Talk:1975 Cricket World Cup/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 12:59, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Will review. MWright96 (talk) 12:59, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * Pass/Fail:

Lead

 * "was the first edition" - how about inagural to avoid close reptition of the word "first"
 * "plus leading Associate nations" - better and the two leading Associate nations
 * "The teams were divided into two groups of four, with each team playing the other teams" - too many mention of the word "teams"
 * "all were played during the day and hence started early." - played and ended in daylight.
 * "while the West Indies finished top of Group B" - top of the Group B table
 * Wikilink runs and wickets to the appropriate articles for those unfamiliar with cricket

Background

 * "The first multilateral competition at international level" - Should it not be made clear that it was a cricket tournament to set the scene?
 * "But the weather and public antipathy saw the concept of the tournament scrapped after only one edition." - better; The concept was later dropped because of inclement weather and a lack of public interest.
 * "The first instance of a one-day match to occur was in 1962" - more concise; The first one-day match occurred in 1962
 * Wikilink wicket, over, deliveries and balls to their appropriate articles to help non-cricket readers
 * "This was due to the deluge of rain" - a deluge
 * "Australia chased down the target" - I believe the text in bold is somewhat informal
 * "Two years later at Lord's during the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, plans were made for a men's tournament to take place in 1975 which involved all the test nations at the time in two group stages with the top two in each group qualifying for the semi-final before the final at Lord's." - Think that this section of text could be made into two sentences

Format

 * "The format of the 1975 Cricket World Cup had the eight teams split into two groups of four teams, with each team playing all the other teams in their group." - too many uses of the word "team" in close proximity in one sentence. Can it be reworked a little?

Venues

 * "The rest of the venues were revealed on 5 November 1974 with the scheduling for the 1975 Prudential Cup" - wouldn't event suffice in place of the text in bold?

Preparations

 * "Heading into the first Cricket World Cup, Ladbrokes betting agency" - the Ladbrokes betting agency
 * "Before the tournament, the teams played in a few warm-up matches" - How many matches specially?
 * "to get used to the conditions" - more formal; acquaint themselves with
 * "East Africa,[9] Sri Lanka[10] and" - a comma is missing after "Lanka" and "[10]"
 * Wikilink wide to Wide (cricket) for non-cricket readers
 * This issue has not been addressed as of now. MWright96 (talk) 20:18, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "the ICC declared in a unanimous decision that any of the balls that went over a batsman's head to be a called a wide" - would be called wide

Group stage: Summary

 * Wikilink innings for readers unfamiliar with cricket
 * "The West Indies took a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka as the Sri Lankans became the first team" - try to avoid reptition of Sri Lankans as a similar word
 * "as The Daily Telegraph stated that they might not have many new admirers with their short ball stuff" - It would be benefical to include the author of The Daily Telegraph in this sentence
 * "The other match in Group A saw only 720 people pay to see India" - more formal; saw 720 specators observe
 * Keith Fletcher does not need to be linked twice in this section
 * "and going top of the group" - either top of the group table or to the lead of the group table would suffice
 * "as the West Indies finished top" - top of the table
 * "the West Indies took on Australia to see who would go top of Group B." - either who would take the lead of the Group B table. or would go to the top of the Group B table. would be better
 * "The other match in Group A saw England clench an overwhelming victory" - the word "overwhelming" is not neutral and will have to be replaced or removed

Semi-finals

 * "as they chased the remaining runs to book Australia's spot." - more formal; earn Australia a berth in the final.
 * "produce hostility for New Zealand" - I believe there is a better method to write this portion of text but am not able to conjure it up.

Final

 * "The 1975 final saw the match sold out three days before the 21 June event." - better; The final match on 21 June was sold out three days beforehand.
 * "would go on to score 291 for eight wickets from their 60 overs" - "their" is redundant
 * "After being given a life from a Ross Edwards dropped chance at mid-wicket" - not sure what is meant my a life in this regard
 * "brought hope. But it was not to be." - I don't believe this portion of text is encyclopedic in the slighest. Please reword to make it formal
 * "The West Indies won by 17 runs as they claimed their first title on what was the longest day of the year." - Am unsure as to why that it was the longest day of the year had any affect on the final

Statistics

 * "Glenn Turner ended the tournament as the leading run scorer for the 1975 edition" - "for the 1975 edition" is redundant because you're already refering to the tournament earlier in this portion of text
 * "Australian player, Gary Gilmour" - Gary Gilmour of Australia
 * "In second place was English player, Dennis Amiss" - the comma highlighted in bold is unecessary here
 * "Bernard Julien and Keith Boyce (both from the West Indies)" - better; The West Indies duo of Bernard Julien and Keith Boyce
 * Haven't seen any action taken to address these issues after my previous inspection. MWright96 (talk) 20:04, 25 February 2020 (UTC)