Talk:2012–13 FC Barcelona season/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Oldelpaso (talk · contribs) 21:20, 18 April 2013 (UTC) –

I'm afraid this article has some way to go if it is to become a good article, with issues relating to most aspects of the good article criteria.

• The prose consists almost entirely of a list of items, bullet point style, of the format "On (date), Barcelona did X". This should be extensively reworked into coherent paragraphs. See 2011–12 Sheffield United F.C. season or 2011–12 York City F.C. season for examples of how this can be done.
• The overwhelming majority of references are to Barcelona's own website. While self-published sources can in some circumstances be appropriate as sources on themselves, they should not be the primary type of reference. A club's own website is unlikely to take an impartial view on events, and there are many independent news sources that report on Barcelona's activities.
• Wikipedia itself should never be used as a source. Neither should Twitter.
• As the 2012–13 season has not yet finished, the article is not yet stable, and is likely to be subject to significant change in the next few weeks.
• The amount of statistical detail in tables seems undue weight. The policy page Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not specifically states excessive listings of statistics as something to avoid. The list of injuries is a prime example, and in any case is unreferenced. These should be significantly cut down. Again, existing football season articles listed at WP:GA can be used as examples of good practice. Oldelpaso (talk) 21:20, 18 April 2013 (UTC)