Talk:Stephen Curry/GA1

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 18:54, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at this! — Ghost River 18:54, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Infobox and lede

Early life

It would be easy to include his birthdate here so that you don't have to have the citation in the lede
"the son of educator Sonya Curry and National Basketball Association (NBA) player Dell Curry"
"He was born in Akron, Ohio, at Summa Akron City Hospital (the same hospital where LeBron James had been born slightly over three years earlier)," → "He was born in Akron, Ohio, at Summa Akron City Hospital – the same hospital where future basketball star LeBron James had been born three years prior – "
Use the convert template on "160-pound frame"
"who had" → "which had"

College career

Freshman season

"alumni event, saying,"
"dished out four assists, and grabbed nine rebounds." → "recorded four assists, and retrieved nine rebounds"
In his first collegiate game, against Eastern Michigan, Curry finished with 15 points but committed 13 turnovers. In the next game, against Michigan, he scored 32 points, dished out four assists, and grabbed nine rebounds. Curry finished the season leading the Southern Conference in scoring with 21.5 points per game. He was second in the nation among freshmen in scoring, behind only Kevin Durant of Texas. Curry's scoring ability helped the Wildcats to a 29–5 overall record and a Southern Conference regular-season title. None of this is referenced
Nothing in the second paragraph after "Davidson lost 82-70" is referenced either

Sophomore season

Nothing in the first paragraph is referenced
"30 points in the half[23] to push Davidson to their first NCAA Tournament win since 1969, 82–76." → "30 points in the half, helping Davidson win 82-76 and taking them to their first NCAA Tournament win since 1969."

Junior season

Delink Kansas, linked above
No parentheses around "11 days later"
"2000" → "2,000"
"which is the third most points" → "the third most"

Professional career

Considering he's only played with one team, the "Golden State Warriors" subhead can probably be removed in favor of having all the year divisions as level 3 subheads rather than level 4 (see someone like Sean Couturier, who's spent his entire professional career with the Flyers)
Additionally, I'd recommend switching up the subheads in each of the first four sections so that the year range comes first (e.g. "2009-2014: Early years"), This allows for parallelism with the later sections that start with a year range

Early years

"rookie of the year" → "Rookie of the Year" with the WL
Then delink in the sentence beginning "He finished runner-up"
Most of the first paragraph is not referenced; the link to his NBA.com page shows his stats, but doesn't confirm that he set a rookie record
The same is true about the second paragraph, when it talks about breaking Barry and Price's respective records
More sourcing concerns in the paragraph beginning "Curry earned Western Conference Player of the Month honors"

NBA championship and first MVP

Similar to the lede, captions don't have to be cited if they're mentioned in the body, which they should be
"2 steals" → "two steals" per MOS:NUM

Unanimous MVP and historic season

Back-to-back NBA championships

2018-19 season

2019-20 season

References needed for Thompson's injury (which it would be nice to specify what kind) and Durant's absence into free agency; the source only says Curry was expected to step up in their absence
"On October 30, 2019, against the Phoenix Suns in the fourth game of the season, Curry drove to the basket and collided with the Suns' Aron Baynes, who was trying to take a charge." → "On October 30, 2019, only the fourth game of the season, Curry drove to the basket and collided with Aron Baynes of the Phoenix Suns, who was trying to take a charge."
Season totals in games and points?

2020-21 season

2021-22 season

"On October 21" → "Two days later"

National team career

"first experience with the United States national team" → "first international competition"
And then link "Team USA" later
"In 2014, he took on a larger role with the team," → "He took on a larger role with the team four years later,"
"for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil" → "for that year's Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro"
Cut "as the major reason behind the decision"

Player profile

Legacy

Off the court

Personal life

Cut "and Toronto-area native"
Should probably mention that she's an actress in her own right
The part about the Dražen Petrović Memorial Center is in the future tense even though the news broke six years ago

Public image

"penchant for coming up big in the clutch" → "key performances in critical moments"
with a childlike aura to him when he plays with success. His fanbase ranges from very young children to the elderly, and casual or committed fans enjoy his style of play. POV

