Talk:2009 Giro d'Italia/GA1

GA Review

Don't know why I'm going to address these point-by-point, since no one's gonna be here to converse with me, but...
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1. Well-written?

• In third paragraph of lead section, please define queen stage to the average reader.
  • Isn't the wikilink to Glossary of bicycling#Q enough? It's explained there, and I'm generally opposed to explaining things over and over in different articles when we can link to an explanation in a more central location. Seems to be the very point of wikilinks to me. Alex finds herself awake at night _{(Talk · What keeps her up)} 00:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
• In last paragraph of lead section, please spell out CERA. Also, was Di Luca's positive B-sample confirmed? It was not clear on this.
  • The B sample confirms the A sample. There's no C sample to confirm the B sample or anything - the possibilities of a lab making one mistake giving a false positive are astronomically small enough that a second check on it isn't needed. I don't agree with needing to spell out Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator, as CERA is the name used in the media (would you suggest that it's necessary to spell out NASCAR or MSNBC or other acronyms known commonly as acronyms when they are used?), but the same concern was raised at the FLC (I mean, the Featured List Candidate) page for List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia, so I'll do it. Alex finds herself awake at night _{(Talk · What keeps her up)} 00:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
• In the Teams section, list the nationalities on all teams that participated in the Giro d'Italia.
  • Nope. Big wrangling with WP:CYC ended with the decision that trade teams functionally don't have nationalities. I don't necessarily agree, but I'll follow consensus. Pretty much everyone but me made the argument that a team's nationality is a) trivial and insignificant and b) something they can simply choose. For example, the UCI-registered nation of LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini is Ireland, despite the fact that their title sponsors are Italian and almost all of their ridership and staff is Italian. Yet the only thing calling them an "Italian team" is public perception, something that can't be cited. If they wanted their UCI registry to be Italy, all they would have to do is move their license to an Italian holding company. Now, naturally, there are teams like Quick-Step, Euskaltel–Euskadi, and Garmin–Slipstream whose UCI registry nations do match their "perceived" nationality, but it's maybe 50/50 with teams registered in their perceived nation, if not a slight majority to teams being registered elsewhere. There are also teams like Cervélo TestTeam and Team Columbia–High Road who have UCI registry nations, but have no "perceived" nationality at all, largely because their riderships are so diverse. Alex finds herself awake at night _{(Talk · What keeps her up)} 00:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
• In the Race previews and favorites section, why was defending race champion Alberto Contador excluded from the Astana team? For this section and all sections after this, please list the riders' nationality for the prose prior to the results the first time they are mentioned.
  • Contador was not excluded. He made the decision not to participate, wanting to focus on the Tour de France. I guess that can be made a little clearer. I think it'll get quite tedious to name every nationality, but I'll see how it looks. Alex finds herself awake at night _{(Talk · What keeps her up)} 00:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
• In the Race overview section, spell out UCI.
• In the Classificaiton leadership, include the nationalities of all riders listed in the table for the jersey leaders.

2. Factually accurate and verifiable?

• Pass - no issues.

3. Broad in coverage?

• Pass - no issues.

4. Neutral?

• Pass - no issues.

5. Stable?

• Pass - no issues.

6. Image

• On the Infobox, for map of the tour, what are the red lines and what are the green lines? The map image looks fuzzy also.
  • The red lines are distances the riders covered on their bikes. That is, the stages themselves. The green lines are distances over which they traveled by bus and car. This can be made clearer. I'm not terribly apt when it comes to images, so I don't know what to do about any fuzziness.
• In the Race overview section, include Garzelli's first name and nationality in the image and Do no set the image at a specific value. The thumb size will take care of itself.

7. Overall.

• Good article. It needs a little work, but it is there. Chris (talk) 17:58, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
  • You listed fewer than ten things and then failed the article before I had a chance to come back to it. Such is your right, but I'm still disappointed. Alex finds herself awake at night _{(Talk · What keeps her up)} 00:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)