Talk:Earl Campbell/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 15:12, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Will review. MWright96 (talk) 15:12, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists)
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Early life and high school

Add Campbell's birth date into this section

Done

Remove the second mention of Barry Switzer being the Oklahoma Sooners head coach and dewikilink that mention since he is mentioned shortly before that particular sentence.

Done

College career

"In 1975 he" - missing a comma

Done

Spell out AFCA in full

Done

"Leg injuries kept him out of four games his junior season," - Leg injuries kept him out of four games during his junior season,

Done

"against Rice" - I think against the Rice Owls is better

Done

"in a 57–28 victory over rival Texas A&M as Texas finished the season undefeated." - With the second mention of Texas, do you mean the Longhorns?

Done Yes, clarified

"He also won the Chic Harley Award and was a unanimous All-American," - All-American player?

That's the common terminology, so I think it's better as is. Although I just noticed I forgot to cite that, so cited now.

Houston Oilers

Most Valuable Player should have the acronyms in parentheses on its first mention

Done

"cut short due to wear and tear." - I think wear and tear should be replace with more formal wording

Done Removed it altogether. I thought the same when I wrote it, but couldn't think of anything better. The source uses "too much pounding" which probably isn't any better.

The last section of the fourth paragraph is unreferenced

Done

"In 1984, under new head coach Hugh Campbell, Houston started the season with six straight losses." - ditto

Y Diddo

"He had four games of over 200 rushing yards, a single-season record that still stands as of the end of the 2015 season." - Is this still the case as of 2016?

The 2016 season hasn't started yet, so yes, it remains true.