I've removed that portion of the sentence. Nowhere is it stated that there was some sort of industry-wide or expert analyst expectation for SMG2 sales that was not met by the actuals. The source for this statement is a blog, which just links to another blog, who compares the sales to NSMB Wii. In the last paragraph of "Reception", it said that SMG2 sold "less than expected" on it's first day in Japan. Stabby Joe ( talk) 17:54, (UTC) Sold less than expected? Since Nintendo Power is a very renowned and popular critic of Nintendo games (hence the name), is there any link to what the magazine have said review wise and not just what is on Metacritic? Perhaps use a similar view to Worth Playing's as they were quoted mostly "for the time being" as there were little reviews at the time of writing. The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. Geoff B ( talk) 01:43, 25 October 2009 (UTC) Iwata Asks As a rule of thumb, the more people engaged in checking facts, analyzing legal issues, and scrutinizing the writing, the more reliable the publication. How reliable a source is depends on context. Reliable sources are credible published materials with a reliable publication process their authors are generally regarded as trustworthy or authoritative in relation to the subject at hand. Mario777Zelda ( talk) 01:42, 25 October 2009 (UTC), Wikipedia articles should rely primarily on reliable, third-party, published sources (although reliable self-published sources are allowable in some situations – see below). GameSpot, however, along with other trusted sites, is listed on the list of reliable video game sources at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources. Going by this, I'd say that GameFAQs might not be a reliable source.
The general question is tough to answer I guess a source is reliable if it has a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Now, the online stores obviously are unreliable, but what exactly makes GameFAQs or GameSpot reliable, for example? -Preceding unsigned comment added by The Ultimate Koopa ( talk GameStop, Amazon, GAME, EB Games etc, are not reliable, but GameSpot, or GameFAQs is. This could apply to ANY article really, but as the subject says, what makes a source reliable, or rather, what is a reliable source? Digitelle ( talk) 19:11, 4 July 2009 (UTC) What makes a source "reliable"? contribs) 21:59, 23 August 2009 (UTC) No confirmation yet.Preceding unsigned comment added by Olifromsolly ( talk