Talk:History of the Nashville Sounds/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 18:50, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

I'll take this one on, will post review as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 18:50, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Initial review

Prior professional baseball in Nashville

• "played their home games at Athletic Park, later to be called Sulphur Dell", I'm not a fan of two links in the same sentence directing to the same page. At the very least, Athletic Park needs to be piped to avoid the redirect.
• I would also say "later to be called" sounds a bit clunky. Maybe simply "later renamed Sulphur Dell"?
• "and later nicknamed the Nashville Vols", the Vols page would suggest that it was their official name rather than a nickname?

• I unlinked Athletic Park, changed the wording per second bullet, and applied similar changes to Vols name. NatureBoyMD (talk) 13:46, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Getting a team and building a ballpark

• "observed the success Chattanooga experienced", I'm a bit confused about what can be described as success for a town from acquiring a sports team. Is it referring to sporting success or something like increased tourism? I think this could be clarified slightly.
• Is star a WP:PEACOCK word perhaps for Twitty and the others? I'd probably list them simply as musicians or singers depending on the best fit.
• Do we know why the cost of construction on the stadium tripled?

• I clarified success at the turnstiles in Chattanooga, reworded from "stars", and added details on cost. The $300K–$500K cost seems to have been what Schimttou's architect friend estimated the project to cost. This may have been a rough estimate made before any plans were drawn up. I added the range of submitted bids ($900K–$1.2M) which gets the cost closer to the final expense. NatureBoyMD (talk) 14:34, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Cincinnati Reds (1978–1979)

• Explain the MVP abbreviation in its first use here > Most Valuable Player (MVP).

• Done. NatureBoyMD (talk) 14:36, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

New York Yankees (1980–1984)

• "One important highlight of the first half of 1984", I'd suggest dropping the important here. Highlight would already suggest it was a notable event and important could be considered a matter of opinion.
• Unlink Birmingham Barons (fourth paragraph) and Knoxville Blue Jays (last paragraph). Per WP:OVERLINK, links should generally only appear once after the lead and both of these teams are linked prior to this.

• Done. NatureBoyMD (talk) 14:37, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Cincinnati Reds (1987–1992)

• Unlink Chattanooga Lookouts, per WP:OVERLINK. Linked previously in the article.
• "Greer Stadium, once one of the best stadiums in Triple-A baseball", best could be taken in many ways I believe, technologically advanced, best atmosphere, etc. Can this be phrased differently to reflect why it was regarded so highly?

• I unlinked the Lookouts and indicated player and fan amenities are what made Greer regarded so well. NatureBoyMD (talk) 14:45, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Chicago White Sox (1993–1997)

• Repeat link of Birmingham Barons fifth paragraph.

• Done. NatureBoyMD (talk) 14:46, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Pittsburgh Pirates (1998–2004)

• "The Sounds clinched the American Conference Eastern Division title, giving them their first playoff berth in the PCL and first postseason appearance since 1994", doesn't appear to be supported by a source?

• Added reference. NatureBoyMD (talk) 14:50, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Milwaukee Brewers (2005–2014)

• "Steve Posner, and Frank Ward", stray comma in this sentence?

• That's a serial comma ("Masahiro Honzawa, Steve Posner, and Frank Ward"), a style which I've used throughout the article. NatureBoyMD (talk) 14:52, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

References

• I'm having trouble accessing refs 9 and 18. Are they working for you?

• I've archived #9 ([1]). 18 works for me ([2]). NatureBoyMD (talk) 15:05, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• Ref 63 appears to have expired.

• This one works for me, too ([3]). NatureBoyMD (talk) 15:05, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• Ref 73 links to the wrong site, appears to be a repeat of the previous ref.

• Fixed ([4]). NatureBoyMD (talk) 15:05, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• Refs 151 and 149 appear to have expired.

• Both of these are working for me; 151 ([5]) & 149 ([[6]]). NatureBoyMD (talk) 15:05, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

That's all I've found, no major issues. A very impressive article, I enjoyed reading it as I went. Judging by your editing history, I'm guessing this is simply the stepping stone up to FA that this article probably deserves. Placed on hold for now. Kosack (talk) 09:00, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

@Kosack: I have made the changes indicated in my comments above. Please let me know if you see anything else that needs to be addressed. Thanks for your comments. NatureBoyMD (talk) 15:05, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

I can't load ref 18 but I'll AGF that it's working. The last two are now working for me bizarrely. When I load ref 63, it appears to direct me to a European web address for the site rather than American, which is perhaps the reason. All of the other points have been addressed, this definitely meets the GA criteria. A nice piece of work, promoting. Kosack (talk) 19:08, 27 September 2018 (UTC)