Talk:SimCity (series)

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Good article SimCity (series) was one of the Everyday life good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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[edit] Cleanup needed?

I have noticed that user 67.188.172.165 (talk · contribs) has placed a cleanup tag on this article. It would be helpful if more details on why this article requires cleanup are given; so these issues can be addressed and possibly a more specific tag can be placed on the article. Camaron1 | Chris 16:33, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I wanted the formatting fixed. Thank you. 67.188.172.165 16:56, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I have moved the images around, this hopefully resolves the formatting issues by removing the huge amount of white space. Camaron1 | Chris 17:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. 192.235.1.34 20:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Is this Nintendo 64 version of Sim City the same as the one mentioned in the article? According to this site this version was released in 2000, not 1997. The 64DD was never released outside of Japan and 64DD games were never emulated, so that is why it could be generally unheard of. The game looks stunning though, looks like the only true 3D version of Sim City ever made, I just don't know enough about it to know how to work it into the article JayKeaton 07:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, here it is SimCity 64. This page seems pretty much orphaned to the Sim City pages, I'll add it now. JayKeaton 07:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Simcity 5

Simcity 5 most definately will not be coming out this year ca. 2007. Thus I have changed the date for that title. It's release will likely coincide with that of Sims 3 as both will have connectivity to each other, and Sims 3 is slated for late 2008 or early 2009. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.194.145 (talk)

As far as I can see it really is not clear when SimCity 5 is going to be released - the source provided is not clear on the matter; in fact it only says that it is a "new SimCity game", not necessarily SimCity 5. I am starting to think that estimating a release date for SimCity 5 in this article is speculation, and might be better as "To be announced" until such a time when there is a full SimCity 5 confirmation. Camaron1 | Chris 20:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:SimCity Hamburg.gif

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BetacommandBot 22:50, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA

[edit] Successful good article nomination

I am glad to report that this article nomination for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of March 20, 2008, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Pass
2. Factually accurate?: Pass
3. Broad in coverage?: Pass
4. Neutral point of view?: Pass
5. Article stability? Pass
6. Images?: Fair Use (Video Game)

The discussion took place here If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to Good article reassessment. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations.— - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

This article fails to be comprehensive as it does not cover SimCopter and Streets of SimCity, also there is no reception or legacy section. Also there are too many fair use images and several of them lacks rationales. --Mika1h (talk) 22:07, 20 March 2008 (UTC)