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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 18:59, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
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John Antwi
edit- ... that a Ghanaian, John Antwi, is the current top scorer in the Egyptian Premier League?
Created by Crosstemplejay (talk). Self nominated at 12:56, 31 December 2013 (UTC).
Quite a bit of the article is unreferenced (most of the Egypt section, for instance). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:31, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review, I have added the omitted references for the Egypt section and more references to the other sections. CrossTempleJay → talk 08:37, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, that's fixed. Now, what makes these sources reliable? www.footballtop.com, transfermarkt.co.uk, etc? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:30, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Source reliability concerns unaddressed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:45, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, I haven't been able to address your concerns early. I have expanded the reference collection with more reliable references now. I must state that unlike players in Europe, African players who play in African leagues do not get much coverage from world renowned websites. So I have personally done my best to get as credible resources as possible. I wish I could get references from FIFA,.com etc, Please review it again for a DYK. Thanks. CrossTempleJay → talk 11:35, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not asking for "world renowned" websites, but a reason why these websites are considered reliable. Does WikiProject Football have a list of RSes, or something that you can point to? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:02, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Crisco, thanks for the review. I guess I initially did not get what you meant, sorry. I have checked the websites over again and I find that they are generally regarded to have a reliable reputation for example soccerway.com has been referenced in several Wikipedia articles including [[1]], [[2]]. Likewise Goal.com is the largest football website in the world and has an Alexa Internet rank of 285. Other sites such as ghanasoccernet.com is a national website dedicated to Ghanaian football news, over the years it has garnered a general reputation for trustworthy news. I hope these examples will be enough for you. Truly, I wish I could get more to prove the reliability of these sites. WikiProject Football does not have a list of reliable sources per my search. Thanks. CrossTempleJay → talk 16:50, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Sadly, simply being used in other Wikipedia pages is not enough to show reliability (some pages still use IMDB as a source, for instance, but general consensus is now against that). These sites usually have an "about us" page, which could let us know if there is any editorial control. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:57, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Crisco, thanks for yet another review. I like the way you have sought to bring the best out of this article and I must say it is helping me too. Thanks for taking so much effort to settle the reliability issues with the references. I checked the sites out and got the following , the about us section of goal.com cites their editorial policy [[3]], likewise soccerway [[4]] and ghanasoccernet.com and nigeriasoccernet.com have the following [[5]]. The general consensus amongst football fans is that go to these sites is that they are credible. They are websites with high national and international traffic and have served to inform their visitors for years. Thanks, any other concern will be addressed as and when it comes up. God bless. CrossTempleJay → talk 09:12, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Okay, based on those pages sourcing looks reasonable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:45, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
