Talk:Ryan Garko/GA2

GA Reassessment

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I am nominating this article for demotion, as it is not currently at the 2013 standard of GAs. The lead is very short for the article size, and it neglects everything after 2006. There are references that are not properly formatted, deadlinks, and the prose needs updated to reflect 2013. The "personal life" section is very, very short, and I can understand that if the player is trivially covered, but someone like Garko should have more than two sentences. There are further violations of proper prose I can go into if anyone is interested in fixing the article. As of now, I it fails WP:WIAGA 1b and 3a, at minimum. Albacore (talk) 19:09, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

I will be happy to work on this article. If you think the prose needs to be fixed for it to remain a Good Article, post your suggestions and I will work on them. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 10:35, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

• Thank you for picking this up. My comments:
• Reference 16 is dead.

• Files look OK in terms of copyright.

• Most references use "Major League Baseball. mlb.mlb.com" but some (52 and 59) don't.

• Don't mix "2013-08-12" with "Retrieved February 1, 2010". Check for consistency in the citation formats, it looks like you use {{cite web}} for most of the first references but {{citation}} for the rest. Be consistent in publishers for baseball-reference (25 uses Sports Reference LLC, which is proper, and "baseball-reference.com" two later). Ref 64 needs a language parameter. I'm sure there's more, you know what to look for.

• Throughout I see years linked with {{mlby}} which is not for use in prose per WP:EGG.

• He is not strikeout prone; however, he does not generate a large number of walks. what makes this important enough for the lead? Can you mention some career stats for Garko, like RBI, hits, etc.?

• Not sure we need all the stats from a summer league team, just keep the important ones.

• He is still fifth all-time in doubles at Stanford, seventh in RBIs, and ninth in batting average and home runs. This should be changed to remove "still", perhaps "as of 2013".

• Can you mention a year for the sophomore season so the reader can keep track of what year it was?

• You could talk about how Stanford did as a team, how they made a College World Series appearance in 2008, his sophomore season.

• Just use the important/notable stats for the AFL.

• For the second straight season, Garko played in the Arizona Fall League at the end of the season.[22] This time, Garko played for the Mesa Solar Sox. Combine the two sentences, reads choppily now.

• Just a note on the article in general, cut the unimportant stats from Garko's lines, especially from the minor league/AFL stats.

• How did he do as a pinch hitter?

• For all the AFL stats you give, you can't mention his MLB stats from 2005?!?

• There shouldn't be an "Awards" section, that should be worked into the prose in the appropriate sections.

• I'm at the "2006 season" section, I'll finish the review when these are responded to. Thanks for the interest. Albacore (talk) 13:39, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

• disabled list after x-rays turned up negative for a break. why "for a break"?

• Garko was tied for second in bases on balls (45); comma would be better here, since the second part is not a complete sentence.

• He began to dislike Interleague Play no caps used in interleague play.

• Can you expand on how the Indians did in the postseason?

• Could you expound on what "step-up as a hitter" means?

• Any information on how he did in Korea?

The KBO does not seem to keep statistics (I have looked for stats for other players as well without results), so no, I am afraid not. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:16, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

• Any reason for his release from the Rockies?

He stunk! That's probably the reason, but I can't find a source, so it'll just have to stay the way it is. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:16, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

I'll be confident the article is a GA when these are responded to (assuming you leave a response here regarding your edits). Albacore (talk) 00:31, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Changes addressed. Sorry I couldn't find out more about Korea or Colorado. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 21:16, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

• Remains a good article. Thanks. Albacore (talk) 23:14, 18 August 2013 (UTC)