Talk:Ashleigh Barty/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 10:05, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Will take a look at the article on this tennis player. MWright96 (talk) 10:05, 4 January 2019 (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:

Early life and background

• "Her father ... is a Ngarigo Indigenous Australian through one of his grandmothers." What about his immediate paternal ethnic origin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:117:502C:7F:0:0:0:D030 (talk) 12:43, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
• "Her father works in the government" - Perhaps say whether Robert Barty works in the local, state or federal government if stated?
  • That's all it says. (see here) Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:31, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• Wikilink netball
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:31, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "Barty also played netball as a kid," - informal; should be child
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:31, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "As a kid, Barty also practised at home," - same as above
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:31, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "she was practising against boys that were six years older." - who were
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:31, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Junior career

• "Barty reached a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 2 in the world," - try; career-high ITF world junior ranking of No. 2,
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:35, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "while also capturing a Grade 2 title." - which Grade 2 title?
  • added "in Thailand" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:35, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "Barty produced another impressive singles result," - try to avoid working such as "impressive"
  • changed to "strong" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:35, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "She closed out the season by winning" - concluded for variety
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:35, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

2010–2012: Australian Open debut at 15, top 200

• "Her first pro match win" - know what this means but it should be professional for formality.
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "she entered a few more $25K events in Australia" - How many $25K events exactly?
  • Clarified (three). Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• Wikilink Wildcard to Wild card (sports); also be consistent on whether it should be one word or two words
  • standardized to "wildcard" (which I think is the preferred Australian English variant). Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "She then made her Grand Slam main draw debut the very next week" - "very" is reduntant
  • Removed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "She compiled a singles record of 34–4 in nine tournaments to go along with" - accompany
  • Changed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "She won four ITF titles in each of singles and doubles." in both
  • Changed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "having first cracked the top 200" - entered
  • Changed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "top 200 of the WTA singles rankings a few weeks earlier" - How many weeks exactly?
  • Clarified (three). Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

2013: Team competitions

• Wikilink tiebreak to Tiebreaker for non-Tennis readers
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:47, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Barty's only other two tour-level singles

• "Barty's only other two tour-level singles wins of the year" - change this to Barty's two other tour-level singles wins of 2013
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:49, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Doubles: Three Grand Slam finals, one WTA title

• "This success also helped Barty 'jump nearly 100 spots in the rankings to world No. 46." - advance nearly 100 spots in the world rankings to No. 46.
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:53, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "where they were up a break with a set in hand in both finals." - ahead by a break
  • "up a break" is the standard way to say it. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:53, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

2014: Singles struggles, continued doubles success

• "This turned out to be her only singles main draw win of the year at any level" - It transpired to be her only
  • changed to "This transpired to be..." Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:55, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

2014–16: Hiatus from tennis, switch to cricket

• Wikilink Australian women's national team to Australia women's national cricket team
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:01, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• Add a wiklink to the Queensland Cricket article
  • I think this is the organization the runs cricket in Queensland in general, not the club. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:01, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "She was intrigued by the opportunity to play a team sport as a change from the individual sport of tennis." - disclipne
  • I don't know if I would describe cricket and tennis as different "disciplines". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:01, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "good for sixth in the competition out of eight teams." - good for sixth out of eight teams in the competition.
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:01, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

2016: Return to tennis

• "At first, she only competed in doubles events on the ITF circuit" - She initally only competed
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:01, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "She was happy with her performance, saying" - a comma is needed after the word "saying"
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:01, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Singles: First WTA title, world No. 17

• "Near the start of the year, Barty picked up her first ever wins at the Australian Open" - first career Australian Open wins
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:05, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "Barty's next tournament was the Malaysian Open where she had won " - remove "had"
  • Clarified to "where had won her first WTA match four years earlier". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:05, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "and helped her crack the top 100" - enter
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:05, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "She was knocked out of the tournament by" - eliminated from
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:05, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "and to qualify for the WTA Elite Trophy at the end of the season." - season-ending WTA Elite Trophy.
  • "season-ending" in sports usually means "premature season-ending" (e.g. due to injury, or elimination) Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:05, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Doubles: Fourth Grand Slam runner-up, WTA Finals berth

• "Barty and Dellacqua reached the quarterfinals or better at three out of four Grand Slam tournaments during the year." - at three out of the four Grand Slam tournaments during 2017.
  • Changed to "during the 2017 season". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:07, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "They had narrowly missed qualifying for the event back in 2013" - remove "back"
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:07, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "Individually, Barty also established a new career-high doubles ranking of No. 11 in the world towards the very end of the season." - a new career-high world doubles ranking of No. 11 towards the season's end.
  • Changed to "a new career-high world doubles ranking of No. 11 towards end of the season". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:07, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Team competitions

• "Barty won both of her singles match against the Netherlands" - matches
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:08, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Singles: WTA Elite Trophy, world No. 15

• "Barty had an excellent start to the season" - try to avoid wording such as "excellent" for cases like this
  • changed to "strong". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:10, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "she was able to qualify for the year-end" - year-ending
  • "year-end" is the standard expression. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:11, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Doubles: First Grand Slam and Premier Mandatory titles

• "The first also helped Barty climb to a career-best of world No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings." - a career-best WTA doubles world ranking of No. 5.
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:16, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "Barty and Vandeweghe had lost the first set" - remove "had"
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:16, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "their two big titles were enough" - major titles
  • "major titles" means something else in tennis. "big titles" is a standard generic term. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:16, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Playing style

• "Barty has also done well on hard courts," - performed
  • Done (no pun intended...) Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "Barty's short stature and diverse array of shots have led her to be compared to former world No. 1 and five-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Hingis." - compared by whom?
  • added "by David Taylor, one of Hingis's former coaches" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• Wikilink groundstrokes, forehand, backhand and aces to their respective articles for non-tennis readers
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Personal life

• "and ended up playing semi-pro" - professional
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:24, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "during the second half of that break." - change the text in bold to hitatus or something similar to avoid close reptititon of "break"
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:24, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• "The associated Indigenous Tennis Program expects they will reach over 1000 children" - more than would be better here
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:24, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

References

• What makes Flashscore a reliable source?
  • Flashscore is a go-to source for match statistics in tennis (and most other sports as well). They record how matches play out point-by-point. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:29, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

That's my lot. Will put the article on hold to give you time to make the necessary changes. MWright96 (talk) 14:27, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, MWright96! I made most of the changes, and noted the issues where I disagreed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:33, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

• @Sportsfan77777: Am now going to promote to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 15:54, 10 January 2019 (UTC)