Talk:2015 Africa Cup of Nations final

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Ivory Coast won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final when their goalkeeper scored a penalty and Ghana's goalkeeper missed?

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... that Ivory Coast won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final when their goalkeeper scored a penalty and Ghana's goalkeeper missed? Irish Independent
- ALT1:... that the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final was decided by the two goalkeepers taking penalties against each other? Source: Irish Independent

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nele Hertling

5x expanded by Amakuru (talk). Self-nominated at 21:43, 9 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Y Article has been 5x expanded according to DYKcheck (as is now also a good article, so would be eligible under that criterion too), longer than 1,500 characters (16750 characters), and article is within policy
Y hooks are both short enough, interesting, in the article, and well cited. Either hook is fine in my opinion
Y QPQ done
Overall, this nomination passes, congratulations. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:26, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 13:52, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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"The game finished..." reiterate "The final finished..."
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
France24 - our article has a space in there.
Done (and italicised too, along with BBC Sport, CNN etc). — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Ivory Coast had the game's only shot on target on 12 minutes..." seems odd to go back chronologically...
Reordered. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"fourth kick" perhaps "fourth penalty kick" and link it.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Coast the title..." I would include the final penalties score here too.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"of the tournament, ... The tournament" mildly repetitive.
Reworded a little. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"but CAF" explain/link CAF first time.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"They have previously..." had?
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
1992 is overlinked.
Done, and also switched links to the finals, which seems more relevant. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Check it out, we have Group of death.
Well isn't that lovely. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Their opening game..." Ghana's opening game...
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link corner.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link foul.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link substitute first time.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"game, Ghana faced Algeria. The game.." game/game, maybe switch one for match?
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Ghana who scored right" perhaps "took the lead" to avoid repeating "scored/scoring".
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"by BBC Sport as" previous article italicised this.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link referee.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Guinea, who had not been able to play any home games" did you mention where this one was played?
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link sent off.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keïta is missing his diacritic.
Sounds painful. — Amakuru (talk) 18:56, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
General: you don't include the location of most of the matches, why not?
Most of the sources, such as the BBC, didn't seem to mention the locations. I have now located separate sources for each game and added. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"game kicked off" attendance, ref?
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:57, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"the wall" link to the gloss.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Use {{'s}} for The Guardian's...
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ref 23 says "SMmth," is this a notable Alan Smith by the way?
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure it's not that guy who used to play for Arsenal, at any rate. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"long balls" maybe "long passes"
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"first booking" link.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"off-ball" don't we normally call these "off-the-ball"?
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link penalty area.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"goalkeeper Wilfried Kanon," overlinked.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"combined on the right-hand side" I know what you mean but do all our readers?
Copyedited. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You link midfielder but I don't think I saw you link defender, goalkeeper, attacker etc.
Unlinked. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Five "chance" in one para, maybe mix it up a little.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link cross (in the Ivory Coast route to the final section).
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"penalty shoot-out. In their report of the game, BBC Sport said" both overlinked.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"to step up and" do we need that?
Removed. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
France24, same as before.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Afriyie Acquah was" overlinked.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That sentence is unreferenced.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:57, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Scorelines in ref titles should be en-dash, not hyphen.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Britannica is a work.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
goal.com can be linked in ref 7.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Why isn't BBC Sport consistently formatted/linked?
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ref 14 - the -> The
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Spaced hyphens should be en-dashes.
Done. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
External link isn't 2015-specific.
Removed. It's a dead link. — Amakuru (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I have for now. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: I think I've looked at all these points now. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 22:57, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work, I'm happy to promote. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:00, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]