Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Flood (Halo)/archive2

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted 18:32, 1 January 2008.

[edit] Flood (Halo)

(previous FAC) - renominating now that the article includes reception, out of universe information, and entirely reorganized. David Fuchs ^(talk) 22:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

"The Flood is a fictional parasitic alien life form in the Halo video game series. They are" – is it singular or plural? Firstly, it's an "is" and then it becomes a "they are". Am I missing something? Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 09:23, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Oops. Fixed. David Fuchs ^(talk) 14:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• Why isn't anything mentioned about the combat, carrier, and pure forms in the physiology section? I think that the information on these should be moved from the appearances sections to the physiology section. bibliomaniac15 19:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

The basic physiology is mentioned in the said section, up to morphing to the various forms; it seemed to make more sense (not to mention be a little more out of universe) to talk about the changes in the respective games they appeared. David Fuchs ^(talk) 14:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Is this topic even notable? It's an obscure detail from a video game that cites what limited information does (or can) exist about it from a few sources about the video game in general, but I don't see why it has its own article. I'm surprised to see discussion under Feature Article Candidates instead of Articles For Deletion! 70.15.116.59 (talk) 23:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, there are 8 secondary sources cited. See the second bullet point of Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)#Notable topics. I'm currently reading to see if I think it meets the FA criteria. James086^{Talk | Email} 07:15, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comments from James086 -
  • Ref 36 (gzpro.org) doesn't seem to be working, I think that it was a temporary page. The wayback machine provided nothing [1], is there some other way of finding that source? Alternatively another source could be used.
  • Also regarding that ref, could it be expanded to a bit more than "this treatment was received positively by critics" to say something more specific, a short quote maybe?
  • The 2nd paragraph of the Halo 3 section has no citations, is that info in the beastiarum? If so I could add it but, it needs to come from somewhere especially when it says "According to Bungie..."
• The article is very good; I would be happy to support once these are resolved. Nice work on yet another article. James086^{Talk | Email} 07:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose Not to mince words (and apologies for being direct), this is too in-universe, fan-focused content for an FA; much greater attention needs to be paid to the real-world value, and in-game details should be radically reduced. Also, the prose is not up to FA standard and is not yet ready for simple copy-editing. Sentences like: "Breaking Quarantine" details the escape of Sergeant Avery Johnson from the clutches of the Flood, immediately after Keyes' squad is overrun during Halo. Due to a pre-existing medical condition called Boren's Syndrome, the Flood parasites cannot infect Johnson and attempt to kill him instead... read like a 7th graders book report, not a (featured) encyclopedia article. Eusebeus (talk) 20:31, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.