Talk:Oscar Taveras

Semi-protected edit request on 27 October 2014

He died in an accident on the Autopista 5 between Cabarete and Sosúa.

According to Oscar's family he was born in Sosua, Dominican Republic not Puerto Plata. Cococmc (talk) 20:20, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. multiple player profiles report Puerto Plata. Where does his family say otherwise Cannolis (talk) 20:42, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

According to ESPN he homered in the SECOND career at bat: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=340531124&teams=san-francisco-giants-vs-st.-louis-cardinals — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ammammata (talk • contribs) 07:43, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

References

Error in introduction

The introduction to this article says Taveras hit a home run in his first big league at-bat. However, Taveras didn't hit his first home run until his second at-bat. The first at-bat was a lineout to left field. Source: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN201405310.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.244.22.1 (talk) 17:02, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

blood alcohol 5x legal limit

i am thinking if he were alive he would be facing s murder charge for the death of his girlfriend.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/11/12/official-taveras-was-drunk-during-fatal-crash/18937679/— Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.108.8 (talk • contribs) 03:31, November 13, 2014‎

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Oscar Taveras/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Caponer (talk · contribs) 10:51, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Wizardman, I will be completing a review of this article within the next 48 hours. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns in the meantime. Thank you for all your hard work on this article! -- Caponer (talk) 10:51, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

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Wizardman, I apologize for the delay in the completion of my review, but I have finished it and find that your article easily meets the criteria for Good Article status! I do, however, have a few comments and suggestions that must first be fixed before this article is passed to Good Article status. Thank you for all your great work on this article! -- Caponer (talk) 13:47, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lede

• Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section, the lede of this article stands alone as a concise overview and summary of the article. The lede defines Taveras, establishes context for Taveras, explains why Taveras is notable, and summarizes the most important points of Taveras' life.
• The Oscar Taveras image is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and is therefore acceptable for use in this article.
• The template is formatted beautifully and its content is cited within the article's prose.
• The lede is well-written, its contents are cited below within the text, the references are verifiable, and I have no other comments or suggestions for this section.

Early life

• Rather than say began twice in the same paragraph, I wonder if commence would work in either of these cases.
• Perhaps reword after the quotation, "recounted his father."
• The quotation box may not be necessary as the quotation is mentioned in its entirety within the prose.
• ..."and obtained Canadian citizenship."
• Otherwise, this section is well-written, its contents are cited within the text, the references are verifiable, and I have no other comments or suggestions for this section.

Professional career (2009–14)

• The image of Taveras during spring training in 2013 is licensed CC BY 2.0 and is therefore acceptable for use here.
• An inline citation is needed at the end of the last sentence of the first paragraph within the "Springfield and Memphis (2012–14)" subsection.
• The image of Taveras before a game in St. Louis is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and is free to use here.
• Per Wikipedia:Inline citation, it is suggested that inline citations should be consolidated at the end of sentences and paragraphs, and not within. But of course, this is not a deal breaker, and is merely a suggestion.
• Otherwise, this section is well-written, its contents are cited within the text, the references are verifiable, and I have no other comments or suggestions for this section.

Skills profile

• This section is well-written, its contents are cited within the text, the references are verifiable, and I have no comments or suggestions for this section.

Death

• This section is well-written, its contents are cited within the text, the references are verifiable, and I have no comments or suggestions for this section.

Awards

• This table is beautifully formatted and its contents are internally cited within the table.

Issues all fixed. Thank you for the review! Wizardman 16:54, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Wizardman, thank you for your speedy response to my comments and for addressing them in the article. Upon my review and re-review of the article, I find that it easily meets Good Article status and hereby pass it to GA. Congratulations on a job well done and for crafting this biography honoring Taveras' successful yet brief career. -- Caponer (talk) 16:56, 22 February 2015 (UTC)