Talk:Pac-Man/to do

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[edit] Make this a good article

This article needs the following issues fixed to meet the good article criteria (see Talk:Pac-Man#Good article nomination has failed):

  1. There is a bit of redundancy in the article (paku-man, pakupaku, etc, get explained twice).
  2. Some removable phrases like "here is" and "there is".
  3. Some sections and paragraphs are only a sentence long.
  4. Some sentences do not appear to be complete.
  5. There are too many facts that are not cited. Many of the items that are cited do not appear in the References section of the article.
  6. It's not clear that the decriptions of ghost patterns, knockoffs, character descriptions from cartoons, etc. are from sources other than original research.
  7. There are no fair use rationales in the images, as far as Bugmuncher has seen.
  8. with reference to defender, I believe defender came AFTER pacman - this needs to be researched
  9. Clean up redundancies in "Games featuring pac-man" and "Pac-Man in popular culture" sections
  10. There are a lot of uncited assertions (may now be addressed)
  • Almost everything regarding the gameplay of the other games, such as Pac-Mania, Jr. Pac-Man, etc. If such facts were covered in Hirschfeld books, they should be cited.
  • Reliable sources are also needed for the Christmas special and other cartoons, or the extra detail should be removed.
  • Split-screen level: Needs citations for the Reagan/Yee incident, as well as the Twin Galaxies and Billy Mitchell record-keeping.
  • Clones and bootlegs: Needs citations for information on bootlegs. Section also needs major cleanup.

[edit] Other

  1. Replace Image:A2600_Pac-Man.png with an animated GIF version that shows all four flickering ghosts. NeonMerlin (talk • email) can mock this up if colour values are provided for the other ghosts.
  2. Keep the trivia section in chronological order and stop it from getting too large with unverifiable, relatively unimportant statements.
  3. We could use a free image for the merchandise / popular culture section of some Pac-Man merchandise from the era.