Talk:Chris Lines/GA1

GA Review

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 13:31, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Going to review for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 13:31, 26 October 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:

Lead

• Wikilink substitute to Substitute (association football) on the first mention for non-Football readers

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• Wikilink the seasons of Lines' clubs to their respective articles where applicable

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "and was a key first team player as the "Owls" won promotion to the Championship at the end of the 2011–12 campaign." - try not to use nicknames for the teams

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• Loan can be wikilinked to Loan (sports)

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Bristol Rovers

• "before graduating through the Bristol Rovers-backed Bristol Academy of Sport at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College." - the part about Lines going to South Gloucestershire and Stroud College needs to be verified with another source

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "After two further substitute appearances in League Two," - needs verification

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "After three appearances in the 2006–07 campaign, he featured in six matches from March onwards," - needs to be verified by a reliable source

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "as the "Pirates" won promotion with a 3–1 victory over Shrewsbury Town at Wembley." - avoid using team nicknames

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "He put in an "excellent" performance" - according to whom?

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "as Rovers beat Premier League Fulham on penalties in the Third Round on 22 January, " - beat Premier League side Fulham

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "He scored his first goal in competitive football on 29 December, heading in the first goal of a 3–0 home win" - repetition of "goal"

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "He played 48 games in the 2008–09 season," - needs verifying with a reliable source

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "In total he scored ten goals in 46 appearances in the 2009–10 campaign." - same issue as above

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "He was sidelined for two weeks with a toe injury in February 2011," - needs to be reworded to pass WP:LIMITED

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "Lines had a seven-day trial period with Championship side Crystal Palace" - clarify that this trial saw Lines train with Crystal Palace

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• "in the summer." - avoid using seasons per MOS:SEASON

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Sheffield Wednesday

• "Lines joined League One club Sheffield Wednesday on a three-year contract for a £50,000 fee." - another source will be needed to go with the BBC Sport citation that mentions the contract was for three years since the former does not mention that fact

Done.----EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "He went on to score four goals in 47 appearances in the 2011–12 campaign as the "Owls" secured promotion with a second-place finish," - needs to be verified by a reliable source

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• Also in the above sentence, the nickname of Sheffield Wednesday does not need to be mentioned

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• Wikilink loan to Loan (sports)

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "He featured in 18 games for the "Dons"," - needs verifying with a reliable source and please do not use team nicknames

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Port Vale

• "on a one-year deal in July 2013." - rewrite the text in bold so it is not too similar to the text in The Sentinel

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "He went on to build an impressive partnership" - the word highlighted in bold is non-neutral

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "in midfield with Anthony Griffith; Griffith providing the tough-tackling and Lines providing the creative playmaking." - try not to begin the start of the following sentence like this

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "He signed a new two-year contract in the summer." - writing out the seasons in discouraged per MOS:SEASON

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "being named on the Football League team of the week" - Team of the Week

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Return to Bristol Rovers

• "the club had fallen out of the English Football League in his absence, but were top of the Conference Premier division" - not mentioned by BBC Sport

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "with a strike from 25-yards in a 1–0 victory" - use the convert template on the text highlighted in bold

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "as he embarked on a run from deep before calmly tucking the ball beyond "Gills" goalkeeper Jonathan Bond." - please don't use club nicknames

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "he admitted to getting into vegetarianism" - becoming a vegetarian

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "and was subsequently given abuse on social media by some of the club's supporters." - abused by some of the club's supporters on social media.

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "He ended the 2017–18 season with five goals in 47 appearances as Rovers posted a 13th-place finish in League One." - needs to be verified by a reliable source

Done.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "However he lost his first team place after Graham Coughlan replaced Clarke as manager in December." - what was the reason for the falling out?

I've added some detail.--EchetusXe 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "Lines ended his second spell with his boyhood club having made 348 appearances, scoring 34 goals and having achieved three promotions during his two spells at the club." - not mentioned by the two sources placed at the end of this portion of text

Done.EchetusXe 16:18, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Northampton Town

• ""Cobblers" manager Keith Curle said that "I think his attributes will really help us"." - no using a club's nickname

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• "the fifth promotion of Lines’ career." - not mentioned by BBC Sport

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Style of play

• "He is considered to be a set-piece specialist." - considered by whom?

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Career statstics

• The table header has a spelling error in "spperances" which should be spelt Apperances

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• The four notes accompanying the table all need to be verified by a reliable source

Done.EchetusXe 16:18, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

References

• All the hyphens located in the spaces of the texts and the scores should be replaced by en dashes (–) per MOS:DASH

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• The author of Reference 18 Daniel Jones should be formatted as Jones, Daniel in the appropriate fields

Done.--EchetusXe 16:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 37 "Rob Page says no excuses for Chris Lines after red card"" needs to have its archive url fixed because it links to an error page

Done.--EchetusXe 12:03, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 43 is dead and will need to be archived or replaced to verify the information it supports

Done.--EchetusXe 12:03, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 44 "Bristol Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City: Bluebirds booted out of EFL Cup by Chris Lines stunner at the Memorial Stadium" is missing the author

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 45 "Chelsea 3-2 Bristol Rovers: Michy Batshuayi scores twice as Blues reach EFL Cup third round" should include the author

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 57 "YOUR VIEW: Best player, best goal, best signing and more - Cobblers fans choose their award winners for 2019/20"" - no using all capital letters per MOS:ALLCAPS

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 59 "Chris hopes to get along the right Lines in loan spell" needs archiving

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 60 "Vale sign Sheffield Wednesday midfielder" is missing the date it was published

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

• References 75, 76, 77, 78 and 79 should have an up-to-date access date and not an incorrect one of 1 January 2017

Done.--EchetusXe 12:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 15:02, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Okay I have addressed those points. Thanks.--EchetusXe 16:18, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

I've not tried pinging someone before but I'll give it a go now... @MWright96: EchetusXe 10:46, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

@EchetusXe: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 21:03, 6 November 2020 (UTC)