Talk:2006 Football League Trophy final/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 17:52, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Shall review. MWright96 (talk) 17:52, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lead

• "The match was the 23rd final of the domestic cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy." - how about The match was the 23rd final of the Football League Trophy, a domestic cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two.
• "The final was contested between League One side Swansea City and League Two side Carlisle United." - repetition of the word "side"
• "was their top goalscorer in the competition," - how about tournament for variety?
• Wikilink crossing to Cross (association football)
• Wikilink the term volley to Volley (association football) and header to Header (association football)

Carlisle United

• "League Two side Carlisle United " - club for variety
• Wikilink the term corner kick

Swansea City

• The wikilink in the word "A" in the second column in the table should be corrected to Layer Road
• "In the second round, Swansea recorded a comfortable 4–0 victory over Rushden & Diamonds." - the word "comfortable" isn't particularly encyclopedic
• "The only goal of the game was scored shortly before half time by Akinfenwa, his fourth goal of the competition," - repetition of the term "goal"

Background

• "Carlisle entered the final having won seven of their previous eight fixtures and having not suffered a defeat for nine league games." - and were not beaten in their last nine league games.
• "and won the 1997 final." - and victory in the 1997 final.

Pre-match

• "Carlisle were dealt a blow" - please reword the text in bold to a more formal, encyclopedic phrase
• Wikilink cup-tied
• The percent symbol should be replaced by per cent per MOS:PERCENT
• Wikilink play-off finals to English Football League play-offs

Aftermath

• "Regarding his goal, Trundle has described the effort as the best goal he scored during his career," - repetition of the word "goal"

Summary

• Wikilink offside to Offside (association football)
• "Swansea retook the lead with nine minutes remaining, Trundle playing through Akinfenwa," - the first comma is not appropriate in this instance

References

• Reference 3 sends me to the Football Club History Database source and not the one from the RSSSF
• The hyphens in reference 13 should be replaced by en dashes (–)
• Ref 35: "Carlisle United 1 Swansea City 2"" A comma is missing between "1" and "Swansea"

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to respond/query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 08:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

@MWright96: Thanks very much for the review, I've amended all of the points above. Let me know what you think. Kosack (talk) 16:52, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

@Kosack: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 17:21, 25 July 2020 (UTC)