Talk:2003 FA Cup final/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 10:46, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Comments

• Millennium Stadium is both overlinked and overused (three times in three sentences) in the opening para of the lead.
• "Arsenal's 17th appearance in a final and Southampton's fourth." seventeenth per MOSNUM.
• Link Premier League.
• Consider link Replay (sports), I'm not sure how common this term is for non-football sports.
• "it was to be his ..." It was to be Seaman's ... (last person you mention was Vieira).
• "converted in by" no need for "in".
• Link "header".
• "retained the competition since " retained the trophy makes more sense, or retained the title.
• Maybe link Champions League and UEFA Cup (relevant seasons maybe) in the lead.
• You may need to explain what (h), (a), and (n) are to non-expert readers.
• " Farnborough as the home team began the match in disastrous fashion" a bit tabloid, POV.
• Link "sent off"?
• "the previous season's final" could link that.
• Matt or Matthew Oakley? Be consistent.
• "sprightly" again, perhaps a little tabloid.
• Take care not to repeat first names after the first instance.
• You haven't linked Champions League anywhere.
• Check ref titles for compliance with en-dash.
• Be consistent with linking works and their format, e.g. is it The Guardian or guardian.co.uk?

A nice article. Some minor quibbles above so putting the article on hold. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:45, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing! I believe I have made your suggested corrections. Lemonade51 (talk) 14:44, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

No worries, good stuff. Any reason why ref 5 is guardian.co.uk? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:04, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

In order to differentiate both mediums; one refers to the publication (print edition) whereas the other is content published exclusively online (blogs, min-by-mins, PA). I've linked Ref 5's source, theguardian.com (who happen to have renamed its domain last week) for clarity. If content is both published on print and online, the newspaper title is cited. Lemonade51 (talk) 15:14, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:20, 5 August 2013 (UTC)