Talk:1927 FA Charity Shield

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Dr. Blofeld in topic GA Review
Good article1927 FA Charity Shield 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.
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Reviewer: Dr. Blofeld (talk · contribs) 21:10, 9 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

I will do this tomorrow.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:10, 9 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Lede
  • "There was a large " -there were, you sound like David Beckham!
  • "With only a few minutes remaining on the clock, Cardiff won a corner kick and from the cross, Len Davies tapped the ball into the net to put them ahead. " -needs an "and" here
  • " to form Corinthian-Casuals" =the Corinthian-Casuals?
Background
  • "Corinthian announced their team a few days prior to the game,[9] but subsequently goalkeeper Benjamin Howard Baker was replaced by A.M. Russell, who normally played for Cambridge University A.F.C.." -try "Corinthian announced their team a few days prior to the game, though goalkeeper Benjamin Howard Baker was subsequently replaced by A.M. Russell, who normally played for Cambridge University A.F.C.."
Match
  • "The Corinthians gained a corner kick early on, but Cardiff cleared. This was followed up by a further attack by the amateurs, but R.G. Jenkins' shot went straight to Tom Farquharson in the Cardiff goal. Cardiff attacked twice in quick succession, but both chances were squandered. " -rep of but, in fact the whole paragraph uses it excessively, needs a good copyedit to partly avoid it.
Post match

Is Post match or "Aftermath" preferrable?

@Miyagawa:Dr. Blofeld 12:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Dr. Blofeld: Thanks for reviewing! - I've made those edits; I've reduced the "buts" by about two thirds overall. I double checked the Football WikiProject's MOS for matches at Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Matches and realised that "Post match" should have been "Post-match". Miyagawa (talk) 14:14, 10 April 2016 (UTC)Reply


GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose quality:  
    B. MoS compliance:  
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. References to sources:  
    B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:  
    C. No original research:  
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects:  
    B. Focused:  
  4. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:  
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:  
    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:  
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:   Looks adequate enough, given that this is the shield, not the cup. Pity they couldn't do it again!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:17, 10 April 2016 (UTC)Reply