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The lead looks to be a decent history synopsis of his career and all, but I noticed a couple of things:
As for this section, the prose looks fine, except for "the machine had two engines, which each engine" – "which" seems like it was supposed to be "with".
"Eddie Hill Rule" sect – It'd be best to mention the term "Eddie Hill Rule" once in that section at the end, for clarity and establishing the term's context. The sentences struck me as kind of stop-and-go, being short and needing a couple of reads before they blend together. That's the only real prose that caught my attention, although the things I noticed above might be mentioned in a GAN, too.
The article overall is good with referencing the detailed information, records broken, etc. There are some unsourced standalone statements in the land drag racing section that are kind of concerning, as well as some other areas about Hill's career (I can point out the specific facts if needed). The in-line cites near those facts might be covering them, but it doesn't always look like it. Also, in the "Eddie Hill Rule" section, does ref #10 back up all of the previous facts in that paragraph?
Another thought: this isn't really a big deal, but you might run into issues with the small beginning part of the Career section being somewhat non-career related. It sounds more like info for just a "Biography" section, but if there's not enough info to create some kind of an "Early life" section, that's probably fine. Just a thought.
This was a nice read, and overall I noticed the career history was comprehensive and worked good together. (Even I, one who doesn't know much about motorsports, felt like I came away with a decent understanding!) I'd say that this is pretty close to GA, and overall very nicely composed; the referencing need to be checked and the prose tweaked with what I mentioned above. Others might spot some stuff that I missed or forgot to add to this list, but you've got a pretty good biography here – well done with compiling all of that info. :-) Hope this helps, Jamie ☆ S93 02:21, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
It's generally very good. So I'll put it on hold while you address the above points. Peanut4 ( talk) 00:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Meets all the GA criteria. Well done.
If you want to push this article on further, I would try and address a couple of the points above, i.e. what happened to the ring and finger, and clarify the children. The new "innovations" section will also need expanding, and I think more details generally may be needed. Make sure the lead also sums up the article per WP:LEAD.
Overall though, well done, it's a good read, and good luck with future improvements. Peanut4 ( talk) 23:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
The following was an unofficial peer review, not a Good Article reassessment. Royal broil 04:46, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
A few points:
Except for these, a check for other potential broken xt links, & some minor cleanup of the language, this is looking pretty good. (Now, will somebody please put back
Hirohata Merc, {done, thank you!} or create
Ala Kart? ;D)
TREKphiler
any time you're ready, Uhura 05:48 & 17:01, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
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The lead looks to be a decent history synopsis of his career and all, but I noticed a couple of things:
As for this section, the prose looks fine, except for "the machine had two engines, which each engine" – "which" seems like it was supposed to be "with".
"Eddie Hill Rule" sect – It'd be best to mention the term "Eddie Hill Rule" once in that section at the end, for clarity and establishing the term's context. The sentences struck me as kind of stop-and-go, being short and needing a couple of reads before they blend together. That's the only real prose that caught my attention, although the things I noticed above might be mentioned in a GAN, too.
The article overall is good with referencing the detailed information, records broken, etc. There are some unsourced standalone statements in the land drag racing section that are kind of concerning, as well as some other areas about Hill's career (I can point out the specific facts if needed). The in-line cites near those facts might be covering them, but it doesn't always look like it. Also, in the "Eddie Hill Rule" section, does ref #10 back up all of the previous facts in that paragraph?
Another thought: this isn't really a big deal, but you might run into issues with the small beginning part of the Career section being somewhat non-career related. It sounds more like info for just a "Biography" section, but if there's not enough info to create some kind of an "Early life" section, that's probably fine. Just a thought.
This was a nice read, and overall I noticed the career history was comprehensive and worked good together. (Even I, one who doesn't know much about motorsports, felt like I came away with a decent understanding!) I'd say that this is pretty close to GA, and overall very nicely composed; the referencing need to be checked and the prose tweaked with what I mentioned above. Others might spot some stuff that I missed or forgot to add to this list, but you've got a pretty good biography here – well done with compiling all of that info. :-) Hope this helps, Jamie ☆ S93 02:21, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
It's generally very good. So I'll put it on hold while you address the above points. Peanut4 ( talk) 00:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Meets all the GA criteria. Well done.
If you want to push this article on further, I would try and address a couple of the points above, i.e. what happened to the ring and finger, and clarify the children. The new "innovations" section will also need expanding, and I think more details generally may be needed. Make sure the lead also sums up the article per WP:LEAD.
Overall though, well done, it's a good read, and good luck with future improvements. Peanut4 ( talk) 23:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
The following was an unofficial peer review, not a Good Article reassessment. Royal broil 04:46, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
A few points:
Except for these, a check for other potential broken xt links, & some minor cleanup of the language, this is looking pretty good. (Now, will somebody please put back
Hirohata Merc, {done, thank you!} or create
Ala Kart? ;D)
TREKphiler
any time you're ready, Uhura 05:48 & 17:01, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
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