Talk:Steve Evans (footballer, born 1962)

GA on hold

I'm putting this on hold, I'll leave detailed comments later but the lead needs expoansion see WP:LEAD try to get two full paragraphs, expand his playing career, and there needs to be some info about his personal life. He is a person after all not just an athlete. Trevor GH5 20:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Here's some more things that need to be fixed.

• "Spells" is pretty informal.
• Merge some of the one sentence paragraphs to improve the flow of the article.
• Avoid proseline. Trevor GH5 21:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I'd definitely echo the comment about his playing career. Oldelpaso 18:43, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't belive that personal life is that important because other GA's like Clayton Donaldson and Marc Pugh do not have pesonal life paragraphs and I done see why this one needs to have one. Also, he is more notable as a manager for Boston United and this I think I have expaned the playing career as much is a can possibly do so. Kingjamie 10:00, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

It is. See sport bio FAs Jim Thorpe, Gilberto Silva, Harbhajan Singh, Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, and GAs Lawrence Taylor, Sugar Ray Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Tim Duncan, Thierry Henry Dwyane Wade, Oscar Robertson, Mark Bavaro, Chris Bosh, Leonard Marshall, the list goes on (at least 70–80% have them). It should have information about both his early life and personal life. This is a biography not a trading card—it's not comprehensive if it doesn't mention anything off the field. If you disagree after I fail it you can put it up for review. Trevor GH5 18:01, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I have added about growing up in Glasgow in early life. Also, I added about wife, childrent and nearly getting sent to prison in personal life Kingjamie 20:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

GA passing

Okay, a little more info about his early life would be good if it's available. Like what his parents did for a living, if he had any brothers or sisters, and anything else that stands out like if one of his parents or siblings died, if he ran away, if he was unusually poor or wealthy, if he was an exceptional student or if he was held back a grade, etc. To be clear, I agree the overwhelming focus of the article should be on his sports career but those other things give people a clue what kind of person he is and what his life was like. It also makes the article more interesting to a person who isn't a sports fan. For instance, Jim Thorpe had a very rough childhood from the looks of it, and led a pretty tragic, but fascinating life. I think even a non sports-fan would find the article an interesting read (even if the writing could use a little work grammar and prose wise). Trevor GH5 02:18, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Steve Evans (footballer born 1962)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found that this article is in general a very good piece of work, but there is one issue that needs to be addressed.

• It is reasonably well written.

  a (prose): b (MoS):

The prose is OK, perhaps 6/10.--Jackyd101 (talk) 22:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

• It is factually accurate and verifiable.

  a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

• It is broad in its coverage.

  a (major aspects): b (focused):

Two major problems here: firstly, the personal life and early life sections are skimpy and scruffy. I strongly suggest merging them togther and expanding if possible (please see Brian Urlacher for a good example of a personal life section). Secondly, the article is 18 months out of date, please bring it up to the present day.--Jackyd101 (talk) 22:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

• It follows the neutral point of view policy.

  a (fair representation): b (all significant views):

• It is stable.

  

• It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.

  a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):

• Overall:

  a Pass/Fail:

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN again. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. (If you are really busy, let me know and I'll give more time. I need to know however so I can see that someone is interested in addressing these concerns. Regards --Jackyd101 (talk) 22:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, as this is not a terriblt article I have held off so far. Unfortunately, no work has been done and I have no choice but to delist this article.--Jackyd101 (talk) 03:05, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 January 2016

Need to update the image. The one currently used is outdated.

DionWyn (talk) 14:06, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 25 February 2019

The leaving date of his managerial role at Peterborough is stated in the article as 2019, but in his table of managerial roles, it is stated as 2018, i.e. before he began the role! Solomonite (talk) 11:33, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

 Done with thanks, NiciVampireHeart 11:49, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 May 2019

In the 'Personal Life' section please add the comment - Evans is a classically trained harpist and trained at the Glasgow school of Harping when growing up. Bigwalrusboy (talk) 15:02, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: Could you provide a source for that, please? aboideau^talk 15:12, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 February 2023 (2)

Change Evans is married to Sarah-Jane and has three daughters.[74] He is a supporter of Scottish club Celtic.[75] to Evans is married to Sarah-Jane and has three daughters and two sons.[74] He is a supporter of Scottish club Celtic.[75] WhaleTom29 (talk) 21:38, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 06:48, 17 February 2023 (UTC)