Talk:David Johnson (footballer, born 1976)

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Latest comment: 10 years ago by Seabuckthorn in topic GA Review

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i am not familiar with this player -- so when in his career did he turn out for man utd, since he's categorised as such —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chensiyuan (talkcontribs)

Hi, I don't think he ever actually played for the team so I'm not sure if the categorisation is valid. He was definitely signed to the club - plenty of resources back this up [1], [2], [3]. I suppose the addition of the category depends on whether you consider that a zero appearance record is sufficient to be a club player. Hope this helps! Budgiekiller 18:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

thanks for the info - im not sure myself what constitutes a club player. but i do suppose having been signed is fair enough. Chensiyuan 01:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Club website says he's 30 years old

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Looking at his retirement announcement on www.nottinghamforest.co.uk, the story refers to "the 30 year old striker"

Is the date of birth in this article incorrect?

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:David Johnson (footballer born 1976)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Seabuckthorn (talk · contribs) 23:30, 21 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
Nominator:PeeJay

Hi! My review for this article will be here shortly.   --Seabuckthorn  23:30, 21 February 2014 (UTC)Reply


1: Well-written

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        • David Anthony Johnson (born 15 August 1976) is a Jamaican former footballer.
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Tom, I'm glad to see your work here. As per the above checklist, I do have some insights that I think will be useful in improving the article:

  • I think the layout needs to be fixed.


Besides that, I think the article looks excellent. All the best,   --Seabuckthorn  01:27, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Seabuckthorn, thanks for your review. I'm glad you had so few concerns over the article. I've split the "Early career" section into two paragraphs as per your suggestions above, but I'm not sure what to do about the "Personal life" section/paragraph. I've found some more info that could possibly be incorporated into the section, but it would be as a separate paragraph, which wouldn't really solve the problem of that paragraph being too short. I'll make the changes and then you can review as you see fit. Either way, hopefully this one issue won't stop you from promoting the article. – PeeJay 02:50, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
Hi! Thanks, Tom, very much for your diligence, care and precision in writing such great articles. No worries!   --Seabuckthorn  03:09, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply


Promoting the article to GA status.   --Seabuckthorn  03:09, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply