Talk:History of the Highlanders (rugby union)

History of the Highlanders (rugby union) 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.

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Date	Process	Result
January 7, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 20, 2007.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that in the 2000, 2001, and 2002 seasons of the Super 12, the Highlanders rugby union team went undefeated at their home ground of Carisbrook?

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GA review: On Hold[edit]

I have reviewed this article according to the requirements of the GA criteria and have placed the article on hold until the following issues are addressed. As you address each issue, either strike through the statement/place a check mark next to the issue and state how you addressed it. If you disagree with any of the issues I raised, state your rationale for disagreeing after the issue.

"The history of the Highlanders is the history of the Highlanders rugby union team in the Super 12 and then Super 14 competitions." To make this less redundant, consider rewording it to "The history of the Highlanders focuses on the rugby union team in the Super 12 and then Super 14 competitions." or something to that effect.
"Originally named the Otago Highlanders" The "Otago Highlanders" doesn't need to be bold.
"...at Carisbrook on March 3 1996." Wikilink full dates; fix any other occurrences throughout the article if applicable.
"However the then lost their following three; against the Crusaders, Brumbies, and Blues. [27]" Make sure that the inline citation goes directly after the punctuation with no space in between; fix any other occurrences throughout the article if applicable.
Consider adding the records and achievements found on the main page for the Highlanders.

Altogether, the article does a good job focusing on the topic and these above issues should be easy to fix. I will leave the article on hold for seven days for the issues to be addressed, and will pass it if they are fixed. If they are not addressed the article may be failed. If you have any questions or when you are done, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 07:51, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have done everything you asked. Let me know if I've missed anything. I don't think the achievements section needs to also be here. - Shudde ^talk 09:06, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA passed[edit]

Good job on addressing the above issues so quickly. I have passed this article according to the requirements of the GA criteria. Concerning the achievements section, I just thought that since the article was covering the history of team it would be beneficial to include their number of wins/losses, tries, etc. for each season to show their record from season to season. Anyway, continue to improve the article, making sure that all new information is properly sourced. Also, to anyone that is reading this review, please consider reviewing an article or two at WP:GAN to help with the large backlog. Instructions can be found here. Each new reviewer that helps to review articles will help to reduce the time that articles wait to be reviewed. Keep up the good work, and I hope that you continue to bring articles up to Good Article status. If anyone disagrees with this review, an alternate opinion can be sought at Good article reassessment. If you have any further questions about this review, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 09:17, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]