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The article was promoted by Hog Farm via FACBot (talk) 11 April 2022 [1].

1993–94 Gillingham F.C. season

Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:34, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

After nine successful promotions, here's another season from the history of English football club Gillingham F.C. This will probably be the last one I nominate for a while, as I have finally exhausted my collection of old editions of the Rothmans Football Yearbook :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:34, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image review—pass (t · c) buidhe 19:42, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support by Lee Vilenski

I'll begin a review of this article very soon! My reviews tend to focus on prose and MOS issues, especially on the lede, but I will also comment on anything that could be improved. I'll post up some comments below over the next couple days, which you should either respond to, or ask me questions on issues you are unsure of. I'll be claiming points towards the wikicup once this review is over.

Lede

until the eighth league game of the season, but in the next game - this is a bit clunky, are we saying they won away from home in their ninth game of the season? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Amended -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
first time since March 1992 - might be better to also say the rough date when they did win. I'm guessing it was around October 1993. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Amended -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
knock-out competitions - pipes to a redirect. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Amended -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Prose

Is it preseason, or pre-season? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Per the first two results of this Google search, I think either is valid -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
For access issues, could we use:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+Results{{sfn|Rollin|1994|p=232}}

instead of

;Results{{sfn|Rollin|1994|p=232}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

- Amended -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:04, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Rochdale pipes to a redirect in the table. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Amended -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:44, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Gillingham played away to Plymouth Argyle of the Second Division and lost 2–0 to their higher-division opponents - seems a little throwaway. Could we get just a tad more info? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- I can't really find any more to say, it seems to have been a pretty uneventful game..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:43, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - I was just thinking about mentioning the stadium name or number of spectators or something. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Lee Vilenski: I thought to check one of my old programmes and managed to add a few extra words -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:38, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Additional comments

Additionally, if you liked this review, or are looking for items to review, I have some at my nominations list. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:26, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Lee Vilenski: - all done, I think -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:04, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to support this promotion, with the regular previso on issues being raised by other nominators. Good work. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:59, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support from Mike Christie

Support. I had a few comments, but it was easier to fix them myself. Another very competent article; not much to criticize. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:56, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

Spotchecks not done. Version reviewed

Pass. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:47, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the details in the infobox don't appear to be cited anywhere, eg the chairman
- @Nikkimaria: That's the only element that wasn't sourced elsewhere in the article, a source has now been added -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:24, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Are the matchday programmes paginated?
- No, they're not -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:24, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The Bateson ISBN is not turning up in searches on Worldcat, GBooks or Open Library - can you confirm that it is correct? Nikkimaria (talk) 19:20, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, see image at right -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:24, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: - any further comments on this, or can you confirm a pass on the source review.....? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:41, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support from mujinga

If you've got a comma before and in "winning 14, drawing 17, and losing 18" then I'd suggest one in "The team struggled in August and September and did not win a Third Division" as well
" the club's original shirts when it was founded in 1893 featured black and white stripes" might read better as "when it was founded in 1893, the club's original shirts had featured black and white stripes" but it's a nitpick
"who lost 2–0 to their higher-division opponents" not sure if you need "higher-division opponents" since you've just said "Plymouth Argyle of the Second Division"
In the "Cup matches" section, should the match details be a fourth level header? Since they seem to be subsidiary to FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy
"News Of The World Football Annual but Images of England: Gillingham Football Club.
All very nitpicky, hope it can be of use Mujinga (talk) 00:11, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Mujinga: - all done -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:33, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - Nice one, changing to support, good luck with the article Mujinga (talk) 10:47, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Query for the coordinators

@FAC coordinators: - got another one ready to go already, is it OK to nominate it now or should I leave it a bit longer......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:06, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think two weeks is sufficient. Feel free to nominate a second. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:08, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Hog Farm _Talk 13:27, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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