Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Charlie Macartney

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 04:16, 23 October 2007.

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Charlie Macartney

This GA is a comprehensive account of one of the most colourful and decorated cricketers of Australia's inter-war period. All the match details and a thorough description of his unique style. Has been copyedited by a famous copyeditor. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - WP:LEAD suggests article of this size could have lead of 2-3 paragraphs. Think it'd be better balanced if it were expanded like this. --Dweller 12:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Further detailed comments going to article talk page to reduce congestion at FAC. --Dweller 12:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Update: All issues raised at talk page now dealt with. I'm copyediting and raising some more issues in the article itself... expect to be able to support very soon. --Dweller 13:06, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
• Support - lead has been fixed, and Dweller covered all bases and even some more than I found. Daniel 08:02, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
• Support All my concerns addressed and I've completed an additional copyedit. A lot of work's gone into this - kudos and congratulations to Blnguyen. --Dweller 09:22, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
• Support All concerns seem to have been addressed. Very comprehensive bio.--Sandahl 00:57, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
• Comment I'm not sure about the placement of the Style section - I would think it more appropriate to discuss this last... Also, several very short paragraphs at the end of Pre-war Test career section could do with being flowed together better. Finally, the reference says "best ashes teams " - should that be "best Ashes teams"? Otherwise a fine article. The Rambling Man 12:40, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

• Reply - I fised the last two points. In general, I would put the style towards the end, but in the case of famous stylists like Trumper/Macartney/Kippax, it would be more appropriate IMHO to put this first, as the reason why they are so well remembered is their grace and style, rather than sheer weight of run scoring. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:54, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.