The Boat Race 1887 has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: January 8, 2015. ( Reviewed version).

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This review is transcluded from Talk:The Boat Race 1887/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Ritchie333 ( talk · contribs) 13:59, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

And here's today's Boat Race GA review

Lead

• "two-and-a-half lengths" - do we need the dashes?

  Hyphens. But removed. The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

• "The winning time for the race was 20 minutes 52 seconds." - I think "for the race" can probably be trimmed out as it's obvious on context

  I've expanded the lead a little. The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Background

• "The coaches for Cambridge were Donaldson" - who is Donaldson (first mention in the article)

  Yeah, weird one this, "Donaldson" is referenced as such, no first name, not even a clue as to whether Donaldson was a man or a woman or a dog or a horse. Just plain old Donaldson. So I've gone with the RS. I did do some sniffing around, no results. Sorry about that.... The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

  Oh well, I've dropped a comment in explaining this, so anyone else will know what's going on. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:24, 8 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Race

• Chiswick should be wikilinked (and anyone who pronounces it "chizz-wick" should be trout slapped)

  CHEESEWIQUE linked. The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

  Consider yourself well and truly gooseberried. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:24, 8 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Summary

• That's all - on hold. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:59, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

  Bitte sehr, I have affected your changes, or refuted them manfully above. The Rambling Man ( talk) 19:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

  Keine probleme mein Herr, habe ich .... oh wait, wrong Wikipedia. Sorry. Passed. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:24, 8 January 2015 (UTC) reply