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I've listed this article for peer review because, recently I got it up to GA-status and would like to know what I'd have to do to make it FA quality. Thanks, Giants27 (c|s) 17:47, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brianboulton comments:

  • The article, as it stands, doesn't make much sense to those without knowledge of baseball. This is a problem with nearly all specialist sports articles, but Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia and there is a requirement to avoid using "jargon" (words or phrases only comprehensible to those that know the sport). In this article the following words/phrases need to be explained for a more general readership:-
  • A general point: There is pretty well nothing in the article about Hamilton beyond his baseball statistics and, at the very end, the reference to his drunk-driving arrest. It is not even clear if his career ended at that point; if it did, what has he done since? Did he have no life beyond baseball? Such information, however brief, would certainly enliven the article, as would the introduction of the odd image.

I hope you find this review useful. Brianboulton (talk) 22:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Later comment: You have certainly improved the article since I saw it last. A few final points.
  • The sentence about 17-year-old Derrek Lee doesn't seem to have any context in this article. What is the significance of this information?
  • Would it be possible to say "his win-loss ratio was..." rather than "he went..."? That would be more easily understood.
  • "He was released two days later after being arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence." This is an article about a living person, so caution is necessary. I advise that, unless you are able to give very precise information about this episode, including how it was eventually resolved, you remove it from the article.
  • Although, as you say, Hamilton may have had no public life outside baseball, he was a public figure of sorts, and articles on public figures usually have some minimal information on their private lives. Questions that come to mind: you mention his father's cancer - did he survive? Did Hamilton marry? Any information as to what he has been doing since 2005?
I also think it would be a good idea to have a review from someone who fully understands baseball. I am trying to set this up. Brianboulton (talk) 23:08, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Finetooth comments: I have a few more suggestions for improvement, some of which are aimed at making the baseball terms more clear. Others are related to Manual of Style issues.

Heads

  • MOS:HEAD says in part, "Section names should preferably be unique within a page; this applies even for the names of subsections." For this reason, I would suggest finding ways to avoid repeating the word "career" in multiple heads.

Lead

  • "Hamilton spent parts of three seasons with Cincinnati before transferring around training camps and the minor leagues with four teams including the Padres and Reds." - "Transferring around" sounds a bit odd. How about "before stints in training camps and with minor league teams affiliated with the Padres and Reds"? Or something like that. Or were some of these training camps and minor league teams affiliated with major league teams other than the Padres and Reds? If so, this needs to be made more clear.
  • Wikilink Minor league baseball to assist the reader unfamiliar with the sport?
  • WP:INTRO says in part, "The lead section should briefly summarize the most important points covered in an article in such a way that it can stand on its own as a concise version of the article." A good rule of thumb is to include at least a mention of each of the main text sections and not to include material in the lead that is undeveloped in the main text. The existing lead doesn't mention his college career or his post-baseball career.

College career and draft

  • Even though sourced, I think the details about Hamilton's father's stomach and esophagus are a bit too much. They are not necessary for an understanding of Hamilton or his career. On the other hand, I think the sentence, "According to Hamilton's mother, Janet, Hamilton only signed the deal because his father Jack was dying of cancer and it had been his father's dream to watch his son pitch in the major leagues" is fine and provides the reader with the essential facts.

1992–1998

  • "Hamilton walked 56 batters and struck out 123." - Should walked be wikilinked for readers unfamiliar with baseball?
  • It could be "Hamilton called the injury "real scary", saying that he thought about possibly losing his ability to throw a baseball at 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). - Something's awry with this sentence, but I'm not sure quite what. It has one and one-half sets of quotation marks, and "it could be" is puzzling. Did he say it was "real scary" or not? Where does the first quote end, and who is being quoted?

1999–2003

  • "After five years with San Diego, Hamilton was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on December 12, 1998, for Peter Tucci, Carlos Almanzar, and Woody Williams.[16][2]" - It's customary to arrange the refs in ascending order; i.e., [2][16] rather than [16][2]. Ditto for any other strings of refs in the article.
  • "Hamilton signed with the Cincinnati Reds on August 17, 2001, and was optioned... " - Should "optioned" be explained for readers unfamiliar with baseball?

2003-2005

  • The Manual of Style generally frowns on extremely short paragraphs and extremely short sections. The two usual solutions are to expand or to merge. This section consists of four extremely short paragraphs, and the next section is extremely short and has only one short paragraph. To break up this short-short-short pattern, I'd suggest merging the first and second paragraphs to make one larger paragraph and doing the same with the third and fourth paragraph. I think the flow will still be fine.

I hope these few suggestions prove helpful. If so, please consider reviewing another article, especially one from the PR backlog. Finetooth (talk) 19:57, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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