Talk:Hy Cohen/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 21:26, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

I'm going to be popping a look over at this! — GhostRiver 21:26, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Infobox and lede

• There's a lot of repetition in the lede para. Might I suggest something like: "an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in seven games for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1955. He batted and threw right-handed."

• Reworded. "Professional" is unnecessary, and "former" is not used for deceased players (only for ones who are retired). —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• On that note, delink Chicago Cubs in the second paragraph

• Done. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Early life

• Start the third sentence with "Both of his parents were Polish immigrants:"

• Done. I tacked it onto the end of the second sentence (which was only four words long) – hope that's alright. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• "For the New York Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB)."

• Added. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• No comma needed after "High School", and you can get rid of the mid-sentence ref since it also appears at the end

• Done. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Professional career

Minor leagues

• WL innings pitched

• Linked. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• "3 wins in the playoffs" → "three wins in the playoffs" per MOS:NUMBERS

• Done. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• "9-game stint" → "nine-game stint" per MOS:NUMBERS

• Done. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• "and he finished second in walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) (1.051) and seventh in wins (16)." → "and he finished second with a 1.051 walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) as well as seventh in wins (16)."

• Done. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Chicago Cubs (1955)

• Since it's the only team he played for and he only played in one season, I think you can drop the (1955) in the header; that's more to serve as a guide for players who had 20-year careers for 8 different clubs or something like that

• Agreed – removed. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• "over 7 innings" → "over seven innings" per MOS:NUMBERS

• Done. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• Please mention his major league career final record

• Already mentioned in the infobox. And 0–0 is not significant enough to be included in the prose. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Return to minor leagues

• You don't need to mention "until 1958" in the first sentence, as that's mentioned later, and it's more logical to put at the end

• Removed and merged with second sentence (since the opening sentence of just "Cohen went back to the minor leagues" would read awkwardly). —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

• No comma needed after "five games for the club"

• Removed. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Later life

• Awkward flow here – I would move everythingi up to "Hall of Fame" into the first paragraph, since that all concerns his educational experience, and drop the square dancing thing, which is tangential at best

• Fixed. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

• "six days after his birthday. He was 90," → "six days after his 90th birthday."

• Done. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

• "and had been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in California several months before his death along with suffering physical issues." → "He had contracted the COVID-19 virus months before his ultimate death, and had continued to suffer health issues from the virus even after his supposed recovery."

• Done (reworded slightly). —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

References

• Good

General comments

• Only one image is present; it's public domain and obviously relevant to the article
• No concerns with stability, the last edit was on May 6
• Copyvio score looks good, the only reason one is at 11.5% is because of proper nouns

Some MOS stuff, as well as prose that I think can be tightened or moved around. Putting on hold to allow nominator to address comments. — GhostRiver 21:42, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

@GhostRiver: thanks very much for the review! I hope I've addressed your comments satisfactorily. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Bloom6132 Looks good now, happy to pass! — GhostRiver 12:11, 30 August 2021 (UTC)