Business interests

Per MOS:IMAGELOCATION, the photo should probably be moved to the right to avoid the awkward indent currently happening
"Curry is widely known for his partnership with Under Armour" → "Curry has an established partnership with Under Armour"
""face of their footwear line."" → ""face of their footwear line"." per MOS:LQ
Steiner Sports Memorabilia is listed in the future tense even though the announcement was four years ago
Curry is an investor and the leading brand ambassador for Palm, a small startup based in San Francisco which licenses the Palm name from TCL Corporation. I don't entirely know what this means

Charity

"In 2012, Curry started donating three insecticide-treated mosquito nets for every three-pointer he made to the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign to combat malaria." → "Beginning in 2012, for every three-pointer that Curry made, he would donate three insecticide-treated mosquito nets to the United Nation's Nothing but Nets campaign, which helped combat malaria."
"In 2015, Curry wore sneakers that had Deah Shaddy Barakat's name on them (one of the victims of the 2015 Chapel Hill shooting)." → "In 2015, Curry wore sneakers that bore the name of Deah Shaddy Barakat, one of the victims of the Chapel Hill shooting."
""love for basketball and anything Steph Curry."" → ""love for basketball and anything Steph Curry"." per MOS:LQ
"posed for a photo that was similar to one that Curry did for GQ." → "once posed for a photo inspired by a shoot that Curry had done for GQ."
"Also in 2015" → "That same year"
Commas rather than em dashes around "a 2016 Kia Sorento"
"Curry later said that he was joking about the Moon landing not having happened. He had Under Armour create some shoes inspired by the comment and subsequent discussion." → "Curry later clarified that he had been joking and believed in the moon landing, and he had Under Armour create a pair of shoes inspired by his on-air comments and subsequent discussion."
De-boldface the foundation per MOS:NOBOLD

Production company

Cut the part in parentheses about how Unanimous was named; seems tangential and breaks the flow of the sentence
Holey Moley should be italicized, as a TV show title
On June 24, 2020, Curry released a trailer for his new show on his YouTube channel, which is called Ultimate Home Championships, a show featuring people such as DeAndre Jordan, Ronda Rousey, and Kristopher London where contestants compete in wacky at-home challenges using things at their home. I have no idea what this means
Any more detail on the deal with NBCUniversal? (which should be linked, btw)

Awards and honours

I don't love ref [294] just hanging out there where it is
Ideally all of these titles would be individually linked

References

In [12], Toronto Star should be the work parameter, not the publisher
Same with [15] and The Globe and Mail
In [37], sandiegouniontribune.com → The San Diego Union-Tribune
In [42], "USATODAY.com" should be removed from the title, the publisher parameter should be gone, and the work parameter should be simply "USA Today"
In [50], "deseretnews.com" should be swapped for "Deseret News"
In 182-184, cut "/warriors" from the work
In [201] and [259], SI.com → Sports Illustrated
References [235] (quietly buys) and [236] (transfer to Duke) are incomplete
As are [244] (Active Faith) and [245] (Lin's rise sparks"
Better references are needed for [21] (Blogspot), [88] (YouTube), [256] (Twitter), and [257] (Twitter)

General comments

Images are properly licensed and relevant
No stability concerns in the revision history
Copyvio score looks generally good; the highest number is all attributed quotes
Most of these links (especially in the older section) are broken, and thus I can't verify if the information is there or not

I'm choosing to stop here because I have major concerns with the questionable sourcing throughout Curry's collegiate and early NBA career. These issues are likely not going to be fixed overnight, especially by an editor who so far has only added 2,525 characters of text to the article, which XTools tells me is only 1.3% of total authorship. I was willing to let these minimal contributions slide if the rest of the article was in relatively good shape, but it is not. I am marking this as a fail for now, but keep in mind that a failed GAN is not a death sentence. It just means that, realistically, it will take more than a week to get this article in shape. I have already highlighted several areas that need to be fixed; use those as a springboard. — Ghost River 22:57, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I will take my time and polish this article further, others can freely contribute for sure.Nintendoswitchfan (talk) 03:53, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]