Talk:Matt Moore (baseball)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 19:53, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Will review MWright96 (talk) 19:53, 22 May 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:

Lead

• "Moore chose to sign with them rather than attend the University of New Mexico, where he had previously committed." - think you might want to clarify Moore had originally committed to play college baseball for those wondering
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "Moore struggled in his second season with the Giants," - struggled with his playing technique/form?
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wikilink bullpen to the relevant article
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "but he had to be shut down after suffering a knee injury during his second game of the year." - what does shut down mean in this instance?
  •  Done reworded Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Early life

• "Moore was born on June 18, 1989, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida." - birth date needs a reliable source to verify it since the Albuquerque Journal does not mention it
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "The family moved to Edgewood," - wording is a little too close to the source material
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wikilink scout to the appropriate article in the second paragraph
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Minor leagues

• Wikilink XM Futures Game to the relevant article
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Tampa Bay Rays

• The extra wikilinks for shutout and New York Yankees need to be removed
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "He recovered in time for his first major league start on September 22," - recovered from what?
  •  Done changed to "his performance" Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "Moore started with the Rays in 2012 as part of a five-man starting rotation" - began and player, respectively
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wikilink disabled list to the relevant article only on the first mention
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "Before being shut down for the season," - how about Before his season ended early, or something similar to make it more understandable?
  •  Done changed to "In the 10 innings that he did pitch that season" Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "striking out 27.1% of the batters he faced in April" - the symbol % should be spelt out per MOS:PERCENT
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

San Francisco Giants

• "After reports emerged that Moore would be wearing No. 55 with the Giants," - the template No. should be added to the text in bold
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "2017 proved to be the worst season of Moore's career." - The 2017 season proved to be the worst of Moore's career.
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Texas Rangers

• Texas Rangers doesn't need to be linked here since its already linked earlier in the main prose
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wikilink bullpen to the relevant article
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Detroit Tigers

• Detroit Tigers doesn't need to be linked here since its already linked earlier in the main prose
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "in the hopes that he would follow Mike Fiers as a low-risk pitcher heading into a rebound season." - in anticipation
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wikilink bunt to the appropriate article
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Pitcher profile

• Baseball America and the term cutter don't need to be linked since they already are earlier in the article
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "Early in his career, sports journalists predicted that Moore would become the Rays' ace thanks to his strong pitch repertoire and velocity." - because of his
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wikilink strike zone
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
• "which has led to questions of pitch control" - questions by whom?
  •  Done reworded as per the article, which also cites a few pitchers that talk about how they'd never in a million years tuck their thumb like that Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Shall put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query each of the points raised in this review MWright96 (talk) 11:06, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

MWright96 Thank you for the quick and thorough review! I believe everything has been addressed :) Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Kncny11: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 17:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)