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1997 Football League First Division play-off final is a
featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the
Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it,
please do so.
Okay taking a look...you know the drill :)
Cas Liber (
talk·contribs) 04:47, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Lead is well-written and flows nicely (neither issue below is a deal-breaker as such):
Not sure how strongly you feel about it, but I reckon the second and third paras are better combined. there is a natural flow of information. Looks a little choppy as is but then again I am looking at it on a honking great widescreen....
I think the third para is different information. First is background, second is match, third is consequence, and on my laptop it looks fine (and I have a reasonably sizeable horizontal resolution. So I think I'll leave it, especially based on the fact that my experiences of general readership is that most people use (much) narrower resolution than me.
The Rambling Man (
Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Is it worth putting player positions in para 2 as descriptors?
Perhaps, but I'm always wary of seas of blue. If need be, the reader can refer to the details section to find out the positions.
The Rambling Man (
Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
In the body...
I'd put " the second tier of the English football league system," inside an unspaced mdash or spaced ndash rather than commas but not a strong issue...
Again, player positions as descriptors (not a deal-breaker)...
Similar to above, the conflation of player's names and their positions usually ends up in a sea of blue. Rephrasing to avoid that often results in more awkward prose.
The Rambling Man (
Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The match was estimated in the media to be worth between £8–10 million to the winning team. - needs to be "The match was estimated in the media to be worth between £8 and 10 million to the winning team." or "The match was estimated in the media to be worth £8–10 million to the winning team."
Casliber cheers, thanks very much for the review so far. I've addressed your comments. I wondered how you felt about the use of the video hosted by one of the club's official websites to provide a much more comprehensive match summary? I have a couple of FAs-in-waiting for which I could access official footage but didn't want to go to all the trouble/time if it was going to get to FAC and be blown away. If there's anything else for the GAN, please don't hesitate to let me know. Cheers.
The Rambling Man (
Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Okay - my take on that would be (a) are they reliable sources? Answer:yes, though primary. Which means they should be okay for straightforward observations and on big claims/inferences.
Cas Liber (
talk·contribs) 00:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)reply
1997 Football League First Division play-off final is within the scope of WikiProject Yorkshire, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to
Yorkshire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project, see a list of open tasks, and join in discussions on the project's talk page.YorkshireWikipedia:WikiProject YorkshireTemplate:WikiProject YorkshireYorkshire articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Football, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Association football on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FootballWikipedia:WikiProject FootballTemplate:WikiProject Footballfootball articles
1997 Football League First Division play-off final is a
featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the
Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it,
please do so.
Okay taking a look...you know the drill :)
Cas Liber (
talk·contribs) 04:47, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Lead is well-written and flows nicely (neither issue below is a deal-breaker as such):
Not sure how strongly you feel about it, but I reckon the second and third paras are better combined. there is a natural flow of information. Looks a little choppy as is but then again I am looking at it on a honking great widescreen....
I think the third para is different information. First is background, second is match, third is consequence, and on my laptop it looks fine (and I have a reasonably sizeable horizontal resolution. So I think I'll leave it, especially based on the fact that my experiences of general readership is that most people use (much) narrower resolution than me.
The Rambling Man (
Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Is it worth putting player positions in para 2 as descriptors?
Perhaps, but I'm always wary of seas of blue. If need be, the reader can refer to the details section to find out the positions.
The Rambling Man (
Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
In the body...
I'd put " the second tier of the English football league system," inside an unspaced mdash or spaced ndash rather than commas but not a strong issue...
Again, player positions as descriptors (not a deal-breaker)...
Similar to above, the conflation of player's names and their positions usually ends up in a sea of blue. Rephrasing to avoid that often results in more awkward prose.
The Rambling Man (
Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The match was estimated in the media to be worth between £8–10 million to the winning team. - needs to be "The match was estimated in the media to be worth between £8 and 10 million to the winning team." or "The match was estimated in the media to be worth £8–10 million to the winning team."
Casliber cheers, thanks very much for the review so far. I've addressed your comments. I wondered how you felt about the use of the video hosted by one of the club's official websites to provide a much more comprehensive match summary? I have a couple of FAs-in-waiting for which I could access official footage but didn't want to go to all the trouble/time if it was going to get to FAC and be blown away. If there's anything else for the GAN, please don't hesitate to let me know. Cheers.
The Rambling Man (
Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:48, 20 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Okay - my take on that would be (a) are they reliable sources? Answer:yes, though primary. Which means they should be okay for straightforward observations and on big claims/inferences.
Cas Liber (
talk·contribs) 00:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)reply