Talk:Tijani Babangida/GA1

GA Review

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GA review (see here for criteria)

Good piece of work so far, but there's issues I'll bring up, bare in mind this is my first GAC review, so be nice. :)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): 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, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
It'd be nice to have an image on him, but its not really neccessary.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
Good luck improving the article, I'm giving this 7 days to hold, but if you want more time, it'll be fine.

Criteria 1.A

"he spent the prime years of his playing career at Ajax Amsterdam." - change too "he spent the majority of his playing career at Ajax Amsterdam".Y
"played his trade" - simply change too "playing".Y
"Roda decided to" - change "Roma" to "they".Y
Change all instances of "Tijani" into "Babangida" to avoid overfamiliarisation, and use "he" occasionally. Also, avoid using his full name.Y
"Despite finally getting some playing time in Turkey" - sounds a bit clunky, possibly change too "Despite making several appearances in Turkey".Y
"Finally a free agent" - cahnge to "As a free agent" and wikilink free agent.Y
"the final cut" - change to "the final squad".Y
"before deciding to hang up his boots." - change to "before retiring".Y

Criteria 1.B

There was a couple of tiny mistakes, such as missing commas and loose citations, but I took care of them as it'd be rather daft to list them. :)
Rename the "Career" section to "Playing career".Y
No need for references for his name.Y
Move "Personal" section to just below the lead, and rename to "Personal life".Y
Try to expand the lead into two paragraphs, talk a little bit more on his different clubs.Y
Merge small sentences into full paragraphs.Y
Make "International career" into a second level section i.e. == ==.Y
List international goals as seperate, like in Djibril Cissé#International.Y

Criteria 2.A

The following sentences need references adding.

"Roda decided to extend the player's loan at the club for another season."Y
"made him the club's top scorer that season." Y
"He appeared in 29 league games, scoring four goals in his first season with Ajax." Y
"Tijani started two of his team's opening Champions League games." Y
"Ajax finished bottom of their group behind Olympiacos, Croatia Zagreb and Porto." Y
"Overall, Babangida appeared in 18 league games for Ajax that season, starting only seven." Y
"The situation deteriorated even further after the 1999 season for Babangida, as he made a mere

eight appearances the following year and didn't play a single game in the first half of the 2000–2001 season." Y

"In an attempt to offload the player, Ajax came to an agreement with the Turkish Süper Lig side

Gençlerbirliği, who signed Babangida on a half-year loan deal until the end of the season."Y

"Looking to resolve the deadlock with Ajax, Babangida returned to Amsterdam to continue

negotiating a termination of his contract with the club."Y

"and Babangida signed with the ambitious second-tier side Changchun Yatai shortly thereafter"Y
"Tijani Babangida only made his African Nations Cup debut in 2000 as Nigeria withdrew from the 1996 edition in South Africa due to political reasons and missed out on Burkina Faso 1998 through disqualification."Y

Criteria 4

There's a problem with POV, but it can easily be fixed.

"Known for his pace and dribbling skills" - The references don't say anything about his playing style, so I'd probably drop that phrase.Y
"after impessing at the Cairo 91 All African Games" - "impressing" slightly POV, try rewording.Y
"The player was immediately loaned out" - change to "he was loaned out".Y
"Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam" - "giants" POV, change to "team" or "side".Y
"and the dramatic winning goal in the second leg" - drop "dramatic".Y
"Babangida's second season with Ajax proved to be an even bigger success as the player's fine form helped Ajax to another Eredivisie title with a convincing 39 point gap over PSV Eindhoven" - "an even bigger success", "fine form" and "convincing" all POV, try to reword.Y
"Ajax clinched the second title of the season with a 5–0 demolition of PSV in the KNVB Cup final" - "demolition" POV, change to "victory over" and wikilink PSV.Y
"The situation deteriorated even further after the 1999 season for Babangida" - slighlty POV, reword to mention him making less appearances".Y
"Babangida failed to find his best form and the Ankara side" - "failed to find his best form" - POV, reword.Y
"Tijani Babangida came very close to signing with AJ Auxerre" - just "close".Y
"becoming yet another experienced addition" - POV, reword or remove.Y
"and Babangida signed with the ambitious second-tier side Changchun Yatai shortly thereafter." - "ambitious" POV, and simply change "thereafter" to "after".Y
"He played an important role in his team's Olympic triumph in Atlanta in 1996[26] as Nigeria overcame tough resistance" - "important role" slightly POV, "triumph" POV, and "though resistance" slight POV also, try and reword.Y
"Babangida scored two spectacular goals against South Africa to put Nigeria through to the final where they were narrowly defeated on penalties" - "spectacular" POV, drop the word.Y
"He then featured prominently in Nigeria's run to the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals, scoring two important first-half goals against Ghana" - "prominently" POV, reword.Y

Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 21:16, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]