Talk:Roosevelt Jones

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Roosevelt Jones/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 16:28, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Will review this article. MWright96 (talk) 16:28, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

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

• NBA Gatorade League should be just NBA G League
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:04, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
• Wikilink college basketball, Rivals.com
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:08, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
• Rebounds should be linked to Rebound (basketball)
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:11, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
• "and committed to Butler." - and committed to playing for Buller
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:13, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Early life

• "he couldn't get his shot off " - could not; try to avoid quotations outside of quotes
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:14, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
• "In eight grade," - eighth
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:17, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
• "leader on a 14-15 team." - 14–15 team; also an en dash should be used in place for an hyphen for all respective game scores after this one
  • I think I got them all. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:43, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• Wikilink Southeastern Conference to Southwestern Athletic Conference and Rivals to Rivals.com
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:44, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• "but he didn't notice Jones's poor shooting style due to his athleticism." - did not
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:45, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

College career

• "Jones tallied a season-high 17 points to go with 10 rebounds." - remove "to go"
  • Changed to "Jones tallied a season-high 17 points as well as 10 rebounds." ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:46, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• "Jones averaged 7.8 points and a team high" - team-high
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:50, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• Link layup
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:52, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• "Jones had 23 points in Butler's 67-64 loss to Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament despite" - wikilink NCAA Tournament to 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:53, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• "and rarely shooting outside 15 feet." - use the convert template on 15 feet
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:55, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• "he hit a last-second shot to defeat 17th ranked Cincinnati ater" - after
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:56, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• Wikilink Blowout to Blowout (sports)
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:57, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• "Jones earned a bachelor of arts degrees" - remove "a"
  • I'm not so sure about this... my phrasing seems correct. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:57, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Reference

• Ref 24 is dead and requires archiving
  • Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 01:00, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• Refs 30 and 34 are lacking the author
  • Good catch. Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 01:02, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

That's all the nibbles I found. Going to be putting this review on hold. MWright96 (talk) 18:06, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 06:48, 9 June 2018 (UTC)