Talk:Nikita Filatov/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: -- BigDom 19:50, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Lead

• First paragraph is a bit verbose, I would suggest something along the lines of: "currently playing for CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) under a loan agreement from National Hockey League (NHL) team Columbus Blue Jackets." The lead should be a concise summary, so there is no need to make it as long-winded as it is currently.
• Since both paragraphs in the lead are quite short, they should probably be merged together or expanded.
• The spelling and grammar is correct in the lead section.

Junior

• "since he was 13-years-old" implies it has been continuous. I would change this to "from the age of 13"
• "Filatov, "We've..."" ---> "Filatov, saying "We've...""
• At the end of the same sentence, there shouldn't be a space between the speech marks and the citation.

Professional

• It says that the signing caused uproar in the KHL, is there a reference to back this up? Otherwise, it sounds like a point of view. If there isn't a reference, maybe "controversy" would be a better word.
• In the same sentence, the abbreviation KHL has already been used in the lead, so there's no need to write the name out in full again.
• "(IIHF)" should be added after International Ice Hockey Federation since the acronym is used later in the paragraph.
• Same thing with the AHF in the following paragraph.
• Wikilink the first mention of hat trick to hat trick#Hockey
• "Blue Jacket's" ---> "Blue Jackets"
• "after this season" is a statement that will quickly become out-of-date, and should be changed to the years of the current season (I assume this is 2009–10)
• "2010-11 season, "I hope..." ---> "2010–11 season, stating "I hope..."
• 2010-2011 should be 2010–11
• Articles should be accessible to all readers, but readers unfamiliar with hockey might not understand the term "GM" so the full term "general manager" should be used.

International

• The first two paragraphs are both about his under-18 appearances so they should be put together.
• "During this tournament" ---> "During the tournament"
• It says that in the bronze medal match in 2008, Filatov was named Russia's best player. It should be explained whether this was an official award by the tournament organisers or otherwise. This only needs to be done the first time player of the game is mentioned (unless, of course, they are not all the same type of award)
• "The Russians again captured the bronze medal" ---> "The Russian team..."
• "The tournament was a disappointment for the Russians" – this is a point of view
• "5th place" ---> "fifth place"

Personal life

• "Nikita's parents are Silva and Yelena" ---> "Filatov's parents are named Silva and Yelena"
• This section is quite short, but I can understand that such a young player will not have much coverage of his personal life yet so I don't really see this as a problem.

Rest of article

• The Awards and Career statistics sections are both fine.

General comments

• All scores (e.g. 4-2, 5-2) and year ranges (2006-07 etc.) should have en-dashes

Overall, this is a fairly well written article that will become a Good Article with a bit more work. I will gladly pass this once the comments have been addressed. -- BigDom 20:54, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. I believe I have addressed all of these edits, with one exception - instead of typing out general manager, I added the abbreviation (GM) after its first usage in the article. I think I got the dashes rigth, but if not please let me know. Canada Hky (talk) 01:32, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

I fixed the dashes using a script, but apart from that the comments have been suitably addressed.

Criteria check

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

The article meets the GA criteria, so I will pass this one now. -- BigDom 08:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC)