General talk:Reviews

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[edit] Necessity?

I do not mean to be overly critical, however, this article does not seem to fit with the general trend of the UESP. In short, it appears as though it would be much more relevant within the forums, for the following reasons:

• Involves first-person commentary.
• Strictly opinion-oriented content.
• Liable to incite discussion along varying tangents.

Comments? Agree/disagree? -- Booyah boy 06:53, 10 August 2006 (EDT)

I agree. Not much content, not much use, and it hold less quality than a "What do you think of Oblivion" thread. --Aristeo 11:36, 25 August 2006 (EDT)

I feel I must agree. These reviews are not really adding much. You can find reviews like this on any forum that features The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I think this page would serve us better by redirecting the user to various pages which reviewed the game from an unbiased standpoint. Here are some good examples -

http://pc.ign.com/objects/702/702491.html

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/review.html

However, I am not against a user review that speaks from deep experience with the game and the Elder Scrolls series and possibly other RPG's and an action-adventure game also.--Krimsondraegon 09:41, 13 October 2006 (EDT)

There's clearly interest in getting rid of this page; but on the other hand there are users who seem interested in providing reviews. A compromise solution that I just thought of (inspired by similar thoughts about fanfiction) is to move the reviews to the user pages. Encourage anyone who wants to write a review to make it part of their user page, where a review actually would be appropriate. Because of sensitivity about editing user pages, I would probably cut and paste each user's comments to their talk page and suggest that they incorporate it into their user page. Unless there are any objections to the idea, I'll probably tackle in it a week or so (after there's been enough time for anyone who wants to provide feedback to do so). --Nephele 13:30, 21 February 2007 (EST)

Sounds good to me, maybe with somedort of master list showing where all the reviews of each game can be found? Jadrax 14:35, 21 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Review

Couldn't these be moved into the Review NAMESPACE? - Game Lord^{Talk|Contribs} 11:14, 27 May 2008 (EDT)

That might be an idea, but please don't do it right now. There is talk of a namespace reorg (details to come from Ratwar) that may affect things. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 11:24, 27 May 2008 (EDT)