MarioWiki:PAIR

It has been decided that the Super Mario Wiki will no longer support this feature. This page is kept and protected strictly for historical purposes.

Panel for Article Improvement & Recognition

As an optional part of the renewed FA process, PAIR can help toward getting an article ready for an FA nomination and have a high enough quality to pass voting requirements, but again is not mandatory.

Panel Members

Members need to :

• be dedicated to this work & active
• be experienced and successful writers
• will respond to request for review, from Category:Review Requested asap
• refrain from extending this list past 12 for the time being

1. HK-47 (talk)
2. Gofer
3. Pokemon DP (talk)
4. Cobold (talk)
5. Plumber (talk)
6. Knife
7. Phoenix Rider (talk)
8. Xzelion (talk)
9. Reversinator (talk)
10. Reddragon19k

Process

This is an optional first stage for the FA process, more importantly a way to improve an article's quality over time.

Example: A user or group of users have extensive knowledge of a certain subject in the Marioverse (i.e. Game/Character) and want to improve the article to FA status.

1. User(s) ask two reviewers for scores using {{PAIRreview}}, judging article on accuracy (facts), depth (details), grammar, images (# and quality), and formatting (organized) on a scale from 0-4 in .5 increments, on the talk page of the article. They should use {{PAIRrequest}} for efficiency. A final rating out of 20 is given by adding the individual ratings. Reviewers in the comments give suggestions for improvement, or what they disliked.
2. Article is worked on for one week, then the same two reviewers review it again. If there are no changes after a week, the users have to seek the reviewers when they are ready for another review session, but they must wait at least one week, even if they are ready (preferably, there's always something to improve)
3. Review can be justified by users working on article and by other reviewer as reasonable to be considered official, but since this is a general gist of the article's quality, and scores do not matter when nominating the article as an FA, it is not necessary to justify.

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In the end, it is up to the users who want an article to be the best it can be and the reviewers to help them – they must work together.

Archive

PAIRreview for Luigi by Gofer - July 22, 2007, 23:20 GMT
Accuracy	2.0	Its not very accurate, for example, the SM2 section state that he woke up, while in fact, it was Mario.
Depth	2.0	There isn't a lot of depth. It mostly say "Blablabla Luig defeated Bowser Blablablabla. It also lack information on some of the more obscure game like Hotel Mario or When I grow up
Grammar	2.0	Can't review that TOO much... But some of the sentense seem weird and there's a lot of time where the article refer directly to the reader.
Images	2.0	This article is cluttered up with them. Why put two near-identical image in the same section?
Formatting	2.0	There alway at least a template that bug and screw up the page, that may be just me, thought.
Final Rating:	10	Overall bad/average article. Far from Fa-worthy. The article is also full of POV, useles info ("Yoshi have showed to be as good as luig on his two feets" What?) and have some pretty horendous writting (Look at King Boo in the relationshpi section for what I mean). Meh.
Reviewer:	Gofer - July 22, 2007, 23:20 GMT doc

PAIRreview for Luigi by Knife - July 23, 2007‎, 20:55 GMT
Accuracy	2.5	Horribly inaccurate, agreeing with Gofer-hole above.
Depth	1.5	Content-wise, it needs a lot of work. The relationships sections are good enough, but someone should remove a few unworthy relationships like Luigi to Wario, Luigi to DK, or Luigi to Yoshi. They don't really have much of a relationship. A few sections could be merged for the apparent lack of good content. I can understand the lack of content in the platformers series, but as for the M&L series? The sections for Luigi in the ML series could be greatly expanded. Perhaps folllow the writing style given in the last section.
Grammar	2.5	Many spelling mistake, punctuation errors, etc.. The paragraphs usually only consist of 3 or 2 sentences.
Images	3.0	The images could work, but with the short amount of content, they look more messy than helpful.
Formatting	3.5	If you inspect the whole article, you will find a lot of them.
Final Rating:	13	This article is very far from FA worthy. The main part of it that needs work is the Biography and relationship sections. I hope someone can fix it.
Reviewer:	Knife - July 23, 2007‎, 20:55 GMT doc

