Talk:MLS Cup 2010/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Arsenikk ^(talk) 12:51, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

My main concern with this article is that it is largely unreferenced, and many of those references that are in place, are not properly formatted. I would recommend that you read through Wikipedia:Citing sources; using Wikipedia as a reference it absolutely not acceptable.

Other comments

• The first sentence needs to make of the 'MLS' de-acronmymed to 'Major League Soccer'.
• 'Toronto' overlinked in the lead.
• The lead is filled with undue detail; for instance quite a bit is talked about two Western Conference teams meeting etc, but the lead fails to explain how the two teams qualified for the match.
• "Pre-match" and "Post-match" are not proper nouns, and thus capitalized with a small 'm'.
• Standarize "For more details on this topic, see.." with {{main}}.
• How did Dallas qualify for the playoffs (i.e. how did they finish in the league?)
• Scores are written with an endash (–), not a hyphen (-).
• Don't link month and years.
• 'Most importantly' is not particularly encyclopedic.
• Don't abbreviate months.
• Mention the stadium, not just the city.
• '1080i high definition' needs to be linked
• There is a stray sentence: "as sideline reporters."
• "1.4" what? million? if so, state it.
• Don't link years. Linking '1999' to 'MLS Cup 1999' is fine, though.
• What does "0.5 television rating" mean? Is is something that is easy to explain, and could it please be linked.
• Don't make single-sentence paragraphs.
• International broadcasting should probably be organized as a sortable table. Countries should not be bolded.
• The analysis section has some severe shortcomings. Never use terms like "by many" and "by some"; instead link it to particular people with high influence, such as analysts for major networks or newspapers.
• It seems like the match itself takes up very little of the article. For instance:
  • Where there any injuries causing key players to not play?
  • Similarly, were any regulars swapped with other players of other reasons?
  • Any reason Gonçalves was replaced as early as after 34 minutes?
  • What were the situations leading to the yellow cards?
• It is not clear who "George John cross to David Ferreria" play for.
• Was the Ferreria winning the MVP award actually announced during the play of the game?
• 'Kevin Hartman' needs linking'.
• Don't use all-caps for the team names.
• Don't force image sizes. There is no need to make the image of the stadium any larger than regular.
• All the see also links are in the navbox, so they shouldn't be under see also.

I am placing the article on hold, under doubt. There is a lot to work on, including large parts which lack references. Arsenikk ^(talk) 12:51, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

I have begun to make the minor revisions and add several more references to the article. Thank you for the pointers. Quidster4040 (talk) 01:20, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

The article has been on review for more than a week now; although some work has been done, there is still quite a bit to do. I'm am going to fail the article—once the list above has been seen to, feel free to re-nominate the article at GA. As it stands, it is still significantly below GA standards, particularly regarding the referencing. If there are any questions about the article, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page; I will also keep the talk page on my watchlist. Arsenikk ^(talk) 13:16, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

I fixed the formatting of all of the citations through the Venue Selection section. I did not look for duplicates. ~ Fopam (talk) 21:25, 3 October 2011 (UTC)