Talk:Akwasi Yeboah

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Akwasi Yeboah/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 18:13, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Am happy to review this article as well for the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020. MWright96 (talk) 18:13, 12 April 2020 (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:

Early life

• Think you also want to state Chigwell is a suburb in London as stated by Newsday
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:12, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "His physical education teacher let him know he was not competitive," - how about told him to better pass WP:LIMITED
  • OK. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:12, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• The acryonms of the National Basketball League should be put in parentheses after the first full mention of it
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:12, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wikilink points and rebounds to their respective articles for non-Basketball readers
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:12, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "and had 19 points in a 12-point" - scored
  • OK. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:12, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "the 2015 National Basketball League’s Division I Playoff Championship." - NBL
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:12, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wikilink NCAA Division I
  • OK. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:12, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Stony Brook (2016–2019)

• Wikilink the term redshirted
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "as Yeboah sat out due to lack of projected playing time." - I believe it would help to know what exactly Yeboah sat out. The entire tournament or the championship game?
  • He sat out the season. Clarified. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "He scored 21 points and had 16 rebounds in the first round of the America East Tournament against Binghamton." - This sentence is lacking a reliable source to verify it. Please address this issue
  • It was sourced to the next ref, but I added a new one. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "Yeboah averaged 16.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game as a junior for the Seawolves while shooting 41.3 percent from the floor and 31.6 percent from 3-point range." - not mentioned in the America East source. Please find another source that explicitly states this information
  • Good catch. I added a ref. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Rutgers (2019–2020)

• "and first winning season since 2006." - and its
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "including a three pointer to tie the game at 72" - three-pointer
  • OK. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "in a 75-72 win against Nebraska on January 26, 2020" - the hyphen should be replaced by an en dash (–) per MOS:DASH
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• "and surpassed the 1,500 point milestone." - 1,500-point
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

National team career

• Wikilink assists to the relevant article for non-Basketball readers
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:35, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

References

• Be consistent in how you write the dates in the references
  • Fixed. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:35, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Reference 9 is missing the date it was published and mention of the Associated Press as the agency who provided USA Today with the story
  • Added. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:35, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Reference 13's author is incorrect and the date it was published is missing
  • Good catch. Fixed. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:35, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Am placing the review on hold to give the nominator the opportunity to address/respond to the queries raised above. MWright96 (talk) 19:28, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Have responded to your concerns. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:35, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @Editorofthewiki: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 10:10, 13 April 2020 (UTC)