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when FT standards started to require that all articles be at least GAs (and the topic itself be internally consistent), and the topic couldn't measure up. And so it has sat for 7 years- little green pluses and bronze stars won and lost, but never getting its ducks in a row before new games came out
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has had a PR, and ProtoDrake has polished it to such a shine that when it is released sometime in 2016 it will be a GA shortly after. Thanks all for reviewing, and I hope we can see the pride of the old
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articles on Knowledge (XXG); I'm glad to see that this milestone has been reached. This is an incredible achievement, and all editors involved should be very proud of their work. Well done. –
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series" so as to be more compact than your proposed version. The FF14:ARR inclusion was an oversight; there wasn't a "FF14" template variant to put it in (there is now). --
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Way to go, all! I can't imagine it being an issue, but I think it'd be worth explaining why only the main numbers are used in this topic and why non-spin-off items like
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we'd need to add a lot of other articles, so instead I cut it off at just the main, numbered games. Sequels/remakes would go in subtopics, like they do in the
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Either the series page or the list of video games works as the lead; if there's a strong preference I can change it, since the list is an FL.
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franchise includes nearly 100 games, and is way out of scope.) Many of the original editors have left us, but several editors, including
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remake... basically, even though sequels aren't spinoffs, and so would be another logical cutoff point, to add
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isn't included because none of the sequels are included, only the original main series games- no
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is listed as part of the main series in the template, but that could just be an oversight. ♫
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and others throughout the years. Onward and upward, further on and further in!
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Since two people have now mentioned it, I've changed the lead article to be
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Representing 9 years of work by 10 primary editors, the newly-renamed "
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Knowledge (XXG):Featured topic candidates/Final Fantasy series/archive1
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be a better main article for this topic? Because shouldn't the
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Lead article changed, and I've changed the title to be "Main
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topic was one of 5 topics tied as the second FTs ever in
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Knowledge (XXG) talk:Featured topics/Final Fantasy titles
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Closed with a consensus to promote to Featured Topic.
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Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy IX

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