Talk:Jeff Allen (defensive back, born 1958)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Go Phightins! (talk · contribs) 10:48, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

My initial read of this article is that it is rather short for a good article, which may be due to the source material available for someone who seems like a rather unremarkable football player (I don't mean that in a demeaning way, just that he wasn't a star player, and he played in the pre-internet age). I guess my question is whether any sources on early/personal life might possibly exist, and, if so, whether such information can be added. Other than that, I think the first, second, fourth, and fifth components of the good article criteria are easily met. Same question about images -- what steps have been taken to exhaust the possibility that no free images exist? I look forward to working with you; best of luck in the WikiCup. Go Phightins! 10:48, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

• @Go Phightins!: Thanks for the review! For images, I've searched on Flickr and Google Images search seeking images with proper licenses. I've had no success. This isn't uncommon for pre-internet age players. As for early/personal life, nothing in the sources I've been able to find, unfortunately. This also isn't uncommon for marginal players. They tend to pop onto the "scene" when they start playing professionally and disappear just as quickly when they can no longer make a team. I found no post-retirement information, for instance. Personally, I tend to view the "broad in coverage" requirement as requiring coverage of all major points appearing in reliable sources. In this case, the personal life just isn't there. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 13:51, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
  • Yeah, I understand. I'll do a final review tomorrow, but I think it's probably good to go. I did a copyright review and dug for any sources I could find, but had no luck. Go Phightins! 01:57, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
    • Passing. There's not much here, and, in the event new literature would happen to say anything new about him, I would hope/encourage you to incorporate that, but, absent that, this article meets the criteria. For the record, I agree with your assessment on the talk page about the * issue. Thanks for your work. Go Phightins! 12:42, 1 July 2017 (UTC)