Talk:2012 Football League Championship play-off final

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May 10, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
May 23, 2021	Good topic candidate	Promoted
January 22, 2024	Good topic removal candidate	Demoted

Current status: Good article

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:2012 Football League Championship play-off Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 15:19, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will be reviewing this article as well. It will be reviewed as part of the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020. MWright96 (talk) 15:19, 9 May 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

The EFL Championship should be Football League Championship as it was in this time period
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"in the table partook in play-off semi-finals" - in the play-off
No, this is just fine in BritEng. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"minutes in the second half" - I think the exact number of minutes is needed here
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Route to the final

"before goals from Birmingham's Nikola Žigić scored midway through the second half." - pretty sure the text in bold is unneeded
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"with the first leg being played the Cardiff City Stadium." - played at the
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Background

"Blackpool's top scorer was Kevin Phillips who netted 16 times during the regular season." - maybe there is a better way to word the text in bold
I don't think so. Unless you can suggest something BritEng appropriate? The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Unfortunately I am unable to do so. MWright96 (talk) 10:09, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Blackpool went into the final without Gary Taylor-Fletcher whose injury during training prevented him from taking part." - what exactly was Taylor-Fletcher's injury? Is there any information about it?
No information available about it. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"During the regular season, he had contributed ten assists and eight goals to Blackpool's season;" - repetition of the word "season"
Reworked. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink substitute to Substitute (association football)
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

First half

"but Nolan's pass was too heavy" - not too sure what this means
Makes sense to me, but switched for "long". The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink corners to Corner kick
Done. And corrected the spelling of "consecutive" while I was there... The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Post-match

"nine points outside the play-offs and five points" - repetition of the word "points"
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

"Birmingham City 2&nadsh;2 Blackpool"" - the text in bold is an error that needs to be resolved
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Reference 8 is missing the publisher
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Reference 18 is dead and needs archiving
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The same source is missing the date it was published
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Am going to put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address/query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 17:22, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

MWright96 thanks for the review again! I believe I've addressed and/or responded to each point above. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 10:09, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]