Talk:Slovenia national football team/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Harper J. Cole (talk · contribs) 09:31, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

I'll take on this review, as part of the July 2021 Backlog Drive.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 09:31, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Lead

• [It competes in the three major professional tournaments:] I'd clarify, "It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations", as there are other major tournaments they can't play in (Copa America etc).

• [one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia] Wikilink "independence from Yugoslavia" to Breakup of Yugoslavia

Origins and pre-independence years (1921–1991)

• [One of the guests of the match] --> "One of the guests at the match"

• [the reigning World Cup finalists] You have to win a competition to be considered reigning. I'd suggest "recent World Cup finalists", with a wikilink to the 1994 World Cup.

• [In the group with] --> "In a group with"

UEFA Euro 2000 campaign

• [In the additional playoffs] Wikilink to UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs

• [which Slovenia won 2–1] ..."after going a goal behind"

• [At the UEFA Euro 2000] --> "At UEFA Euro 2000"

• For consistency, either include the group table both here and for the 2002 world cup, or else have it for neither of them.

2002 FIFA World Cup campaign

• [The team won the first game 2–1] --> "They came from a goal down to win the first game 2–1, ..."

• [and the first ever World Cup] --> "and first ever World Cup"

• [losing the previous game] --> "having lost the previous game"

• [15 minutes before the full-time] --> "15 minutes before full-time"

Decline (2003–2007)

• [the best goalscorer of the whole UEFA qualifications] --> "the top goalscorer of the whole UEFA qualification tournament"

• [Slovenia became the only team to beat the eventual world champions] Wikilink "eventual world champions" to 2006 FIFA World Cup Final.

• [Slovenia then won only one point in both games] This could mean that they won a point in each game - could you specify that it was one point in total from the two games?

• [scoring a decisive away goal] Here "decisive" isn't quite right, as there was still lots of work to do to win on away goals. I'd suggest "crucial" instead.

• [Slovenia achieved the highest ever ranking at the FIFA World Rankings] --> "Slovenia achieved their highest ever position in the FIFA World Rankings"

Katanec's second spell and management changes (2011–2018)

[before winning four consecutive games for the final third place in the group] --> "before winning four consecutive games to finish third in the group"

• [In the qualifiers for the UEFA Euro 2016] --> "In the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2016"

• [came close to directly qualify] -->"came close to directly qualifying"

• [the team lost decisive game away at Switzerland] --> "the team lost a decisive game away at Switzerland"

• [He became the manager with the shortest tenure in history] --> "He became the manager with the shortest tenure in Slovenian history"

Nickname and mascot

• [Slovenia received the official mascot] --> "Slovenia received an official mascot"

Kits and colours

• Wikilink NK Olimpija

• [abstract shape of the mountain] --> "abstract shape of a mountain"

• [First home kit after the independence, used until 1993] --> "First home kit after independence, used until 1993"

Rivalries

• [the qualifying playoffs for the UEFA Euro 2004] --> "the qualifying playoffs for UEFA Euro 2004"

Home stadium

• [The final trainings] --> "The final training sessions"

Management

• [Katanec was firstly appointed in 1998] --> "Katanec was first appointed in 1998"

• [for using a high-pressing tactics] --> "for using a high-pressing tactic" or "for using high-pressing tactics"

Conclusion

• Good work on this article. I can't read Slovenian, but the citations look fine to me. I'll await your responses on the above.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 17:03, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Hey there, thanks for the review, I've fixed all of the above I believe - just one thing, you said to link NK Olimpija in "Kits and colours" section - wont this be an overlinking, since its already linked above in the Nickname section? Snowflake91 (talk) 18:23, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Looking good! You're right about the overlinking, I'd missed that earlier usage. I'll promote the article to GA status. Thanks for the interesting read,--Harper J. Cole (talk) 20:22, 16 July 2021 (UTC)