The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that vinkenzetting (
Dutch) is a 400-year-old sport in which the male
Chaffinch that makes the most bird calls wins?
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I have looked over the article, and see a few problems, but before I start listing them, I'd like somebody to see if they can find any more references about anything in the article. iMatthew200820:51, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
The trouble, this is basically an obscure Flemish folk sport. Outside of Belgium and a few clubs in the Netherlands it doesn't exist. Hence, English sources are extremely limited. The one recent article that is referenced was syndicated in a few other papers, but there are basically no other news sources and no books. There is one unreliable-looking book called "Weird Europe", but it's one paragraph mention confuses the sport with catching wild finches (for vinkensport). So, to make a long story short, no. Plenty of Google hits, but hardly any reliable sources.
VanTucky21:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
I have looked as well, but I haven't been able to find any more reliable sources written in English (or any other language that I could translate). As VanTucky said, Google hits exist, but many are blog entries that don't work as reliable sources.
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Not really sure what happened to the GA review mentioned up above, but I guess I'll take over. Basically the article's great! GA passed! I don't really see the limit sources as a huge problem. It's a pretty obscure topic, and the sources provided are solid, so no worries there. Might be a problem for FA, but I'm cool with it. I do have one minor suggestion:
"By the late nineteenth century, vinkenzetting's popularity had diminished significantly; it saw a resurgence after the First World War." The semi-colon makes this sentence a little awkward, and a big gramatical/tense jump. Try to rephrase.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that vinkenzetting (
Dutch) is a 400-year-old sport in which the male
Chaffinch that makes the most bird calls wins?
This article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following
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Cleanup : *
Sport governing body (this should-be-major article is in a shameful state) *
Field hockey (History section needs sources and accurate information - very vague at the moment.) * Standardize
Category:American college sports infobox templates to use same font size and spacing. *
Sport in the United Kingdom - the
Popularity section is incorrect and unsourced. Reliable data is required.
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I have looked over the article, and see a few problems, but before I start listing them, I'd like somebody to see if they can find any more references about anything in the article. iMatthew200820:51, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
The trouble, this is basically an obscure Flemish folk sport. Outside of Belgium and a few clubs in the Netherlands it doesn't exist. Hence, English sources are extremely limited. The one recent article that is referenced was syndicated in a few other papers, but there are basically no other news sources and no books. There is one unreliable-looking book called "Weird Europe", but it's one paragraph mention confuses the sport with catching wild finches (for vinkensport). So, to make a long story short, no. Plenty of Google hits, but hardly any reliable sources.
VanTucky21:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
I have looked as well, but I haven't been able to find any more reliable sources written in English (or any other language that I could translate). As VanTucky said, Google hits exist, but many are blog entries that don't work as reliable sources.
GaryColemanFan (
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22:24, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Not really sure what happened to the GA review mentioned up above, but I guess I'll take over. Basically the article's great! GA passed! I don't really see the limit sources as a huge problem. It's a pretty obscure topic, and the sources provided are solid, so no worries there. Might be a problem for FA, but I'm cool with it. I do have one minor suggestion:
"By the late nineteenth century, vinkenzetting's popularity had diminished significantly; it saw a resurgence after the First World War." The semi-colon makes this sentence a little awkward, and a big gramatical/tense jump. Try to rephrase.