Talk:Hyde Road (stadium)/GA1
GA Review[edit]
- Lead
- It was home to Manchester City F.C. and their predecessors from its construction in 1887 until 1923, when the club moved to Maine Road. - what is meant by "their predcessors?"
- The idea here is to avoid having to put a whole paragraph explaining that Gorton A.F.C., Ardwick A.F.C. and Manchester City F.C. are all incarnations of the same club, in an attempt to keep the lead as a succinct summary.
- Prior to use as a football ground the site was an area of waste ground, and in its early days the ground had only rudimentary facilities. - this is a stadium, use stadium instead of "ground." A comma should also be used between "ground" and "the."
- Generally, a stadium is wholly or predominantly enclosed. At this point there was only one stand, so I think "stadium" would give an inappropriately grandiose impression.
- Why is it that in the infobox Manchester City is only written without "F.C." like in the lead.
- Done.
- History
- The club captain, Kenneth McKenzie, discovered a patch of waste ground on Hyde Road, Ardwick, and informed the club committee. - what is meant by "patch"?
- My dictionary defines it as "an area differing from the area surrounding it", though maybe "area" would be better here.
- An extremely large sum of money was spent on ground improvements around the turn of the century; a new stand was purchased for £1,500 in 1898, and £2,000 worth of improvements were made in 1904, resulting in a capacity of 40,000 with stands on three sides.- "extremely" is a violation of WP:NPOV reword or remove.
- This is a hangover from a sentence which was at one time much longer, the usage is less appropriate now, so removed.
- On occasion further problems occurred within the ground as well as outside. - comma after "on occasion."
- Done.
- An hour before kick-off the gates were closed with many ticket-holders unable to gain admission. - comma after "kick-off."
- Agree it needs a comma, but after "closed" instead.
- The crowd was so large that once the match kicked off the crowd began to spill onto the pitch, a problem which worsened as the game progressed. - "was so large" POV again, reword.
- The size of the crowd was such that the terraces could no longer contain them. Its size was the reason for the encroachment. I cannot see how this is POV.
- Layout and structure
- Is there any other info on it's layout, height? or other technical details?
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