Talk:Mondstadt

Comment on the lack of "Reception"

To @Srr9810: I would say that this page is in a grey area that happens to satisfy (why, though?) the rules of Chinese Wikipedia while failing the English equivalents. Personally, I also believe a "Reception" section is essential, and can hardly be an independent article without one. Still, there are hopes -- rumours say that Mondstadt would have expansions in the future that could probably generate critical reception. So, this article can wait. Not sure if it can happen within six months though, so if you do want to wait, you can either update it once every six months to keep it out of auto-delete bots, or you can move the page to your user namespace. SuperGrey (talk) 11:52, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Comments left by AfC reviewers

• Comment: A few questions (from a fellow Genshin fan) - how is Mondstadt notable under WP:GNG? Why is there no information on what happens there during the archon quest, not even passing mentions, yet there is mention of things that happened in-universe before the game takes place? Gommeh 🎮 02:47, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: Where is the reception from critics? Specifically, why is it an important location? Right now it fails WP:INDISCRIMINATE. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:45, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

GA review

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

Nominator: Gommeh (talk · contribs) 14:44, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Canary757 (talk · contribs) 07:24, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi. Reviewing for GARC. Canary757 (talk) 07:24, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi.

• Earwig copyvio check gives a high of 16.7% but this is due to an attributed quote so all good.

Music

• per WP:LINKONCE there is an overlink for Yu-Peng Chen Addressed by another editor.

Setting

• 'Mondstadt's terrain is relatively flat' This sentence jars a little for me because below we have 'Mondstadt is divided into five main regions: Starfell Valley, Galesong Hill, Windwail Highland, Brightcrown Mountains,' and Dragonspine (Dragonspine is earlier described as 'Dragonspine was inspired by the Matterhorn in the Alps'). This doesn't feel very flat?
  • Got rid of the flat part. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Reception and Sources

• I note per WP:VALNET that GameRant is not considered a high quality source however I see it is accepted on other successful GA's such as Alhaitham (Genshin Impact) and this article is not a BLP so I think it's okay.
• Ref 52 looks a bit iffy (fanbyte) It's flagged as potentially unreliable, has a strong swear word in the title, another rude word in the subtitle and is an article by an author who says her favourite part of the game is being able to pick on a virtual child. This section on Timmie is already quite long so it may not be an essential source anyway as other sources cover a similar angle?
  • Not changing anything about that per WP:NOTCENSORED. And it did provide a decent amount of commentary, so I won't remove it either. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC) I wasn't offended by it. I was questioning the quality/professionalism of the source.
• Timmie's 'geese' is used in the article but references 53 and 55 use pigeons in the title and reference 56 uses pigeons in the prose as well?
  • Changed. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
• 'One of the most important and memorable NPCs in Mondstadt is Timmie' This sentence has a slight WP:EDITORIAL feel to it. Could it be reworded a little?
  • Reworded. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
• I wish to make it clear that I am not challenging the notability of this article, but I'm curious, the article was sent to AfD six months ago, there was a strong consensus to merge the material to Genshin Impact, you voted 'weak merge', and now the article has been reformed from it's redirect. The article has extra references now, so is it just a case that new sources have been found that show this page merits it's own space?
  • A substantial amount of new content was added that was not there before, so I think its notability is a lot more solid. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
• 'She compared the result to a "bucket of KFC".' I don't think this adds much to be honest and I didn't really understand what it meant until I read the source.
  • Added a brief explanation. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
• Etymology. Is it worth discussing that Mondstadt means Moon City in German?
  • I feel like that's a trivial detail personally, but would not object if someone else added it in either. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC) Okay. I think it's a relevant enough detail to include but your call.
• In the Creation section. I think the two paragraphs should be swapped over as the first paragraph doesn't mention Mondstadt (although I realise Dragonspine is in it). The second paragraph focuses on Mondstadt as a whole and I think this would be a better opening paragraph. Could Dragonspine be introduced on first usage?
  • Done. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
• Another editor has added quite a few of links in the past 24 hours. Some look helpful but dragon has been randomly linked mid article (not on first usage and may not be needed anyway) and Bern, Switzerland may not need the second link etc
  • Dragons are very important in Mondstadt's lore and background, so I have moved the dragon wikilink to its first mention. Removed the wikilink to Switzerland. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
• I've started a source check. 2, 3a, 3b, 5, 7, 12, 23, 41, 42, 53 all good.
• Ref 21. 'Galesong Hill includes the areas of 'Wolvendom', Dawn Winery and Springvale' Google browser's builtin translater shows 'Wolfrune'? and describes these locations as making up the Azurewind Highlands? I can't see anything about Galesong Hill?
  • This is just an issue with Google. As you indicate below, Google Translate isn't the best at translating fictional terminology. Added an English source that backs up the region names. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
• Ref 35/36. I'm not seeing where 'Mondstadt was one of two regions available at the game's release on September 28, 2020' is referenced?
  • Added two references to that: one, that clarified that Mondstadt and Liyue were released together and another for the date. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Let me know your thoughts and I'l finish the source review. I know the machine translations aren't always perfect. Thank you.Canary757 (talk) 07:20, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@Canary757 Addressed the above. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:01, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for your edits. I have checked multiple extra sources, 40 spells Dragonspine wrong which is a little disconcerting. Article is neutral, well-written and focused. There are no content disputes in it's time since re-creation. I'd appreciate your thoughts on fanbyte ref reliability but otherwise good to go. Thank you. Canary757 (talk) 19:19, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Fanbyte should be fine, as checked by WP:CITEUNSEEN. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 19:43, 19 March 2026 (UTC)