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GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 13:04, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• "Curtis made " -> "He made..."
• " title and the 1966–67 Second Division titles" delete that first "title".
• Is there a list of Cov managers article which can be linked in the lead?
• "the Kent village of Aylesham, in the Kent Coalfield close to Dover" infobox just says Dover, be consistent.
• Interesting you go for "association football" in this para but not in the lead...
• "Curtis made his first-team..." He
• Our article calls it Football League Third Division South.
• Newport is an AFC
• Is "left-back" linkable to anything?
• "did his best" in the game" no need for "in the game"
• "the Football League Third Division South, and" now you get it, so this is overlinked once you fix the previous similar comment!
• "lowest-ever league position of 91st " perhaps make this clear that this was 91st in the first four divisions....
• "new Division Four" etc, wasn't it the "Fourth Division"?
• " 1958–59" season link?
• Could link captain.
• "air-force team" could say "Royal Air Force team" and link as there's no link direct to RAF.
• "as manager, a" you mentioned manager right at the top of this section.
• "They following season" typo and link season?
• "in 1965–66" season link.
• Apply that comment hereafter...
• "at Blackburn in" link. Were they not Rovers at the time??
• Link relegation.
• "and was not able to return " -> "and did not return"
• link substitute.
• "against Stoke the" City.
• "it remains the highest for an outfield player" needs an "as of" which matches the ref.
• " £30,000" inflate?
• "He scored a goal in his" do you need "a goal"?
• "third tier" I may have missed it but did you link English football league system somewhere?
• "one more game. He retired from the game shortly afterwards" -> "one more game, retiring shortly afterwards"
• "the flub facing" typo of the day award.
• "which is As of 2021 the " there's a neat lc=yes or lc=on (can't remember) which turns As to as.
• "Sillett became Coventry's sole manager from the 1987–88 season onwards, although with Sillett having" Sillett Sillett, repeat...
• "FA Cup Final" as it's not a specific one, I would de-cap Final.
• "on Saturday 17" day of the week not relevant.
• BNA sources need url-access=subscription.
• Fix up the spaced hyphens -> spaced en-dashes.
• Page ranges need en-dash, not hyphen.
• Ref 33 publisher/work?

  I've removed the whole thing. The picture at the Legends Lounge doesn't appear to be there any more now anyway, since Wasps have refurbed the place into a rugger-themed space.

That'll do for now, on hold dude. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 19:27, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: I think I've looked at all your points. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 10:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

As expected, this is good, i.e. good, so promoting. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 11:37, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 06:44, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that in January 1987 George Curtis said "our name is on the cup", and he was proved correct five wins later? Source: "Singers to Sky Blues: The Story of Coventry City Football Club" ISBN 978-0-86023-452-4, p.111 (offline book source): "A week before the game at Old Trafford, the team escaped freezing weather conditions with a trip to Spain, returning to face inevitable media attention. With all the bravado required for such occasions Curtis declared to the cameras, 'Our name is on the Cup'".
  • ALT1:... that George Curtis played football for a Royal Air Force base during his time as a Coventry City player, but "scarcely broke sweat"? Source: Coventry Evening Telegraph Football edition, 2 January 1960, page 3 (requires British Newspaper Archive subscription to view): "The big trouble is, as he so graphically put it to me, that he scarecely 'breaks sweat' in those Service games".

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1978 Chicago Marathon
• Comment: Currently featured in the RD slot on ITN. It's also now a GA, but I'm nominating it under the 5× expansion rule in the hopes of claiming some WikiCup points.

5x expanded by Amakuru (talk). Self-nominated at 12:40, 20 July 2021 (UTC).

• ... Reads well, GA and 5 X expanded. both hooks in article and followed directly by inline citations to references behind paywalls. QPQ provided and no copyvio issues. Pass both hooks. My understanding of football is getting better. thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 13:18, 29 July 2021 (UTC)