Talk:Mark Thompson (American football)

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Review: October 28, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

Passed. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 03:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 05:29, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): 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): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
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:

Expand lead.
- Expanded.
"American professional"
- Done.
High school infobox formatting.
- Done.
Spell out TDs in infobox highlight
- Done.
Body needs to say what year he joined Nassau and Dodge.
- Done.
So, what month did he leave Nassau? Was he actually om the roster?
- Unclear what month, but it sounds like he was there for all of 2013 per Florida bio.
Might need to change the alumni cat to Nassau football players, depending on the above.
Is his full name just Mark Thompson? I couldn't find his Florida bio online.
- Florida bio here. No full name. PFA also just 'Mark Thompson'.
Change height and weight to match PFR unless there is a different source for that?
- Changed.
Remove "as of" from infobox. He's not on a team right now.
- Done.
Change early life to participated in football and track. I've never heard anyone say "play track"
- Changed.
What incident at school?
- Doesn't say.
"sensed it was not a good fit" change to "thought it was not a good fit"
- Changed.
"After going undrafted, he was signed by the Baltimore Ravens" when?
- Added.
"He was released at the final roster cuts" change to "He was released during final roster cuts before the start of the regular season"
- Done.
The jets section should say he became a free agent after the season.
- Done.
The lions section should say what day or month he signed the futures deal.
- Done.
"Thompson was signed to the practice squad of the Baltimore Ravens" remove Baltimore. It's already mentioned earlier.
- Done.
"were all transferred" remove all
- Done.
Did he only play one game in 2024?
- Added more details on the season.
His USFL stats need updated in the infobox. It would be nice if a source was added somehow too without looking too weird.
- Done.
Could probably remove the NFL team subheadings and combine them all into a "National Football League" subheading since each stint has its own paragraph anyway.
- Removed the subheadings. I merged some of the small paragraphs – let me know if that looks alright.
Is there anything else on this early life? College bios usually have stuff like that.
Any personal life? College bios usually have stuff like that.
- Didn't find anything with the above two – his college bio doesn't have anything.

That's all, nice work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 05:31, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9: BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:36, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I did a spot check of the sources and didn't find any issues. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:49, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.