Talk:2001 Football League First Division play-off final

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2001 Football League First Division play-off final is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 26, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
May 23, 2021	Good topic candidate	Promoted
July 9, 2021	Featured article candidate	Promoted
January 22, 2024	Good topic removal candidate	Demoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 5, 2020. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Michael Jackson's manager expected him to return from an injury and perform in the 2001 Football League First Division play-off Final?
Current status: Featured article

Sources

Background

Soccerway Done
Soccerbase Done

Playoffs

Pre-match

Match reports

BBC Done
BBC clockwatch Done
Telegraph Done
Grauniad Done
11v11 Done

Post match

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:2001 Football League First Division play-off Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 08:02, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Since this is the last second-tier play-off final of the current Millennium currrently at GAN, I thought I'd review this. As with the others, the review will be for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 08:02, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Lead

"Winning the final was estimated to be worth up to £30 million to the successful team." -estimated by whom?
Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe add that Bolton did not score anymore goals after the third and explicitly state they won the match for promotion to the Premiership?
Tweaked. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps add a wikilink for Bolton and Preston's next seasons to the appropriate text in the third paragraphs?
Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Route to the final

According to Soccerway, West Brom's Goals Against was 52 not 46 and Birmingham's was 48 not 47
Fixed. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also, West Brom's goal difference was 8 not 14 and Birmingham's was 11 not 12
Autocorrected after above fix. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink aggregate to the appropriate article on the first mention
Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also the same could be done for cross to Cross (association football) and spot kick to Penalty kick (association football)
Cross done, penalty is already linked and in the context of the text, it's obvious what it means. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"with a goal from Jason Roberts who ran onto a Richard Sneekes' pass and struck the ball past Matt Clarke in the Bolton goal." - the apostrophe after "Sneekes" isn't needed
Excised. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"The return leg of the semi-final was played four days later at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton." - can't really see any mention of the stadium name in the BBC Sport source
Was in the first leg source. Explicitly repeated now. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Free kick should be wikilinked to the appropriate article
Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Corner can also be wikilinked to the relevant article
Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Background

"they had lost 2–0 in the 1999 final at Wembley Stadium against Watford and had defeated Reading 4–3 after extra time in the the 1995 final." - maybe put this in chronological order?
It's more in order of most relevance, i.e. most recent. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:49, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Preston were making their first appearance in the second tier play-off final," - this statement will need to be explicitly referenced since the 1994 The Independent source does not mention it
It was in the previous Sporting Life link, explicitly repeated it. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:49, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink hamstring injury to the relevant entry
I'm not convinced we should, I could link "hamstring" but that seems like plain English. We can't be certain it was a pulled hamstring per our article's definition of it, so I think it's best to leave it. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:49, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Summary

Wikilink Millennium Stadium
Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Consider adding the date the match took place
Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"the first chance fell to Preston's Macken whose header from a Healy cross was straight at Clarke in the Bolton goal." - went straight?
Not sure this is a problem, reads fine to me as it stands. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink substitute on the first mention to the correct article
Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Post-match

Think the Premiership and First Division in the second paragraph can be linked to the relevant seasonal articles
Ok. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:52, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

Reference 17 "Bolton strike it rich in field of dreams" is missing The Guardian as the work
Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Reference 18 "Division One Play-Off final: Bolton seal return to Premiership" should mention that a subscription is needed to access the article
Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Reference 22 "Moyes: Experience the key" is missing the access date
Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 09:52, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

MWright96 cheers as ever for the thorough review. I've addressed and/or responded to each of your comments above. Thanks again. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 13:11, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:30, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Michael Jackson's manager expected him to return from an injury and perform in the 2001 Football League First Division play-off Final? Source: Preston have no serious injury worries and manager David Moyes expects Mark Rankine to shake off a hamstring injury, Michael Jackson a back problem and Richard Cresswell a thigh strain.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Improved to Good Article status by The Rambling Man (talk). Nominated by Bait30 (talk) at 17:31, 26 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

epicgenius (talk) 16:58, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quick questions

Hi TRM, this is main page soon. I have a couple of possible changes but am too tired to be bold (not to mention confused re tiers/divisions) so if you have a minute?

lede - position while Preston North Ends Wanderers finished fourth?
one place and four points ahead - nine points?
so a penalty shootout decided - refine wlink to Penalty shoot-out (association football)
Paul McKenna's converted - dab to Paul McKenna (footballer)
second half, Lee Hendrie brought - should be Colin Hendry (BBC error)
double Bolton's lead - doubled
Bolton last played in the top tier in the 1997–98 season when - wlink should be 1997–98 FA Premier League?

Great hook! Regards, JennyOz (talk) 16:17, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

JennyOz thanks for catching those, much appreciated, all fixed. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 16:29, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]