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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 11 September 2021 [1].

2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final

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Nominator(s):  — Amakuru (talk) 11:06, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My article at 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final recently became featured, so I'm now moving on to the 2015 edition of the same competition. The Africa Cup of Nations is the continent's premier tournament for national teams, equivalent to the UEFA European Championship in Europe, and second only to the FIFA World Cup in terms of prestige for African teams. The 2015 final featured Ghana and the Ivory Coast, 4-time- and 1-time-winners respectively. The game was unfortunately not the most exciting ever, finishing 0–0 with few chances for either side. The championship was therefore settled by a penalty shoot-out, which Ivory Coast won 9–8 after Ghana's goalkeeper missed a kick against his opposite number, and he Ivorian goalkeeper then scored. Note that I have another FAC currently open at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/UEFA Euro 2008 Final/archive1, in which I'm a co-nominator, (and more feedback on that one is certainly welcomed!) while this one's a solo nomination.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:06, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Image licensing is OK, but I don't see where the information in File:CIV-GHA-2015-02-08.png is cited either in the image description or the article (it should be easily verifiable in both places). (t · c) buidhe 11:44, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Buidhe: I have sourced the information to the BBC Sport page, and put a citation both in the file and in the article (ref [33] against the two team names). There were some slight discrepancies between the BBC's version of the formation and the one in the file, so I've updated the file to match. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 15:10, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support from Edwininlondon

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Nice to see you building up a collection of FAs for African football. With the caveats that I am neither an expert in African football nor a native speaker of English, here are my comments:

  • Check the article for MOS:NUM issues. In 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final we have "The tournament consisted of sixteen teams who had qualified for the event, divided into four round-robin groups consisting of four teams" but here we have "The tournament consisted of 16 teams, who were divided into 4 groups of 4, each team playing the other 3 group members once in a round-robin format."
    I think the same problem was in 2017 re that paragraph, so I've amended to match that. Also a couple of 10 -> ten re penalties and players. Other than that, I can't see any obvious inconsistencies. Times of the match are all digits, while most other bits and bobs are lower numbers written as words.  — Amakuru (talk) 16:17, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
OK. I too think the times of the match have to be in digits.

That's all from me. Edwininlondon (talk) 12:24, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Edwininlondon: all points addressed I think. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 16:28, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
All looks good to me, a comprehensive account of the match. I Support on prose. If you have some spare time, perhaps you might fancy taking a look at my FAC nomination, also a football article: Manon Melis. Thanks. Edwininlondon (talk) 18:41, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CommentsSupport by Z1720

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Non-expert prose review.

  • "Then Ghana's Christian Atsu had what writers" Delete then, as it is assumed that this happened afterwards and is redundant.
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the third paragraph in the lede needs to be expanded, with more information about the aftermath of this match.
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:22, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "It was originally scheduled to take place in Morocco, but the Confederation of African Football (CAF) made the decision to move it to Equatorial Guinea in 2014. Morocco had requested a postponement as a result of the ongoing Western African Ebola virus epidemic, but CAF refused and instead decided to remove Morocco's rights to host the event" -> Morocco was originally chosen to host the event, but the country requested a postponement of the event because of the Western African Ebola virus epidemic. CAF refused, and instead moved the event to Equatorial Guinea in 2014." This tightens up the language a little bit.
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "their sole victory coming in 1992 when they defeated Ghana on sudden death in a penalty shootout at the end of a goalless draw at the Stade de l'Amitié in Dakar, Senegal." The text after draw can be deleted, as we already know what year this event took place in and the location of the 1992 event is not important for this article.
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "In their second game, Ghana faced Algeria, on 23 January in Mongomo." Delete the second comma
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The match remained goal-less" In the section before, it is spelt goalless. Which is correct for your style of English?
    I think goalless probably, looking at other articles.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "when Ghana who took the lead, Asamoah Gyan scoring from a long pass by Mubarak Wakaso." -> "when Ghana took the lead after Asamoah Gyan scored from a long pass by Mubarak Wakaso."
    Done, although I've amended "after" to "as", as it doesn't sound quite right to say that the taking of the lead happened later than the goal.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "an Ayew winner gave them a 2–1 win and first place in the group." -> an Ayew goal?
    Done (although I've also tweaked the language on the Masango goal to say "volley", to avoid repetition.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "but Ivory Coast nonetheless earned a draw with a Seydou Doumbia equaliser on 72 minutes." delete nevertheless as redundant.
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and a goal by Wilfried Kanon midway through the second half complete their second consecutive 3–1 win and a place in the final." Change to "completed their"
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The first chance of the game fell to Yaya Touré on 12 minutes, with a free kick, but despite him clearing the wall, his shot went straight to Ghanaian goalkeeper Brimah Razak, who caught it." -> "Yaya Touré had the first chance to score in the game on 12 minutes; he cleared the wall on a free kick but his shot went straight to Ghanaian goalkeeper Brimah Razak, who caught it." This removed "fell to", which is an idiom since the ball did not literally fall to Toure, and it removes some of the commas.
    Done (with slight tweaks).  — Amakuru (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Ghana were attempting to find Atsu with a series of long passes," What does it mean to find someone? Please reword.
    Reworded.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Ivory Coast launched an attack down the right on 33 minutes, through Bailly and Gradel, the latter attempting to find Gervinho in the penalty area, but despite a defensive error from Boye, Razak was able to collect the ball." -> "Ivory Coast launched an attack down the right on 33 minutes, through Bailly and Gradel, with the latter attempting to find Gervinho in the penalty area. Despite a defensive error from Boye, Razak was able to collect the ball." This separates the sentences and reduces commas.
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Earlier in the article, it stated the country's FIFA scores before the tournament. Did the teams advance or decline in the standings as a result of this tournament?
    Done.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Those are my comments. Please ping when the above are resolved. Z1720 (talk) 21:51, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: apologies for the delay, I've now looked at all your points here. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't worry about delays: I have taken far longer to respond to comments in FACs, and Wikipedia is a volunteer service. All my concerns have been addressed and I support this article. Z1720 (talk) 14:55, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support from TRM

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That's all I have. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 18:41, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: I think I've looked at all your points now. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 14:00, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, cool, happy to support as my concerns have been generally addressed. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 14:44, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Source review from TRM - pass

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Reliable editor using high quality sources, I'll just comment on those refs I find which might need to be addressed. To avoid ref confusion if any get switched around, I'm looking at this version of the page.

That's all I have, no major concerns with any of the other refs. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 15:27, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@FAC coordinators: with the customary three supports/image/source review in place, can I nominate another candidate please? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 19:19, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, go ahead. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:54, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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