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Errors

There are so many errors in this Colin Grainger biography, it's difficult to know where to start. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.66.67.152 (talk) 11:54, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

@188.66.67.152: - please do... GiantSnowman 12:00, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

This article, which has improved massively this month, has one piece of information that should be changed. Colin Grainger's wife, Doreen, died in October 2019. Therefore, he was married, rather than is married. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.153.185 (talk) 00:03, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

:(--EchetusXe 14:35, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Colin Grainger/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 21:41, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Comments very nice work.

• Leeds United is overlinked in the lead.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "the FA Cup the following January" could link the actual edition of the FA Cup.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Link player-manager.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "with The Beatles in" -> "with the Beatles in", same with Hilltoppers.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Link "scouting".

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "He married Doreen..." Grainger married...

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Wrexham overlinked.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "1949–50 season " I would put season/campaign etc into the pipe here because that's actually what's being linked.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "His national service ..." was capitalised last time?

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Sheff Utd, Football League, Tottenham and Barnsley all overlinked.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "of £20-a-week " etc, why hyphenate?

Seems a normal thing?.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• " The "Blades" went" this may be unclear to a non-expert reader.

I've moved it to a place where it fits better.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "Grainger's arrival at Roker Park i..." Sunderland's Roker Park.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "The club were freely spending money, spending ..." I would say "was" and try to avoid repeat of "spending".

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Portsmouth is overlinked.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Leeds United and maximum wage is overlinked.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Barnsley is overlinked.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• " three of the club's final 15" 3/15 or three/fifteen.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Brighton is overlinked.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Billy Bingham is too.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• England, Matthews, Munich and Wembley also.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Online refs need publication/accessdates (see ref 100 for instance).

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Spaced hyphen in ref titles should be en-dash.

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• "p19" -> "p. 19"

Done.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Bury F.C. non-playing staff is a category but not mentioned in the article.

Yes it is?--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Weird, I need to have a word with my Cmd+F! Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:31, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

That's it. This is close to featured quality, so the above in general are just suggestions. I'll put it on hold briefly while we discuss. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 12:43, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Okay thanks! I've checked them over.--EchetusXe 05:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

This is an excellent article. I would commend it to FAC. So promoting. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:31, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:05, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that England international footballer Colin Grainger was also a professional singer and shared a bill with the Beatles? Source: Grainger, Colin; Jawád, Hyder (2019). The Singing Winger. deCoubertin. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-909245-95-2.

• Reviewed: ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē

Improved to Good Article status by EchetusXe (talk). Self-nominated at 15:06, 7 April 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go. Interesting hook. KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)