Talk:2017 Tour de France/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 15:03, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

I take on this review. Comments will appear soon. MWright96 (talk) 15:03, 26 December 2017 (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:

Teams

• "announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations," - that were given wildcard invitations
• "Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198 riders." - reptition of "riders"

Pre-race favourites

• "In the lead up to the 2017 Tour de France, Chris Froome (Team Sky) was seen by many" - clarify that "many" should be many pundits
• "Aru started the Tour sharing team leadership" - leadership of the team
• "His form in the 2017 season before the Tour included winning the one-day race Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne " - one-day Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne race
• Abu Dhabi Tour should be directly linked to 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour

Route and stages

• I don't think that the United Kingdom should be linked
• "with stages based in Düsseldorf; the fourth time" - a simple comma would suffice in place of the semi-colon
• "the fourth time the Tour has begun in Germany and the first since 1987. " - had, and the same issue is in the first image in this sub-section
• "the finish at La Planche des Belles Filles." - at the
• "designated 2017 European Capital of Sport, " - designated the 2017 European Capital of Sport,
• "The final stage started in Montgeron," - began so we avoid the reptition that comes later in the sentence
• The final paragraph has the stage numbers in numerals rather than written out. This has to be addressed.

Race overview

• "to take the win 37 seconds ahead of second placed" - second-placed
• "first was in the peloton around 1 km (0.6 mi) to go" - left
• Put the 6mm figure into a convert template and have the figure also represented in inches
• "The following day was the Tour's first rest rest day." - remove the second "rest"
• "with Froome holding a 23 second advantage." - 23-second

Classification leadership

• "while the best young rider and most combative rider got €20,000" - try collected in place of "got" for variety

UCI rankings

• "The points accrued by Chris Froome moved him up to sixth from twentieth" - moved him from twentieth to sixth

References

• Ref 67 has the author's name in the incorrect positions

That's my lot. On hold for the moment. MWright96 (talk) 16:46, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

I've sorted out all of the issues you've raised above. Really good review there Micheal! BaldBoris 21:49, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Good work Boris. Can now promote to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 08:44, 28 December 2017 (UTC)