Talk:The Boat Race 2008

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Did you know... that the 2008 Boat Race featured the oldest ever competitor, a 36-year-old?

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Seattle (talk · contribs) 22:09, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll conduct this review. Seattle (talk) 22:09, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

Files check out, etc. etc. etc.
- Ta. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mix of "The Boat Race Company Limited" and "The Boat Race Company"... etc. etc. etc.
- Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just my observation before reading the article......... but I don't remember reading a margin of victory of that large.
- Just four years beforehand, the same winning margin for 2004, but noted. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford were clear pre-race favourites don't particularly care for "clear" here. Would prefer you use a quote to explain what the author/source said, or if there's a specific margin, but I don't like just "clear", reeks of WP:PEACOCK
- Removed "clear". The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know when the last margin of victory was 6 lengths? That figure stuns me.
- Per above, 2004. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Feel like I've seen Dowbiggin somewhere before, perhaps a note in the "background" section?
- It's noted "Both coxes, Brodie and Dowbiggin, were former Blues..." already, was there any more you were looking for? The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My last name is Monaghan! But on a serious note, the double-dagger in the footnotes doesn't have a corresponding double-dagger in the table, and one of the names is a typo (Monoaghan v. Monaghan).
- Fixed, and annotated. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The sponsorship should be mentioned in the body because it's mentioned in the lead.
- I don't like it in the lead, I've moved it into the main body and referenced it. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Passable otherwise. Seattle (talk) 03:12, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Seattle: All addressed, many thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]