Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Gillingham F.C.
- The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.
The article was promoted 21:24, 28 April 2007.
Gillingham F.C.[edit]
Self-nomination. I've been working hard on this article for the last couple of weeks now, in tandem with some invaluable copy-editing assistance from KevinMcE and The Rambling Man, turning an article which was OK but not great into something I considered worthy of FA nomination. It now, as far as I can see, represents a thorough and comprehensive overview of the subject. I've referenced everything in the article (prior to my "drive" there were no refs at all) and worked hard at the prose and section editing so that I think it flows as it should, including a concise and informative lead. I've removed non-encyclopedic semi-nonsense like "list of famous fans" and converted bullet-point lists in prose, as well as "spinning off" some sections into sub-articles so as not to overload the main article. As far as I can see after a hundred little tweaks and a million re-readings it now seems to meet the criteria, so here it is, please let me know what you think ChrisTheDude 07:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Support - good work. My only outstanding niggle is why you have tbc next to Sidibe's international achievements while at the club? Otherwise, well done. The Rambling Man 07:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Response It's only his international goals while at the club that's down as "tbc" - I can't find any reference which says if he scored any or not. His number of caps while at the club (which is probably the "main" stat) is there and referenced. Hope this is OK ChrisTheDude 07:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Further response It appears he scored at least one goal, which I have added with a supporting reference, but I can't find confirmation of any others he may have scored in the appearances he made while at Priestfield, African international stats being quite hard to track down.... ChrisTheDude 08:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Response It's only his international goals while at the club that's down as "tbc" - I can't find any reference which says if he scored any or not. His number of caps while at the club (which is probably the "main" stat) is there and referenced. Hope this is OK ChrisTheDude 07:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Support It looks a lot better than when I last looked at this article. AMBerry (talk | contribs) 13:39, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Support - fulfils criteria. About as comprehensive as I could imagine one could be about Gillingham and prose is neutral and written well. cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 12:20, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Support Looking good. All issues raised in the peer review look to have been dealt with. The bit about Brian Moore's Head... might be better merged elsewhere, but I'm unsure where. Oldelpaso 18:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Support,
although the single reference in the lead looks weird. Either reference the lead fully, or don't reference the lead at all - either is appropriate, but at the moment it just seems weird.Daniel Bryant 07:27, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]- Response I've removed the ref from the lead ChrisTheDude 08:02, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- :) Daniel Bryant 08:24, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Response I've removed the ref from the lead ChrisTheDude 08:02, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Support - well written, well referenced, good tone throughout. The redlinks in the manager's list (I wikified it) should be resolved at some stage but this is not good reason to oppose. Qwghlm 14:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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