Wikipedia:Peer review/Bill Russell/archive1

Bill Russell

Hi, the article about NBA legend Bill Russell is currently a GA, and I would gladly make it into a FA.

• Does the prose flow nicely?
• Is it accessible enough for non-experts, without being too verbose for NBA fans? (The problem is, I have no reference. There is currently no FA about a NBA player)
• How to satisfy criterion 1a the best User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a, especially for sports subjects? :)
• General remarks?

Thanks for reading, Onomatopoeia 11:28, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

One note the picture in the infobox is not of a scaled down resolution. If you right click on the picture or the source picture and go to properties you can see both are 275 x 357 pixels. Scale down the picture as I'm sure somebody will mention this during FAC. You can edit it with an external application or save it to your computer then edit it but either way you need to scale down the resolution. Quadzilla99 19:38, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay I copyedited it and added a photo with a full fair use rational, he was SI Sportsman of the Year and since it is now mentioned in the article a scaled down pic of the magazine can appear there. Quadzilla99 20:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay I scaled down the resolution to 80% of source size should be fine. Quadzilla99 07:17, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Made some wkfy edits to Bill Russell, hope those help. Chensiyuan 01:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

minor point - rpg, apg etc. should be made clearer in the article? in the sense that an ordinary reader who does not know much about basketball would not know what is rpg, apg, ppg... terms which are used many times in the article. Chensiyuan 01:47, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay I wikilinked those the first time they are mentioned. That should solve the problem, if not just comment on what you feel needs to be done. Quadzilla99 09:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

russell's feats/achievements may also be over-repeated throughout the article... i remember reading about him winning a record number NBA titles 3-4 times... Chensiyuan 01:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Great job, guys, and thank you. —Onomatopoeia 08:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

• Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, APR _t 23:05, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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• Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at Wikipedia:Lead. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.^[?]
  • expanded, hopefully hitting the right mix between succinct and verbose—Onomatopoeia 08:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
• See if possible if there is a free use image that can go on the top right corner of this article.^[?]
  • a problem, http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Bill+Russell does not yield a single good result of Russell as a player, same for WikiCommons :/ —Onomatopoeia 08:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
• Per Wikipedia:What is a featured article?, Images should have concise captions.^[?]
  • fixed—Onomatopoeia 08:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
• If this article is about a person, please add {{persondata|PLEASE SEE [[WP:PDATA]]!}} along with the required parameters to the article - see Wikipedia:Persondata for more information.^[?]
  • Already done in the general NBA infobox—Onomatopoeia 08:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
• Per Wikipedia:Context and Wikipedia:Build the web, years with full dates should be linked; for example, link January 15, 2006.^[?]
  • done—Onomatopoeia 08:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
• This article may need to undergo summary style, where a series of appropriate subpages are used. For example, if the article is United States, than an appropriate subpage would be History of the United States, such that a summary of the subpage exists on the mother article, while the subpage goes into more detail.^[?]
  • n/a, dont think that Bill Russell needs subpages (Wayne Gretzky does, but not Bill!)
• Please provide citations for all of the {{fact}}s.^[?]
  • done—Onomatopoeia 08:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
• Please ensure that the article has gone through a thorough copyediting so that it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. See also User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a.^[?]

You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, APR _t 23:03, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• • Tried to do it, Quadzilla99 also —Onomatopoeia 08:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

—Onomatopoeia 08:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)