Talk:1999 Football League Third Division play-off final

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 22:04, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Alejandro Calvo García's mother overcame her fear of flying to see him score the winning goal in the 1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/H. J. Sterling

5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 13:06, 19 April 2021 (UTC).

• Article was expanded from a one-paragraph summary to a full article, and within the timescale for DYK. I have read the article, and there is no sign of non-neutrality, and everything is cited. As for the hook, it is probably the most interesting and wide-reaching fact of the whole article, the citation backs it up and it's clearly neutral. Unrelated to your hook, but I was "wow I haven't heard that name for a while" to read "South Humberside" in the source - turns out the county was abolished in 1996, but I don't blame the author in being unable to keep up with the endless redrawings of local authorities in the UK. Unknown Temptation (talk) 19:40, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 16:14, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Am going to review MWright96 (talk) 16:14, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lead

• "The top three teams of the 1998–99 Football League Third Division, Brentford, Cambridge United and Cardiff City, gained automatic promotion to the Second Division, while the teams placed from fourth to seventh place in the table took part in play-offs." - repetition of "teams"
• "and Martin Ling cleared Darryn Stamp's shot." - when did this occur?

Route to the final

• "Scunthorpe United finished the regular 1998–99 season in fourth place in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system, two places and eight points ahead of Leyton Orient." - repetition of "place(s)"
• "Amara Simba twice missed chances." - unsure as to what this phrase means
• Penalty shootout should be wikilinked to the relevant article
• Same with spot kick
• "Scunthorpe United's faced Swansea City in the other semi-final" - spelling error
• The term fouled should also be wikilinked to the correct article

Background

• Wikilink Wembley Stadium to Wembley Stadium (1923) only on the first mention
• Penalty shootout should ideally not be wikilinked here but in the earlier section

Summary

• "Watts also saw an attempt go wide of the Scunthorpe goal." - please clarify what this sentence means
• "In the last minute, Barrett then denied Harsley" - denied Harsley at what?

Details

• No references to verify the match details?

References

• Reference 2 "Orient fluff their lines but expect to get it right on Wednesday night" is missing the page number

Shall put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the above points MWright96 (talk) 18:09, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

MWright96 all addressed, thanks again for all your reviews. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:16, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 17:34, 7 May 2021 (UTC)