Talk:2001 Football League First Division play-off final/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 08:02, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Since this is the last second-tier play-off final of the current Millennium currrently at GAN, I thought I'd review this. As with the others, the review will be for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 08:02, 26 October 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

 * "Winning the final was estimated to be worth up to £30 million to the successful team." -estimated by whom?
 * Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Maybe add that Bolton did not score anymore goals after the third and explicitly state they won the match for promotion to the Premiership?
 * Tweaked. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Perhaps add a wikilink for Bolton and Preston's next seasons to the appropriate text in the third paragraphs?
 * Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Route to the final

 * According to Soccerway, West Brom's Goals Against was 52 not 46 and Birmingham's was 48 not 47
 * Fixed. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Also, West Brom's goal difference was 8 not 14 and Birmingham's was 11 not 12
 * Autocorrected after above fix. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikilink aggregate to the appropriate article on the first mention
 * Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Also the same could be done for cross to Cross (association football) and spot kick to Penalty kick (association football)
 * Cross done, penalty is already linked and in the context of the text, it's obvious what it means. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "with a goal from Jason Roberts who ran onto a Richard Sneekes' pass and struck the ball past Matt Clarke in the Bolton goal." - the apostrophe after "Sneekes" isn't needed
 * Excised. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The return leg of the semi-final was played four days later at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton." - can't really see any mention of the stadium name in the BBC Sport source
 * Was in the first leg source. Explicitly repeated now. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Free kick should be wikilinked to the appropriate article
 * Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Corner can also be wikilinked to the relevant article
 * Added. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Background

 * "they had lost 2–0 in the 1999 final at Wembley Stadium against Watford and had defeated Reading 4–3 after extra time in the the 1995 final." - maybe put this in chronological order?
 * It's more in order of most relevance, i.e. most recent. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:49, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "Preston were making their first appearance in the second tier play-off final," - this statement will need to be explicitly referenced since the 1994 The Independent source does not mention it
 * It was in the previous Sporting Life link, explicitly repeated it. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:49, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikilink hamstring injury to the relevant entry
 * I'm not convinced we should, I could link "hamstring" but that seems like plain English. We can't be certain it was a pulled hamstring per our article's definition of it, so I think it's best to leave it. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:49, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Summary

 * Wikilink Millennium Stadium
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Consider adding the date the match took place
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "the first chance fell to Preston's Macken whose header from a Healy cross was straight at Clarke in the Bolton goal." - went straight?
 * Not sure this is a problem, reads fine to me as it stands. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikilink substitute on the first mention to the correct article
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Post-match

 * Think the Premiership and First Division in the second paragraph can be linked to the relevant seasonal articles
 * Ok. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!&#33;!&#33;) 10:52, 26 October 2020 (UTC)