Talk:Kyle Critchell/GA1
GA Review
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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
This article is in decent shape, but it needs more work before it becomes a Good Article.
- Is it well written?
- A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
- In the Club career section, "He featured for the under-19 team towards the end of the 2003–04 season and by the start of the 2004–05 season he had become a regular member of the reserve team", what do you mean with "featured"? Like, he "played" or something? Same section, "In the 2005 pre-season he made his first appearance in the Southampton first team, in a friendly against Bournemouth", what do you mean with "friendly"? Same section, it's a bit repetitive at times. The paragraphs, majority, start with "he", there needs to be a consistency, really. Also, what do you mean with "spell"?
- Replaced "featured" with "played". Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Linked "friendly" for clarity Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Not sure if biographical articles need to start every paragraph with the same reference to the subject; I think more variation, if anything, will help its flow. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Clarified "spell". Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Check.
- In the Club career section, "He featured for the under-19 team towards the end of the 2003–04 season and by the start of the 2004–05 season he had become a regular member of the reserve team", what do you mean with "featured"? Like, he "played" or something? Same section, "In the 2005 pre-season he made his first appearance in the Southampton first team, in a friendly against Bournemouth", what do you mean with "friendly"? Same section, it's a bit repetitive at times. The paragraphs, majority, start with "he", there needs to be a consistency, really. Also, what do you mean with "spell"?
- B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
- In the lead and Club career section, it would be best to link "Weymouth" once. In the Club career section, link "cruciate ligament" to its correspondence article. Same section, link "ankle" and "Oxford United" once.
- Removed second "Weymouth" wikilink. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Removed the link as I'm unsure as which to link to. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Removed superfluous wikilinks. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Check.
- In the lead and Club career section, it would be best to link "Weymouth" once. In the Club career section, link "cruciate ligament" to its correspondence article. Same section, link "ankle" and "Oxford United" once.
- A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
- Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?
- A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
- There's two dead links.
- There's another link which doesn't work, so I've removed all three. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Check.
- There's another link which doesn't work, so I've removed all three. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- There's two dead links.
- B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):
- C. It contains no original research:
- D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
- A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
- B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
- A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
- Is it neutral?
- It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
- It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
- Is it stable?
- It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
- It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
- Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
- A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:
- B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
- A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
- If the statements above can be answered, I will pass the article. Good luck with improving this article!
- Pass or Fail:
-- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 15:17, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you to Mattythewhite who got the stuff I left at the talk page, because I have gone off and placed the article as GA. Congrats. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 21:29, 7 July 2009 (UTC)