Talk:Millennium Stadium/GA1

GA Review

Intro

Hello! I'm weebiloobil, and I will be reviewing this article. Feel free to post comments wherever you like, whether here, my talk page, or the Millennium Stadium itself, although messages in the later situation may not get read. Good luck! - weebiloobil (talk) 11:45, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi weebiloobil,

I still have a few more references to add and some paragraphs to be reworded. Can you please give me a few days to get the article closer to becoming a good article? The article before this one was nominated about one month before this one, so I thought I had plenty of time...sorry. Seth Whales (talk) 18:50, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't strictly matter. I can provide a review within 7 days from now, and if it still needs work, it can go on hold for a further 7 days. The article seems in good shape as it is. Just a pointer, though - REM played at the Cardiff International Arena, not the Millennium Stadium (I should know, I was there). I will continue to monitor this article, and I can review it whenever you're ready. Thanks - weebiloobil (talk) 19:32, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply and the information on REM...this is the stuff I needed to get further references on, thanks for the starter. Seth Whales (talk) 23:20, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

The article is now in a better state, so is just about ready for review. I will still probably tinker with it a bit (no major changes, just minor). Seth Whales (talk) 16:16, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Okely-dokely. I shall probably be done with the review this time tomorrow, but, of course, feel free to tinker - weebiloobil (talk) 19:45, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I've now finished tinkering...thanks. Seth Whales (talk) 12:07, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

The Review

So here it is, merry christmas, everybody's having fun... the long-awaited review. Read on!

Pictures

The article is well-illustrated, but there are some problems:

• Image:Millennium Stadium logo.jpg could do with converting to SVG or PNG, as described on the image page. This will not prevent it passing the GA, but it would an FA.
• Image:MillenniumStadiumInside.jpg does not have any source information, meaning I can't check the validity of the license.
• Image:2006FACupFinal.JPG should not be used until the image page has been reviewed for errors; it appears that this hasn't happened.

Commas

There are several instances throughout the article where it seems a comma would be useful, such as "...and Croke Park which is the largest". A few extra commas here and there might let the prose flow more.

Misc

• "National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park, which was designed in 1962,[4] showed that other nations stadia had overtaken it, with Twickenham Stadium (England) with a capacity of 82,000 and Murrayfield Stadium (Scotland) with a capacity of 67,000, and with France about to build the Stade de France with a capacity of over 80,000 for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[5]" doesn't make sense.
• "Other options included moving to a new site. But this option was discounted..." could be conjoined with (you guessed it) a comma.
• Source 44. IMDb is not generally considered a reliable source, due to the user-editable nature of the source.

Conclusion

Due to the bits of work required, I place this article on hold. I will return in 7 days (or less, if you're ready), and I shall decide then whether it passess the GA criteria. Good luck improving the article! - weebiloobil (talk) 19:05, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Reply

Thanks very much weebiloobil,

All your sugesstions will be completed within the next 7 days, I have started already. Thanks for the review. Seth Whales (talk) 19:11, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Final Review

Hopefully I have addressed the points that you have raised:

• Images

Image:Millennium Stadium logo.jpg Unfortunately I do not have the technical ability to be able to convert the image to SVG or PNG. I do not intend to nominate this article to FA.

Image:MillenniumStadiumInside.jpg This image I have now replaced in the article.

Image:2006FACupFinal.JPG the Template has now been removed by a Commons Trusted User.

• Commas

There are several instances throughout the article where it seems a comma would be useful, such as "...and Croke Park which is the largest". A few extra commas here and there might let the prose flow more.

Hopefully this is now OK.

• Misc

"National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park, which was designed in 1962,[4] showed that other nations stadia had overtaken it, with Twickenham Stadium (England) with a capacity of 82,000 and Murrayfield Stadium (Scotland) with a capacity of 67,000, and with France about to build the Stade de France with a capacity of over 80,000 for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[5]" doesn't make sense. Reworded.

"Other options included moving to a new site. But this option was discounted..." could be conjoined with (you guessed it) a comma. Done

Source 44. IMDb source has now been changed to a BBC source instead.

Fingers crossed. Many thanks. Seth Whales (talk) 12:06, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Brilliant. I have now promoted this article to GA-class - weebiloobil (talk) 20:59, 7 September 2008 (UTC)