Talk:The Boat Race 2001/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lemonade51 (talk · contribs) 20:13, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

I'll review this...

• Where's the source to confirm "First held in 1829, the competition is a 4.2 miles (6.8 km) race along the River Thames in southwest London"
  • Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• "A clash of blades ensued, with Cambridge's bow Colin Swainson losing his oar resulting in Obholzer called for a restart for the first time in the history of the race", rewrite, tenses are all over the place.
  • Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• Merge Ref 5 and 6
  • Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• Ref 14's publishing date?
  • I assume you mean access date. Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• Wikilink Kieran West and Dan Snow. Their full names come up under 'Race', so surnames after that.
  • Linked. First name repeats removed. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• "Cambridge president and number six Kieran West said...", the next sentence reads "Oxford president Dan Snow said", maybe replace one 'said' with 'told reporters' or something like that to avoid repetition.
  • Varied the lingo. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• Incorporate Sean Bowden's (Oxford coach) thoughts to balance the reaction section. Bowden's quotes are here, The Guardian's report is here for extra information.
  • Added, I thought Pinsent helped with the balance, but no worries, job done. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

No dab or dead links. No issues with references. Will pass once comments have been addressed, on hold till then. Lemonade51 (talk) 20:13, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

• Thanks for the detailed and useful review. Hopefully I've addressed your concerns. Please let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

• Happy with the changes and have no further concerns, shall pass. Lemonade51 (talk) 21:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC)