Talk:Stacy Long

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Kosack in topic GA Review

Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2014 edit

He definately plays for Leatherhead FC. I watched him two days ago playing. Hes had 2 games and 2 goals http://www.leatherheadfootballclub.co.uk/news/squad-news-1275167.html WSidneyS (talk) 16:44, 27 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

  Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Stickee (talk) 03:41, 4 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2016 edit

Change the SITE TITLE and SITE URL for REFERENCE No. 77: | title = Stevenage Borough 2009-10: Results, rollcall and league table | url = http://www.boroguide.co.uk/seasons/season.php?ID=0910

The current URL for this reference point is now dead.

BoroGuide Pete (talk) 13:32, 13 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

  Done nyuszika7h (talk) 20:38, 13 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

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GA Review edit

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Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 15:03, 1 May 2019 (UTC)Reply


I'll take a look at this, will post review as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 15:03, 1 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Initial review

Lead edit

  • I think its standard for former to come after nationality. His a footballer not a former English footballer if you see what I mean. I would say professional could be included as well, he played at a fully professional level during his career.
  • Link Ebbsfleet United in the first paragraph.
  • He ended his playing career playing for Leatherhead, slight repetition with playing there. "Ended his playing career with Leatherhead" maybe?
  • Long has represented England, as he is now retired should the has be dropped?

Early career edit

  • made 23 appearances for Notts County during the 2005–06 season as Notts county, bit of repetition with the club name here. Drop the second mention for the club or team or some similar.
  • Substitute is linked in the third paragraph but is used in the previous paragraph. Move the link to the first use.
  • and earned a contract extension for a further year, source for this?
  • including successive braces against Grays Athletic and Weymouth respectively, I might be wrong here but is respectively necessary if successive is already used previously?

Stevenage edit

  • Charlton repeat linked in the second paragraph.

References edit

  • Ref 3 appears to be broken. In fact, most of the Soccerbase refs seem to be.
  • Refs 2 and 34 aren't working for me, both return a timeout problem. Are the sites working for you?
  • Statto seems to be permanently down these days so ref 45 needs rescuing or replacing.
  • In ref 74, what makes Flick to Kick a reliable source? The site itself appears to be a blog and actually states that it uses Wikipedia as a source.

A polished article as usual, very few remarks to make. A couple of refs seem to have moved or expired so may need sorting. Placed on hold for now. Kosack (talk) 19:06, 1 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for taking the time out to review the article @Kosack: I've made all of the changes you've mentioned. I couldn't find a replacement source for the England C match so have removed the line altogether for now with a view to re-adding if I can find something on it. I have also replaced all the Soccerbase links with working ones. Let me know if there's anything else. Cheers. SBFCEdit (talk) 00:07, 2 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Happy to pass this. Well written and referenced, no copyvio concerns and is a detailed overview of the player's career. Nice work. Kosack (talk) 06:09, 2 May 2019 (UTC)Reply