Talk:Alan Wiggins/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Wizardman (talk · contribs) 03:28, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this article within a few days. Wizardman 03:28, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The prose review should be done tomorrow. On the reference front, the only question mark I had was on the baseball library ref (#22). I'm not really sure it's reliable (and usually their bios are only a couple sentences anyway). I know they have a collection of people that manage it so maybe it's a case-by-case basis, which I can't determine right now because the site's down. In any event, I'd prefer it be replaced, though it's not necessarily a deal breaker. Wizardman 03:54, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the issues I found in the prose so far, only partway through the article:

Nitpicking, but the infobox has him as a second baseman/outfielder while the first sentence has second baseman/left fielder. I don't care which iteration is used but I'd prefer it be consistent.
"He was released by the Angels organization in June and he feared that his career was near its end, but he reached out to a contact with the Los Angeles Dodgers, scout Gail Henley." there's a comma splice at the end that makes me think there are words missing, but that also sounds like something that should have a source right after.

Wizardman 03:03, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Going to withdraw my review, actually; taking a wikibreak. If it hasn't been picked back up should I return then I'll resume it. Wizardman 03:47, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note for the next reviewer: I think I have addressed the above feedback. I agree that Baseball Library is not ideal. I reworded things a bit and was able to replace the two BL cites with reliable sources. I am appreciative of Wizardman for the initial feedback, as well as for the very high-quality work over his years of WP and WikiProject Baseball contributions. EricEnfermero (Talk) 14:32, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]