Talk:The Boat Race 1921/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Caponer (talk · contribs) 22:36, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man, as I have some additional time on my schedule to devote to Good Article reviews, it would be a privilege to take on this review within the next 48 hours. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions in the meantime. Thanks! -- Caponer (talk) 22:36, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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

The Rambling Man, I have finished a thorough and comprehensive review and re-review of your article. I assess that it easily meets most of the criteria for passage to Good Article status, however, I do have some comments, suggestions, and questions that must first be addressed. Thank you, as always, for all your hard work on this article! -- Caponer (talk) 22:46, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, no copyvios, 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):
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:

Lede

Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section, the lede should be summarizing content from all the sections of this article's main prose. Therefore, I would add more content form the "Crews" and "Race" sections below. In order to represent the "Crews" section more comprehensively, you can mention several items from this section including:
- The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 12 st 11.75 lb (81.3 kg), 4.25 pounds (1.9 kg) per rower more than their opponents.
- Oxford's crew contained five participants with Boat Race experience, while Cambridge saw four of the 1920 crew return.
- It also seems quite notable that five of the Boat Race participants were silver medallists in the men's eight at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
In order to better represent the "Race" section, it should be noted in the lede that Cambridge's win was its third consecutive victory, the fastest winning time since the 1911 race and the narrowest winning margin since the 1913 race.
The lede is otherwise written well, its contents are internally-cited and verifiable, and I have no further comments, questions, or suggestions.

Background

Per Wikipedia:Inline citation, I suggest consolidating internal citations at the end of sentences in numerical order.
The Sidney Swann caricature is released into the public domain and is therefore appropriate for usage here in this article.
This section is otherwise written well, its contents are internally-cited and verifiable, and I have no further comments, questions, or suggestions.

Crews

It's a pity there is no image here, but I see there are no free images of the participants. While this isn't a deal breaker, you'll have to keep your eyes open following this article's passage for an image to include in this section next to the beautiful "Crews" table.
The table is beautifully formatted and all its content is appropriately sourced.
This section is otherwise written well, its contents are internally-cited and verifiable, and I have no further comments, questions, or suggestions.

Race

The Championship Course map graphic is released into the public domain and is therefore appropriate for usage here in this article.
This section is otherwise written well, its contents are internally-cited and verifiable, and I have no further comments, questions, or suggestions.

Thanks, I've addressed all the issues noted I believe. I agree, it's a shame about the lack of image but I need to pass by most of these articles again in a few months so I'll re-check then. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:00, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man, thank you for all your incredible work on this and the other Boat Race articles, and thank you for your timely response to all my above comments, suggestions, and questions. I hereby pass this article to Good Article status. -- Caponer (talk) 12:53, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]