Talk:The Boat Race 2008/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Seattle (talk · contribs) 22:09, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

• I'll conduct this review. Seattle (talk) 22:09, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Comments:

• Files check out, etc. etc. etc.
  • Ta. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• Mix of "The Boat Race Company Limited" and "The Boat Race Company"... etc. etc. etc.
  • Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• Just my observation before reading the article......... but I don't remember reading a margin of victory of that large.
  • Just four years beforehand, the same winning margin for 2004, but noted. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• Oxford were clear pre-race favourites don't particularly care for "clear" here. Would prefer you use a quote to explain what the author/source said, or if there's a specific margin, but I don't like just "clear", reeks of WP:PEACOCK
  • Removed "clear". The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• Do you know when the last margin of victory was 6 lengths? That figure stuns me.
  • Per above, 2004. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• Feel like I've seen Dowbiggin somewhere before, perhaps a note in the "background" section?
  • It's noted "Both coxes, Brodie and Dowbiggin, were former Blues..." already, was there any more you were looking for? The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• My last name is Monaghan! But on a serious note, the double-dagger in the footnotes doesn't have a corresponding double-dagger in the table, and one of the names is a typo (Monoaghan v. Monaghan).
  • Fixed, and annotated. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• The sponsorship should be mentioned in the body because it's mentioned in the lead.
  • I don't like it in the lead, I've moved it into the main body and referenced it. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Passable otherwise. Seattle (talk) 03:12, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

• @Seattle: All addressed, many thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)