Talk:1997 Football League Third Division play-off final

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1997 Football League Third Division play-off final has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
June 28, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed
September 14, 2021	Good topic candidate	Promoted
January 24, 2024	Good topic removal candidate	Demoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 24, 2021. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Northampton Town manager Ian Atkins declared that the "whole town has gone barmy" after his side won the 1997 Football League Third Division play-off Final?
Current status: Good article

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:14, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Northampton Town manager Ian Atkins declared that "whole town has gone barmy" after his side won the 1997 Football League Third Division play-off Final?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Elon Musk

5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 15:09, 9 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and just about long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:25, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:1997 Football League Third Division play-off Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 22:07, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Am going to review MWright96 (talk) 22:07, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Lead[edit]

"The top three teams of the 1996–97 Football League Third Division, Carlisle United, Fulham and league winners Wigan Athletic, gained automatic promotion to the Second Division, while the teams placed from fourth to seventh place" - repetition of "teams"
Wikilink volley to the appropriate article for non-Football readers
How about wikilinking the term goalkeeper to its article like in the lede?
I suggest both mentions of the word season in the third paragraph be wikilinked to their respective articles where possible

Route to the final[edit]

"Northampton Town finished the regular 1997–98 season in fourth place in the Football League Fourth Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system, one place and one point ahead of Swansea City." - repetition of "place"
"and three minute later," - spelling error
"David Flitcroft had a goal disallowed" - why was the goal disallowed?
"Swansea's defender Steve Jones broke his leg" - how about clarifying which leg Jones broke?

Background[edit]

"This was Swansea City's second appearance in a play-off final, having won the 1988 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final 5–4 on aggregate against Torquay United. They had played in the fourth tier of English football since being relegated in the 1989–90 season." - WalesOnline does not mention this information. A reliable source is needed to verify this information
"In the two matches between the side during the regular season," - spelling error

Summary[edit]

How about wikilinking the term goalkeeper to its article like in the lede?
Same with the term free kick

Post-match[edit]

Like with the fourth point in the eaead, i suggest both mentions of the word season in the second paragraph be wikilinked to their respective articles where possible

References[edit]

Reference 18 "Swansea run over by Frain" is missing the publication date

Shall put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address/query the points raised above MWright96 (talk) 09:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MWright96 I've addressed all of these, thanks for the review. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:33, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 17:49, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]