Talk:George Floyd (American football)/GA1

Latest comment: 2 years ago by MWright96 in topic GA Review

GA Review edit

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 19:53, 9 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Shall review for the July 2021 GAN Backlog Drive MWright96 (talk) 19:53, 9 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

  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 edit

  • "Floyd appeared in ten games during the Jets' 1982 season, including three playoff games, and eight in their 1984 season, with two games started." - repetition of "games"
  • "After a knee injury in the 1985 NFL preseason, Floyd retired." - possibly better Floyd retired after sustaining a knee injury in the 1985 NFL preseason.
  • "In 1999, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; in 2007, he was inducted into EKU's Hall of Fame, and, in 2011, he was inducted into Hernando High School's Hall of Fame." - too many uses of the term "he was inducted into the"; try something different that doesn't lose meaning if possible

Early life edit

  • Wikilink Hernando High School and college football
  • "He tied for the team lead with three interceptions and finished with 84 tackles, third-most on the team," - repetition of "team"

Collegiate career edit

  • "and lead the conference with thirteen punt returns and seven interceptions." - typo; should be led
  • "In Floyd's sophomore year, he had a three-interception game against Austin Peay in a 35–10 EKU victory in September, and, in a game against Jackson State in November," - repetition of "game"
  • "Floyd won OVC DPOW for his performance in an October 24th game" - October 24 per MOS:DATESNO
  • "Floyd returned seventeen punts for 142 yards." - should be 17 per MOS:NUMBERS
  • "returned thirty-six punts for 314 yards and a touchdown." - same issue as above
  • "After the season, he made the GC all-conference team and the TTT all-area team." - repetition of "team"
  • "In 1999, Floyd was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and, in 2007, he was inducted into EKU's Hall of Fame." - repetition of the phrase "was inducted into"

Professional career edit

  • Each of the three mentions of New York Daily News need to be fully italized
  • Wikilink the term kickoff returner to the correct article
  • "Floyd saw "limited action"" - according to whom?
  • " Floyd recovered a fumble and made a few "All-Pro hits"" - same issue as above
    • There is no author listed so I just say according to an article in the TTT. Therapyisgood (talk) 18:19, 10 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Personal life edit

  • "As a junior in high school, Floyd wanted to join the Army." - perhaps add why he did not join the army
  • "He married Cheryl Johnson in March 1983." - who is Cheryl Johnson?

Notes edit

References edit

  • All the newspaper sources that came from Newspapers.com should be stated as such using the via= field
  • All newspapers mentioning they got their stories from the Associated Press should be stated as such with the agency= field
  • The hyphen in Reference 34 "Boise State's Comeback Shocks Eastern 31-29 in Camellia Bowl" - should be replaced by an en dash per MOS:DASH
  • Reference 47 "Eastern's Mistakes Lead to 34-23 Loss in I-AA Title Game (cont'd)" - same issue as above
  • Reference 87 is missing the accessdate

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query each of the points raised above MWright96 (talk) 10:39, 10 July 2021 (UTC)Reply