Talk:1987 FA Charity Shield

Sources

• TV listings (live on ITV)  Done
• Preview  Done
• Observer report  Done
• Grauniad report  Done
• Sunday Times report  Done
• Times preview  Done
• Times report  Done
• Everton pre-shield match  Done
• "FL centenary match"  Done

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 Desertarun (talk) 20:51, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that the 1987 FA Charity Shield was played one week early to allow Diego Maradona, Gary Lineker, Michel Platini and Josimar to play alongside one another at Wembley Stadium?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Red Hebe

5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk) and Amakuru (talk). Nominated by The Rambling Man (talk) at 06:53, 16 June 2021 (UTC).

• Hi The Rambling Man, review follows: confirmed article more than 5x expanded from 14 June; well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I did a spot check on some random sources and found no issues with overly close paraphrasing; hook is interesting, mentioned in article and checks out to sources cited (interesting they did the centenary match by club played for, I didn't expect to see Lineker among "rest of the world"!); some may ask that the name of the sport is mentioned or otherwise made clear in the hook, but it doesn't bother me, I think Wembley is closely enough associated with football; a QPQ has been carried out. Can't see any issues here, great article - Dumelow (talk) 07:58, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:1987 FA Charity Shield/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 06:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Am reviewing for the July 2021 GAN Backlog Drive MWright96 (talk) 06:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

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 fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lead

• Please avoid linking General Motors in bolded text per MOS:BOLDAVOID
• "This edition was contested between Everton and Coventry City at Wembley" - how about Wembley Stadium for full clarity?
• "on Saturday 1 August 1987." - not sure the day is approrpiate in this context
• "Everton had won the 1986–87 Football League and Coventry had won the 1987 FA Cup Final to qualify for the season opener for the first time." - repetition of "had won"
• "It was played two weeks before the new league season kicked off." - how about replacing the text in bold with a more formal phrase such as began or commenced?
• Can the second paragraph be expanded more?

Background

• Wikilink Wembley Stadium to the appropriate article only on the first mention not on any other subsequent mention
• "Coventry City's side included Scottish international David Speedie who had signed for them during the summer" - might want to avoid using seasons where possible per MOS:SEASON
• Try to be consistent in how Coventry City is referred as in some sentences they are referred to as "Coventry" or "Coventry City"

Summary

• Wikilink pass, cross, header and corner to the relevant articles for non-football readers only on the first mention
• "Speedie missed an opportunity to score after a pass from Greg Downs, Mimms saving his strike with his toe." - think there might be a word missing from the start of the second portion of this text

Details

• The details section might be better off with the addition of references to verify the accuracy of the information contained herein
• Greg Downs has the code" Greg Downs" that need not be present in the article

Post-match

• "The sides faced one another in the First Division in the 1987–88 season, with both matches ending in 2–1 wins for the away sides," - repetition of "sides"

References

• References 6 and 21 are duplicates of each other
• Reference 9 "Sharpshooter Clarke"" is missing the page number
• No page number for Reference 29?
• Reference 30 "Sillett plea to stage Shield in January to end first act flop" is missing the work

Shall put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address/query the points raised above MWright96 (talk) 07:43, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

MWright96 I think I addressed all of your points, many thanks for the review! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:24, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 18:11, 1 July 2021 (UTC)