Talk:Elmer White/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 14:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Am reviewing this entry MWright96 (talk) 14:53, 2 April 2021 (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:

Lede

• White's nationality should be stated in the first sentence of the lede
• Think the first and second paragraphs should be merged for flow
• "he died of tuberculosis in March of 1872," - avoid using the date format highlighted in bold per MOS:DATESNO
• "becoming the first player from a professional baseball league to die." - becoming the first professional baseball league player death.
  • I think it's grammatically better the way it is. Your phrasing uses less words but runs the risk of making people think he died as a result of playing baseball. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 23:52, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Early life

• Any more information on White's parents?
  • No, that was all the book said about them. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 23:48, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

National Association (1871)

• Wikilink right field, outfielder, playing field and run to the relevant articles for non-Baseball readers
• "His season was interrupted on June 19. The Forest Citys were playing the New York Mutuals, and White was playing catcher." - perhaps merge these two sentences together?
• "and White was unable to play following the incident." - for how many games did White miss?
• Write out about RBI stands for and wikilink the term for non-Baseball readers
• "though Cleveland was defeated 9–7 by the Boston Red Stockings." - lost 9–7 to the
• "White played over half" - more than
• "of the game's" - think the word in bold is a typo

Death

• "According to baseball historian Frank Russo," - maybe add the name of Russo's book containing this information?

Relatives

• "At least one account indicates that White was also related to Warren White," - whose account exactly?

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above MWright96 (talk) 16:28, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• @Sanfranciscogiants17: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 07:39, 3 April 2021 (UTC)