Talk:Dario Franchitti/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Grungaloo (talk · contribs) 23:58, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi EnthusiastWorld37, I'm going to pick this review up. It may take me a few days to work through it. I like to make copyedits as I go so so please review any changes I make and revert any you disagree with. grungaloo (talk) 23:58, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi again EnthusiastWorld37, I'm finished. Let me know once you've gone through and want me to check it over again. grungaloo (talk) 01:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Grungaloo Have made amendments to the articles based on the points below EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) 19:18, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Looks good, I fixed a few last issues. Congrats on GA! grungaloo (talk) 22:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   Section layout is good, some prose issues. prose is good.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   Refs are good, no OR, earwig detects some proper names, no real copyvios.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Good coverage, bordering on overdetailed. good level of detail

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Meets NPOV

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   No edit wars, one IP editor seems really intent on adding some unsourced line about him being an art director on the Gran Turismo movie.

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   Images look good and have appropriate licenses

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Checked refs 5,12,13,17,19,25,34,36,37,130,135,137 , all good.

• When mentioning races, I don't think both the race and the circuit need to be mentioned and wikilinked (e.g. ARCA Re/Max Series, ARCA 200 at Daytona). Looking at other GAs about drivers (Lewis Hamilton, Mario Andretti), these both pare down those details.
• Similarly, the exact car he drove is mentioned quite a bit (e.g. No. 055 HPD ARx-03b-Honda-LMP2). These are hard to parse and make reading this more difficult. I would suggest removing them for clarity unless there is something unique Franchitti's relationship to the car that's worth mentioning.
• He is the son of Inverness-born Tourist Board employee - Unless you're naming a specific tourist board it doesn't need to be capitalized.
• and he has a sister - sounds odd tacked onto the end, suggest splitting it to it's own sentence.
• When Franchitti was eight years old, the family moved to Whitburn. - Since you just listed all his extended family this can be interpreted to mean all of them moved to Whitburn. I would just say he moved when he was eight, I think the family part is implied.
• He was educated at Edinburgh's fee-paying Stewart's Melville College, - Is fee-paying a common term? Suggest using "private" instead.
• and the teaching of cricket and rugby union to maintain physical fitness. - This doesn't make sense, "and he was taught cricket and rugby union"? Also I don't think the part about fitness is needed.
• and he tested at Knockhill near Dunfermline. - I would add a gloss for tested so it can be broadly understood.
• Later that year, he won the £20,000 Autosport BRDC Award - I would drop the 20k prize since the award is the award itself, it just also come with the money. If you want to keep it, I would list it after "which included..."
• Mercedes-Benz signed him to its junior team just before a deadline in its attempt to recreate its Young Driver Programme - "before a deadline" sounds odd, I would drop it. It's not clear what this deadline was or why it's important.
• Franchitti drove a Mercedes C-Class V6 that was equipped with an anti-lock braking system and traction control - Do the features need to be listed? Other vehicle descriptions have been pretty basic, I would drop the ABS, traction control parts.
• He was 22nd in the Drivers' Championship with 10 points and was third in the Rookie of the Year standings - Because you last mentioned another driver, "He" should be replaced with Franchitti.
• and the first CART win for a Scottish driver since Jim Clark in the 1965 Indianapolis 500 - the source says "champ car", CART didn't exist until 1979.
• but would lose on count-back if he and Montoya finished with the same number of points - It's not very clear what count-back means, could you add a gloss or try rewording?
• Franchitti finished the race tenth and Montoya fourth but Franchitti lost the championship on tiebreak to Montoya, who had won seven races and Franchitti had won three. - same as above, I think this can be clearer how this point scoring worked. Also the last part I would reword to "who had won seven races while Franchitti had only won three".
• as well as changing his personality to being more serious - based on the source, him being more serious is his own thoughts on things that others may not have noticed. I'd avoid using wikivoice and use one of his quotes from the article instead.
• His performance deteriorated due to a lack of testing and a pre-season personnel switch,[57] and he drove an unreliable car he occasionally crashed - What does "pre-season personnel switch" mean here?
• Franchitti sustained an anterior stable compression fracture of the lumbar vertebrae - I would simplify this, "fractured his lumbar vertebrae".
• Franchitti was replaced by Dan Wheldon, Gordon and Bryan Herta in the following three races - Who's Gordon? Give the full name.
• For the rest of the season, Franchitti finished no higher than third at Nazareth Speedway - Were the remaining races all at Nazareth Speedway? If not, this doesn't really make sense and Nazareth Speedway can be dropped.
• Franchitti returned to drive for AGR in the 2005 championship - You've been using "<year> season" for previous years (2004 season, 1998 season, etc), I would not use "championship" here to stay consistent.
• His performance declined after Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) became more developed when IndyCar used only Honda engines - This doesn't really match the source. It seems to say his performance decline, and independently of that Penske and CGR were able to catch up thanks to the Honda engine. I would take another pass at this sentence to make that clearer.
• For the 2007 season, Franchitti resigned to drive for AGR - Maybe another word that "resigned", could mean quite or signed again. Could say Franchitti again drove for AGR.
• and led a race-high 242 in the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond from pole position - "race-high 242 laps"? Missing a word
• Franchitti won his first IndyCar championship, winning the race after Dixon's car ran out of fuel on the final lap. - The championship is the entire season, but you then say "winning the race". Which race was it that caused him to win the championship?
• After renewed talks with Ganassi, Franchitti replaced David Stremme in the No. 40 Dodge Charger on a multi-year contract from 2008 - A few issues here, I'd start with the year, and also consider splitting it into two sentences. It also could probably be split, first about the replacement contract and upsetting AGR, then about the sponsorship.
• —the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway) - Should be either an em-dash or brackets.
• due to an noncompetitive car owing to his team's not mastering the Car of Tomorrow or beating other major NASCAR teams - This reads awkwardly, we don't know what the Car of Tomorrow is or why it's important, and not beating other teams - isn't this implied by the fact that he didn't do well? I would take another pass, try simplifying, cut out what you can.
• Franchitti's car collided with the rear of Sato's loose car in turn five - Not clear what a loose car is, add a gloss (out of control?) or drop
• Franchitti's car ripped apart a fence section and sent debris into the grandstand past a second fence ahead of spectators before ricocheting back onto the circuit, spinning multiple times before stopping - Some clarity issues, need add "before the car ricocheted back", otherwise it can be read as the fence or the debris ricocheting back.
• Franchitti travelled to Scotland in November for rest and mental clarity - I would drop "mental clarity"
• he and Ganassi devised a plan with a focus on coaching and mentoring of young drivers. - It was just stated that he was a coach, so I'm not sure what this adds that's not implied by being a coach. I would drop it.
• Other racing ventures - Since this section is out of sync with the timeline you just went through, I'd lead with the year in the very first sentence (In 1999, Franchittia planned to enter...)
• Since 2010, he has endorsed the Dutch - New section, say Franchitti instead of "he"
• He appeared on the US television shows Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson three times each in the late 2000s and early 2010s - Is this really noteworthy? I'd drop it, too much detail.

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