Talk:The Boat Race 1974/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Wizardman (talk · contribs) 15:49, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give this a review shortly. Wizardman 15:49, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you've hit a groove for what's in each boat race article, so I wasn't expecting to find much. Here's what I did find:

"The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat " comma after boat
Comma added. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:48, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Jim Railton, writing in The Times was not impressed:" to me this sounds a little off; writing for The Times would sound a bit better even though both are technically ok.
I think I'll stick here, this is standard British English as far as I'm concerned. The Rambling Man (talk)
Given the record time, were there any notable reactions to it, especially considering Oxford's big win after Cambridge had won so clearly the year prior?
Have expanded that bit a bit. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:48, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give this a second read-through just to make sure I didn't miss anything. (Since it's short and to the point I don't have an excues if I miss anything obvious, after all) Wizardman 17:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I very much appreciate your time and review comments. Let me know if there's anything more I can do. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:48, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Everything looks good now (after a quick fix I found), and I'd consider it GA quality. Should you want to progress further on it though, here's a few extra things that may be useful:

Adding an image of Rendel alongside the crew table could be useful, since we have an image of him.
Some more detail on the women's race and the reserve race would be nice. I didn't request it for GA since, given that those had only begun recently at the time, I don't imagine there would have been much on it.

Thanks, I have added the image, but your second point will be very difficult to follow up in any detail, particularly the women's race... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:40, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also, fond one more issue:

"and while Cambridge were rating lower than their Dark Blue opposition, they remained in contention" to a lay reader this comes off as a bit odd as worded; not entirely sure what "rating lower" means. Once this is fixed I'll pass it. Wizardman 19:30, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by converting "rating" to "stroke rate" and linking to a section of the Glossary of rowing terms. Thanks again. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:40, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; article now passes. Wizardman 01:57, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]