Talk:Marta Menegatti

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GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 20:33, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Will spare the time tor review this article. MWright96 (talk) 20:33, 8 March 2019 (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:

Lead

"who plays as a left-side defender with partner Viktoria Orsi Toth." - with her partner
"The pair broke into the top ten of the world rankings" - entered is more formal
"and medalled at seven World Tour events before an acrimonious split mid-2013." - split midway through 2013.

Early life

"the fifth tier of the Italian volleyball league system." - wikilink the text in bold to Italian Volleyball League
"sparking her foray into beach volleyball." - prompting is a better more formal alternative
"a national youth competition organized" - organised

2006-2008: Junior years

"where she and partner Debora Pini placed ninth at the $10K Eboli Satellite tournament." - and her partner

2009: Partnerin with Cicolari, World Tour debut

"She quit indoor volleyball so as to focus solely on the beach game." - "so as" is redundant
"They concluded their first year as teammates ranked No. 43" - use the abbr template on No. so that the reader hovering over it knows it means Number
"Later in the month, Menegatti and partner Debora Allegretti " - and her partner

2010: First World Tour podium

"Menegatti played with Valeria Rosso on the World Tour as Cicolari had sustained an injury." - what type of injury?
"Menegatti and Rosso became the first Italian pair to reach a finals on the World Tour" - World Tour final
"before falling to fourth-seeded Nicole Branagh and Kerri Walsh Jennings " - to the fourth-seeded
"Menegatti racked up two more podium finishes" - attained

2011: European champions

"With the home crowd on their side, they topped their group" - With a partisian crowd is probably better here
"over 16th-seeded Barbara Hansel and Sara Montagnolli of Austria" - over the 16th-seeded

2012: London Olympics

"So as to avoid worsening a shoulder injury," - In order

2013: Partnering with Orsi Toth

"They capped off a dominant tournament run" - finished
"After Gstaad, Carvalho decided to split the pair" - change the text in bold to separate for variety
"with fourth-place finishes at the $220K Moscow and São Paulo Grand Slams." - with two fourth-place
"With only five international events under their belt" - try to avoid idioms per MOS:IDIOM
"they wrapped up their first season together ranked No. 44 " - finished

2014–2015: First World Tour title

"Their results picked up in September" - got better

2016: Rio Olympics

"three-set losses against 16th-seeded Jamie Broder and Kristina May of Canada" - against the 16th-seeded
"and fourth-seeded Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany" - and the fourth-seeded

2017–2018: Partner switches, struggles

"resume her partnership with Orsi Toth once the latter's doping ban expired mid-season" - mid way through the season for non-sports readers
"Menegatti and Giombini started off 2018 competing at the $10K Shepparton Open." - commenced

2018–present: Comeback

"In the group stage, they upset second-seeded" - they upset the
"and 15th-seeded Nina Betschart and Tanja Huberli of Switzerland" - and the 15th-seeded

Style of play

"Menegatti is a defender and right-handed left-side player." - and a right-handed
"While she has worked on developing her leadership skills and enjoys taking on this role," - and says she enjoys

Personal life

"previous sponsors include Red Bull GmbH (energy drink)" - GmbH is redundant
"Ever since she was young, Menegatti has looked up to Misty May-Treanor" - Since she was young, Menegatti respected

References

no dead links

Another nice flowing article of yours. Nothing too major to be addressed here. MWright96 (talk) 17:53, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: Hi. I think I've addressed all the points you've raised. Let me know if there's any more improvements to be made. Thank you for the review. Bennv3771 (talk) 19:46, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Bennv3771: Lovely. Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 20:45, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]