Talk:Terraria

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Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
March 19, 2025Good article nomineeListed
April 27, 2025Good topic candidatePromoted
July 30, 2025Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 4, 2025.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Terraria was released earlier than planned because a beta version of the game was leaked to the public?
Current status: Featured article

GA review

Passed. Tarlby (t) (c) 17:50, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Terraria/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Vacant0 (talk · contribs) 14:37, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Tarlby (talk · contribs) 15:53, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tarlby

I remember playing this game a lot. It was pretty fun. Expect me to begin soon! Tarlby (t) (c) 15:53, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.
    a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Lead

  • Earwig catches [1] an 88.9% chance for a copyvio from this website [2], though I checked the oldest archive from the Wayback Machine [3] and compared it to this permadiff. It's just a mirror of Wikipedia, so it's nothing to worry about.
  • "The development began in January 2011..." ---> "Development began in January 2011..."
    •  Done

Gameplay

  • The articles phases out of using the Oxford comma multiple times, i.e the lead and first sentence for this section.
    •  Done If I skipped something, please tell me.
  • "NPCs prefer to reside in certain biomes and with certain NPCs, and will raise..." Brainfart
    •  Done
  • "...NPCs, and will raise or lower their prices and sell special items depending on if they are sufficiently happy." How do players make sure NPCs are sufficiently happy?
    •  Done
  • "And additional ones, such as Recipe Browser, Veinminer, and Fargo's Mutant Mod, aim to improve quality of life..." ---> "Additional ones, such as Recipe Browser, Veinminer, and Fargo's Mutant Mod, aim to improve quality of life..." I would link quality of life to Glossary of video game terms#quality of life.
    •  Done

Development and release

  • Looks good.

Reception

  • Looks good.

Sequels

  • Looks good.

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  • Couldn't find the date of publication in the non-archived link (or maybe I'm just blind) so I looked at the archive version. It says the article was published "11/09/2012" which I assume is in dmy format, correct?
    • Correct. In the URL, it is also listed in the YMD format.

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  • I don't see where the author compliments the game's replayability.
    • Turns out, though, Terraria ($4.99) has one hell of a deep well, and has had me coming back for more on more occasions than I can count.

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Tarlby (t) (c) 17:15, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The spotchecks are finished now. I am pleasently surprised at the complete lack of any major problems here. Good job! If you ever plan on bringing this to FAC, I would reccomend making the prose more engaging. A lot of the sentences, especially in the development and receptions sections, follow this basic formula: "He developed this. This update was announced. That was released on (insert date)", or, "Someone thought that. This guy commended this. Some people criticised that."
This doesn't feel that engaging to read and ended up making me a little bored, so that's something you can fix later on. I'll be passing this now. Tarlby (t) (c) 17:49, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:02, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Improved to Good Article status by Vacant0 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 14:52, 20 March 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Should be good to go. The article was recently improved to GA status on March 19 (so within the 7-day nom period). Long enough, certainly. Passing GA means it had to clear the expectation of being well-sourced, neutral, copy-vio free. I double-checked this and it is. Earwig pops up with a concerning 88.9% figure for "https://hastega.net/terraria/", but I suspect the text on that site actually rips what's written on Wikipedia. If another editor wants to object with that or chime in though, feel free. I could be wrong here. I like the hook, it's interesting to me and definitely short enough and cited correctly. It also complies with WP:DYKFICTION. I think several ALT hooks could be made too, given the amount of content present in the article. But this ALT0 definitely works. QPQ's been completed. Soulbust (talk) 15:17, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Image of Andrew Spinks

I have just contacted Re-Logic so that we could obtain an image of the creator of the game. I'll update if they answer the email. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: They responded in August but have so far failed to send the image... Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 13:40, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Another update from today: They are sending the image! Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Translation into Chinese Wikipedia

The version 00:06, 31 July 2025 was translated into the Chinese Wikipedia with modifications. 深鸣 (talk) 05:50, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 October 2025

In the section where it talks about the character classes, we should add the throwing class that was officially scrapped in 1.4. This class was actually merged into the ranger class. So all weapons/gear/armour that had any stats with the throwing class changed into ranged. SirZuuL (talk) 15:41, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: If you would like content to be added to the article, please provide the exact text of your proposed addition, and reliable source that support it. Day Creature (talk) 17:16, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 28 November 2025

Change "Overhaul" to "Terraria Overhaul" as I believe that is the mod that is intended to be here. "Others, such as Overhaul, add new game and combat mechanics" Snailiad (talk) 22:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Day Creature (talk) 03:26, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 December 2025

It would be nice to add to post-release updates paragraph upcoming 1.4.5 update information at least in form as its mentioned on fanmade wiki:

1.4.5 is the projected next major Terraria update, planned to be released between mid-December 2025 and the end of January 2026.[4] It will include "things that got left out of 1.4.4",[5] crossover content with the roguelite, Metroidvania-inspired, action-platformer game Dead Cells,[6] and crossover content with the action-adventure, survival, monster-taming game Palworld.[7] Cross-play will not be a part of the update and is instead planned to be made available some time after 1.4.5 and its subsequent hotfixes have been released.[8] SleeperLotusEater (talk) 12:34, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Some of the content is already present in the article (e.g. "Palworld announced a collaboration with Terraria in November 2024.") Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:38, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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