character) instead of !! (two exclamation marks as two separate characters)? Salvidrim! 20:41, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 05:29, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ →
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! –
Changing ‼ to !! ; I do not believe there is any reason to have a technically difficult name (the character is not present on keyboards) in lieu of a more accessible name; especially considering the minute differences and the fact it doesn't change the appearance of the title to readers & editors. I have no seen any justification for the odd use of the ‼ character; the original move on 16 January 2009 by Kaptincapo was explained as "(moved Mario Kart: Double Dash!! to Mario Kart: Double Dash‼: unicode)"; there have been notoriously many attempts to move, rename, redirect or otherwise correct the title. Salvidrim! 10:48, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
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I mean, even if it looks weird, it's the official full name. Maxeto0910 ( talk) 23:14, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
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Mario Kart: Double Dash → Mario Kart: Double Dash!! – Adding exclamation marks to the title. This also used to be the page name but was changed (without a discussion AFAIK). 🔥 Jala peño🔥 Stupid stuff I did 14:30, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Upon stumbling upon the above article, I reviewed the article, and...It's fallen a long ways since being made a WP:GA in 2012. The article is in rough shape, well below GA standards. There's all sort of unsourced content, trivia, sloppy stuff, etc. I'm going to try to clean it up a bit, but I don't know time I'll end up having. Others may want to jump in as well if its necessary - if someone one put it through a WP:GAR today, it'd fail for sure as is... Sergecross73 msg me 18:24, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
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On 5 March, Sergecross73 tagged this 2012 GA as needing cleanup, noting on the talk page that the article was "well below GA standards" and contained "unsourced content, trivia, sloppy stuff, etc." ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 14:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)