Talk:2009 Football League Two play-off final/GA1

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I'll be reviewing the article. After giving it a quick once-over, the article looks quite solid and passes all the quick-fail criteria. Review remarks to follow shortly. Strikehold (talk) 02:55, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Disclaimer: I'm an American, so I realize we are two people "separated by a common language". As such, some English phrases or uses may be unintelligible to me. I can only give advice based on the terminology I'm familiar with, so keep that in mind with this review. If any suggestions I make are not in similar use in British English, take them with a grain of salt.

• Title: I see all similar articles are titled with the same format, but why is "Final" capitalized, while "play-off" is not? I would think they either should both be capitalized (if it is an official designation) or the "F" in final should be minuscule if it is a more generic construct.
  • I don't know why the naming scheme is as it is, I don't personally agree with it but it was decided by the WP:FOOTY project ages back. I'll ask there if people think it should be changed
    • Apparently it was discussed here, I'm none the wiser as to the exact thinking......
• (See disclaimer above) "...and was contested by Gillingham, who finished fifth during the league season, and Shrewsbury Town..." To an American at least, 'contest' (as a verb) means to challenge, not to play each other, for example, as in a legal dispute (e.g. "His account of the events were contested by the key witness"). The game "featured" would sound more natural to me, but I have the feeling this is a British English usage, in which case, disregard my comment.
  • Changed anyway, either is good in Brit English
• "There was no score in the match until the last minute..." Passive voice, which isn't technically wrong, but should generally be avoided unless there is a specific reason for it. I suggest something like "The match remained scoreless until the final minute..."
  • Changed
• "...the third tier of the English football league system, at the time called Football League One." Is it not still called this?
  • It is, but its name has changed a few times over the years and it may change again, so I put that in to make it a bit more "timeless". I've reworded it anyway
• "The attendance of 53,706 was significantly higher than the 35,715 registered at the equivalent fixture one year earlier." Weren't both matches played at Wembley? "Equivalent fixture" makes it sound like you're referring to a different but analogous stadium.
  • Yes they were both played at Wembley. "Fixture" is the British equivalent of what you would probably call a "match-up" rather than anything to do with stadia. I've reworded it to avoid any potential confusion

That's all I see, really. Like I said, pretty solid article. Whenever you get around to responding to these, I think it should be ready for promotion. Strikehold (talk) 03:48, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

All points addressed I think, let me know if I've missed anything. All the best -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:17, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

• Alright, since all comments have been address, I promoted the article. Strikehold (talk) 09:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

• Fantastic, many thanks! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:46, 5 August 2009 (UTC)