Talk:Mike Teague

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POV and encyclopedic style[edit]

There are a number of examples of POV and unencyclopedic style of prose in this article. They have been fixed a couple of times but these changes have been reverted by (I suspect) well-intentioned editors who are unaware of Wikipedia guidelines and practices. Therefore, for future reference, here are some examples of POV/unencyclopedic language which I am changing:

"Teague had drifted out of the picture for England until storming back" - "storming" is an emotive word and is not suitable for Wikipedia in this contect.
"...back into Lions contention as an ever-present for his country in 1988-89" - this sentence makes little sense as the first half relates to the Lions (a multi-nation team) and the second half refers to his place on the England team. Needs rewording, but I can't as I don't know exactly what is meant.
"The Lions won the series with two victories built on the platform of a hard-nosed forward effort that had the West Countryman at its heart." - "hard-nosed" is a little POV/overly colourful and "had the West Countryman at its heart" is not acceptable without reliable sources backing this view up.
"He shored up the lineout and set a barn-storming example for his team-mates to follow" - "barnstorming" is far too colourful and subjective a term for Wikipedia.
"His pub is a shrine to Gloucester and his own rugby achievements" - says who? A reliable source is required. And the use of the word "shrine" is again far too colourful for Wikipedia.
"programmes, jerseys, boots and balls jostle for space with faded photographs of Gloucester teams dating back to the 1800s" - "jostle" and "faded photos" are decidedly colourful/poetic - again not suitable for Wikipedia.

Also, section headings should only have their first word and any subsequent proper nouns capitalised - all other words should begin with the lower case. Therefore the "Club Career" section needs to be renamed as the "Club career" section. See Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(capital_letters)#Section_headings for details.

If anyone has any queries please shout. Arthur Holland (talk) 11:58, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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