Talk:Bobby Richardson/GA1
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Reviewer: Larry Hockett (talk · contribs) 19:21, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I'll be happy to take on this review. I will leave some section-by-section comments in the next few days. Thanks to the nominator for the work on this entry. Larry Hockett (Talk) 19:21, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Lead
- "though it was not until 1959 that he would become a regular at second base" - Can we reword this to clarify whether he was playing another position or just not a regular? It seems unusual for someone to become an All-Star before becoming a regular.
- "catching McCovey's line drive in what The Sporting News called baseball's 13th most memorable play" - For context, the year they produced this list might be helpful; it doesn't appear to be specified in the body or in the SABR biography, but there's a book on Amazon by this title that was published in 1999.
Early life
- "11 out of 16 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams" - Consider rewording this sentence per MOS:NUMNOTES while still respecting the bit about comparable values. Maybe "Richardson received interest from 11 of the 16..."
- Consider linking Bill Harris - I assume this is Bill Harris (1930s pitcher).
1953-1956
- 171 hits - seems out of place; the rest of the 1954 stats are placed inside parentheses ("hits (171, first)").
I'll come back and finish the rest of the sections soon, but this looks like a well-written and well-referenced entry that shouldn't have any problem being promoted. Larry Hockett (Talk) 22:45, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
- Made all changes suggested so far! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 16:19, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
1957-59
- The opening sentence of this section seems overly long. Consider splitting into two sentences.
- "great stops and catches...no one gets rid of the ball" - Per MOS:ELLIPSIS, place an nbsp before the ellipsis and a regular space after the ellipsis.
- "the first time as this year, the Yankees defeated the Braves..." - comma after time and not year
1960-62
- Reference spot check: The involvement of Sport magazine in the Corvette seems to be supported by the SABR bio, not by The Times and Democrat reference. (T&D mentions the Corvette but not Sport.)
- T&D mentions he got the car, but SABR clarifies who it is from, so I changed it so that both references are cited for the sentence. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 02:48, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
- "The Society for American Baseball Research called 1962 his most productive year" - I wouldn't phrase it this way; SABR BioProject bios are the work of individual volunteer SABR members with a few others involved in the editorial process, so the statements in a bio don't really represent an official stance of the organization.
1963-66
- In the second sentence, I don't think you need "During the season".
- last paragraph - "1965 campaign" - It's hard to write an encyclopedia article without some jargon, but I think "season" is much better here for the more casual reader, especially since he did enter politics a decade later.
- "he addressed the fans" - addressed usually means "spoke to", not "said to".
- Yes, and he did speak to them - this wasn't just a newspaper ad. Addressed is used correctly here. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 02:50, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
1976 political campaign
- succeeded in convincing Richardson --> convinced Richardson
Personal life
- "Today, he is a speaker" - Avoid today per WP:RELTIME.
References
- There is some inconsistency in the use of lowercase/uppercase for periodical article titles in the reference list. Most are written in title case, but some are sentence case (like ref #78, NY Daily News article).
- The inconsistency is in the articles themselves. I formatted the titles however the article itself did. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 02:52, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
I think that's all I have. I appreciate your hard work on this well-written entry! Larry Hockett (Talk) 00:31, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
- It is reasonably well written.
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
- a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars, etc.:
- No edit wars, etc.:
- 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):
- a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- Pass/Fail: