Talk:Des van Jaarsveldt

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 14:46, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Des van Jaarsveldt was the first Rhodesian to captain the South Africa national rugby team and possibly the first to give a Springboks team talk in English? Source: ESPN, Rhodesian Sports Profiles, 1907-1979. Books of Zimbabwe. p 24. ISBN 9780869202173.

• Reviewed: Josh Phillips (murderer)
• Comment: For 7 August, (the 3rd test between the British Lions and Springboks)

5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 06:13, 3 July 2021 (UTC).

• Recently [1] 5x expanded. Article is NPOV and of sufficient length. Hook is interesting and of sufficient length. Hook is inline cited to ESPN which is RS for sports coverage. Earwig shows low likelihood of copyvio. QPQ done. No image to judge. Looks good! Chetsford (talk) 14:51, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:11, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• I would link Rhodesia as it's not all that well known.
• Could link List of South Africa national rugby union team captains.
• "scoring all of Rhodesia's points" in a X-Y victory/defeat?
• Link wing and flank.
• And "tries".
• And "for the South African national team" in the main body.
• "because ... because" bit clunky.
• "captained the Springboks in " link that first time, not here.
• Test history table need not be sortable and could use row and col scopes per MOS:DTT.
• Do our readers all know who the Springboks and All Blacks are?
• Ref 1 could use an en-dash.
• "Extra reading" Further, not Extra.
• Ref 6 year range needs en-dash.
• Suc box, "Rugby Union Captain" shouldn't that be Rugby union captain, and Springbok Captain -> South African rugby union captain? And were is Dryburgh referenced?
• Errors in infobox showing (deprecated parameters), could use tidying.

That's all I have. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 15:38, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

The C of E any interest in following this up? The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 21:47, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

The C of E I'll fail/adopt this later today if you don't respond. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 09:23, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I've been busy. I'll withdraw this. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 14:59, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

I can adopt it, implement the changes and seek a "second opinion". The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 15:10, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

No thank you. I'm withdrawing it completely please. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 15:41, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Well, you can't technically stop me, and since my efforts were ignored and wasted, I might just go ahead without your "blessing". The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 15:48, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

I have sorted the issues you raised. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 19:12, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

You're welcome, don't mention it. I'll take a look when I do my next GAN sweep. Cheers! The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 19:14, 12 September 2021 (UTC)