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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 31 December 2020 [1].

Steven Gerrard

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Nominator(s): REDMAN 2019 (talk) 17:49, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Steven Gerrard is a major footballer and quite possible the best Liverpool player of the 21st century. I have already brought this to GA status and feel that it could pass FA criteria to. I am open to suggestions of improvement to meet the criteria. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 17:49, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't own the books in refs 1 and 5, but apart from that I have access to all the sources. Hope that won't be a problem for any reviewers. Cheers! REDMAN 2019 (talk) 15:28, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

REDMAN, you have limited contributions to this article; please see the WP:FAC instructions. Did you seek clearance from @Saintandy7 and Mattythewhite: before initiating this FAC? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:32, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Drive-by-comments

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  • After reading the lead section, I think it could do with some further refinement. Perhaps make it more neutral (for instance, there's four uses of the word "greatest").
  • The sentence, "In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.", doesn't need to be in the lead either.
  • I couldn't find the source to support this in the article: "Chosen by The Daily Telegraph as Liverpool's greatest ever player"
  • You mention the The Gerrard Final in the lead, but it's not in the rest of the article
  • The sentence about retirement could be integrated, eg. "After retiring from from international football in 2014, Gerrard became a coach.."

Thanks, LM150 14:25, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done all of the above.

Image review

  • There is some sandwiching in the Style of play section
Done
  • Suggest adding alt text
Any specific images, or just all of them? REDMAN 2019 (talk) 19:06, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
All. Nikkimaria (talk) 21:15, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Done. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 14:45, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done, except for two instances where it is necessary. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 19:04, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't necessary in those cases - you can use |upright= instead. Nikkimaria (talk) 21:15, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Done. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 14:14, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@LM150 and Nikkimaria: Thanks for your comments. I have addressed them or replied. Any further comments or corrections would be welcome. (Sorry for my delay in answering, I have had a busy week.) REDMAN 2019 (talk) 19:08, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the FAC instructions and remove the “Done” templates; they cause a template limits problem that affects the entire page, as well as the FAC archives. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:51, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks for the tip. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 14:12, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Coord note

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Hi, with little commentary after three weeks, and none in the past ten days, I don't think this nom is going anywhere fast so I'll be archiving it shortly. Given that lack of commentary I'm prepared to waive the usual two weeks before a re-nom if you so choose to do that but per FAC instructions I'd recommend trying Peer Review first. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:02, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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