Talk:Birmingham Americans

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 29, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
May 5, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
July 6, 2010	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 15, 2010. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Birmingham Americans* won the only World Bowl ever held by the upstart World Football League?*
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on December 5, 2010, December 5, 2014, December 5, 2016, and December 5, 2020.
Current status: Good article

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Sources for future expansion

In researching this article I found a ton of great material, much of which I was able to incorporate but some of which will require still more study to use effectively. To avoid losing the work, I'm listing these unused references here for future use. Any interested editor is free to use these sources to expand this or any other related article. - Dravecky (talk) 20:24, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Harraway: Americans' Running Back Scores On Another Front". Lakeland Ledger. The Washington Post. September 5, 1974. p. 3B. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
"Globetti selected Huntsville editor". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. January 5, 1977. p. 2. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
Hayes, Drew (May 29, 1977). "Musso different than his Tide days". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 2B. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
"Mira Joins Argonauts As Offensive Coach". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. July 5, 1977. p. 2C. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
Gault, Earl (October 17, 1978). "Anniversary of a burial". The Rock Hill Herald. p. 6. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
Welch, Chris (July 11, 1981). "Tennis tourney means excitement for Williams". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 4B. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
"Three from Bama among inductees for Hall of Fame". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. September 28, 1998. p. 1C. Retrieved April 12, 2010.

I have removed references from this list as they have been incorporated into the article. It's unlikely that all of the references above can be used and their omission should not be seen as a lack in the coverage of the subject. - Dravecky (talk) 04:54, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Birmingham Americans/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Well-written

Lead section
- In the second sentence of the first paragraph, put (WFL) after World Football League.
- Done - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- In last sentence of second paragraph, spell out "1".
- Done - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Franchise history section.
- In the third sentence and all sentences regarding "$", change to US$ and pipe in United States dollar for the first $.
- Done, except for two instances in exact quotations from source material. - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Create article for Larry Willingham and Larry Matson in last paragraph.
- Done: Larry Willingham and Larry Matson - Dravecky (talk) 20:28, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
1974 season section
- Where is the Mariona Military Institute located? Specify.
- Done - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- In the final sentence, should "most valuable player" be capitalized in the first letter of each word.
- Done - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
First half subsection
- List location of Rynearson Stadium listed in the second sentence of the second paragraph.
- Done - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Second half subsection
- Put (now PGE Park) after Civic Stadium in the next-to-last sentence of the second paragraph.
- Done - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- For the second sentence of the third paragraph, put (demolished in 1976) after Honolulu Stadium.
- Done - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Legacy section
- Create article for Terry Henley in third sentence of final paragraph.
- Done: Terry Henley - Dravecky (talk) 22:04, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Factually accurate and verifiable.

Sourcing issues missing for 14 and 98.
- Done: Los Angeles Times reference at #14 replaced with a Sarasota Journal reference available through Google News. URL for Dayton Daily News article replaced. - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Create article for newspapers in sources 21, 50 (italicize also), 75, and 77.
- Done: Sarasota Journal, The Dispatch (Lexington), Daily Record (Washington). Newspaper name at #50 italicized. - Dravecky (talk) 10:27, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Broad

Covers all aspects of the franchise's short history. No issues.

Neutral

No issues

Stable

No issues. Last edit done on 29 April 2010.

Images

All images valid. No issues.

Overall

Hold. Good article. Some minor adjustments and the creation of some redlinked article and it will be a GA.
- Thank you! - Dravecky (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Done! I have completed all of the fixes, changes, and article creations you outlined here. - Dravecky (talk) 10:27, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Passed GA. Good job. Chris (talk) 13:32, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Chris (talk) 15:11, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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