Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sydney Roosters/archive1

Sydney Roosters

This nomination is a self nomination to start off.

When I first visited this page, it was full of agenda ridden bias information that did not reflect well on the club. Since then, I have led the way by an extesnive research of the club and its history, accurately and fairly reporting on the club, its history and culture. I have neutralised the article by basing it around fact related circumstances to ensure accurate but comprehensive information on the Sydney Roosters.

I have taken it further, adding club statistics, updating information weekly to make sure it remains as accurate as possible. I have created player profile pages to link to this page to make it as comprehensive as I possibly can.

Members of the Sydney Roosters forum have praised this site, not only does it give the Sydney Roosters fans a proud site for a club with proud tradition, this page has set the platform for other NRL clubs to make additions to their pages. This page is the most comprehensive rugby league club website on wikipedia, and for that it should be recognised as a Featured article of wikipedia. Sbryce858 07:46, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job with the article! However, I would suggest a peer review first before coming to this page. Some comments:

The article will need references. See WP:CITE and WP:V for more information.

Please provide WP:CITE information for references/footnotes. See also WP:CITE/ES; templates like {{Cite web}} and {{Cite book}} may be useful here.
This article needs footnotes, preferably in the cite.php format recommended by WP:WIAFA. Simply, enclose inline citations, with WP:CITE or WP:CITE/ES information, with <ref>THE FOOTNOTE</ref>. At the bottom of the article, in a section named “References” or “Footnotes”, add <div class="references-small"><references/></div>.

Images need proper image copyright tags and source information. Specifically, Image:Dally Messenger in action.jpg need(s) proper image copyright tags.

Images with fair use tags need fair use rationales - please see WP:FUC. Specifically, Image:Sydneyroosters.jpg, Image:Dave Brown rugby league.jpg, Image:Roosters 1988.jpg, and Image:Sydney City Roosters.jpg need(s) proper fair use rationales.

Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:MOSDATE, years, decades, and centuries without full dates generally should not be linked. For example, January 2006 should not be linked, instead change it to January 2006. Also, please note WP:BTW and WP:CONTEXT, which state that years with full dates should be linked. For example, February 28, 2006, should be come February 28, 2006.
Thanks, AndyZ _t 15:12, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For starters, can you merge some of the many one-sentence paragraphs and word them so that they flow cohesively. How about fixing the inconsistent hyphen/n dash/spaces/no spaces approach to ranges, particularly scores: e.g., try "1995–99" and "36–18". Use your clipboard to paste these in. Please fix the last sentence of the first paragraph, including the omission of the apostrophe. Tony 15:19, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks everyone I'll take the constructive criticism on board, fix it up a bit and put it back here when I think it's ready! Sbryce858 06:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]