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PAIRreview for Mario Kart DS by HK-47 - July 22, 2007, 21:20 GMT
Accuracy	3.5	Er... Its accurate. Yay.
Depth	3.0	Actually, there isn't a whole lot of depth for such a long article.
Grammar	3.0	I found few mistakes, could use a little work there.
Images	3.0	This article is OVERWHELMED with images. I suggest taking out a few.
Formatting	3.0	Er... Its fine. Most of it. Again, the images throw it off a bit.
Final Rating:	15.5	I think the article could use a mite bit of work, but overall its fine.
Reviewer:	HK-47 - July 22, 2007, 21:20 GMT doc

PAIRreview for Mario Kart DS by Cobold - July 23, 2007 10:14 GMT
Accuracy	3.5	Might need some tweaks in the item & mission mode (not table) section, but overall accurate.
Depth	3.0	In-depth article, but not too in-depth regarding the length.
Grammar	1.5	Some grammar mistakes, many times reffering directly to the reader, point of views, exclamation marks. The Wi-Fi connection issues example lacks neutral point of view.
Images	3.0	Number of images is reasonable, but some may not fulfill any purpose.
Formatting	3.0	The WiFi and Download Play sections should appear in one block, but are separated by gameplay instructions. Karts table would need a legend.
Final Rating:	14	The article needs an overall review regarding you's and "deadly items". When a neutral point of view is reached, it can be perfect.
Reviewer:	Cobold - July 23, 2007 10:14 GMT doc

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PAIRreview for Super Smash Bros. Melee by Knife - July 31, 2007‎ 20:43 GMT
Accuracy	4	This section has been fixed from the last time I reviewed it.
Depth	3.0	The article has been expanded enough to increase by .5. However, there are still a few more problems, like minor game limits are not explained (the most possible damage a character can get is 999%, the player can set 1-99 lives, how much time can a player set in how many increments, or no more than 999 Coins can be collected). There is nothing that mentions that the player can gain points in Single-Player Mode or that there are records recorded in Mission Mode. I think room can be made on the missions template to tell whether the record is measured by time or KOs. Tournament Mode needs to be expanded a little more regarding pre-tourney options. I have also forgotten one of the most important things: Critic Reception by gameranking sources. More to be explained after these are solved.
Grammar	3.5	There are still a few one liners, but I see that the majority of them are placed right under a section following many sub-sections. Instead of just pointing out the obvious, you should remove those sentences and let the sub-sections explain.
Images	3.5	I must say that this hasn't been worked on much since I last reviewed (N/O). There should be more screenshots unique to the article and one of the images are still a bit small. It needs more images on the lower half of the article though.
Formatting	3.5	Maybe another table for the courses/stages in classic and adventure mode. The Event Mode table looks a bit weird, though I'm not sure if that is intentional or not.
Final Rating:	17.5	This article is more improved from the last time and a little more might make it good enough to be nominated.
Reviewer:	Knife - July 31, 2007‎ 20:43 GMT doc

PAIRreview for Super Smash Bros. Melee by Phoenix Rider - August 17, 2007‎, 02:23 GMT
Accuracy	4	The different controls and modes are explained well and accurately. Very good quality without seeming overwhelming.
Depth	3.5	The General Moves section could be expanded, maybe adding some advanced tricks in addition to the basics. Some of the characters have long descriptions, while others just have one or two sentences. They should be even one way or the other. A few of the single-player modes could be expanded. A little more could go in the way of the Critical Reception sub-header, as I know there's a lot more the critics have said about the game.
Grammar	2.5	Minor grammar mistakes, but they happen all over the article, particularly in the single player modes.
Images	3.5	Great on the various pictures in the tables, but perhaps some screenshots of actual gameplay would work well here.
Formatting	3.5	Good balancing of text and images in the first quarter of the article. Maybe implement a show/hide feature on the tables to make it seem less overwhelming. Event Match table looks a bit odd.
Final Rating:	17	Good article, just needs a bit of tweaking of grammar and expanding on some sections.
Reviewer:	Phoenix Rider - August 17, 2007‎, 02:23 GMT doc