Talk:Chris Paul/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Bentvfan54321 (talk · contribs) 01:48, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

• It's nice to see one of my favorite NBA players at GAN. I'll make this my first review. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 01:48, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

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1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): 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:

• Overall, the article is not too far away from GA status. The prose has some minor issues listed below, all paragraphs are sourced, the article's coverage is broad, neutral, and stable, and the images look good as well. The referencing section, however, needs quite a bit of work. I'm putting the article on hold for now; fix these issues, and I'll give it a pass. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 01:48, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your review. I have looked through all of the points below and crossed them off. I will continue combing through the citations to fix them up as much as possible. Let me know if any major issues remain.--Ktmartell (talk) 13:51, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

I'll give this article a pass. The only other thing I noticed is that the ref supporting "His career averages are 18.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 9.9 assists, and 2.4 steals per game" is already dead and almost a year old. I'd suggest find a replacement for that at some point, but other than that, I think this is strong enough for GA. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 14:30, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Lead

• Use a lowercase "d" in "2005 NBA Draft" as "draft" is not a proper noun, as reflected by the article's title
• "In 2008 and 2009 he was a candidate" - Insert comma between "2009" and "he".
• "In 2011 he was traded to the Clippers." - It seems redundant to have two consecutive sentences starting with, "In [year]". Maybe change it to something like, "Paul was traded to the Clippers in 2011."

Early life

• "A former athlete himself, Charles taught" - Which Charles? His brother or his father?
• "who Chris attributes many life lessons to" - Change "Chris" to "Paul" per WP:SURNAME
• "During his freshman and sophomore seasons he played for the junior varsity team." - Insert comma between "seasons" and "he".
• "In his junior year he averaged" - Insert comma between "year" and "he"

Early seasons (2005–07)

• "Paul was selected fourth overall in the 2005 NBA Draft" - Again, lowercase d.
• "Deron Williams, who Paul enjoyed a brief rivalry with" - Change "who" to "with whom"

Trade to Los Angeles (2011)

• "first round pick in the 2012 Draft." - Lowercase d.

Early playoff exits (2011–present)

• "Seeded fourth in the West entering the playoffs, Los Angeles were upset…" - I'm not sure a five seed beating a four seed is considered an upset; perhaps change to, "the Clippers were defeated" or "Los Angeles were defeated".
• "In Game 1 of the second round of the playoffs, he hit a career-high eight three-pointers…" - Is this his career-high for the playoffs or overall?

Player Profile

• "and lead the NBA in steals six times" - change to ""led".

References

• The external links tool shows that there are quite a few dead links that need to be fixed.
• Refs 11, 23, 55, 61, and 99 should not be in all caps.
• Change all instances of ESPN.com, NBA.com, Yahoo.com to ESPN, NBA, Yahoo!, etc, and link their first appearances. Refs to those three websites also should not be italicized.
• The refs seem to use different date styles (4 August 2014, August 4, 2014, 2014-08-04). Since this is an article about an American basketball player, I'd suggest using August 4, 2014, but either way, there should be some consistency.
• Refs 1, 4, 7, and 9 should have the authors' last name before the first.
• Ref 8: ABC should not be italicized.
• I'm not quite sure what's up with ref 47, but it certainly is not formatted correctly.
• Refs 48 and 49 need more information than just "FINAL".
• Many refs are missing authors, dates, access dates, etc. Make sure the citations contain as much information as possible.