Talk:2008 Football League One play-off final/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 08:41, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Going to review this for the GAN March 2021 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 08:41, 1 March 2021 (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

 * "The top two teams of the 2007–08 Football League One season, Swansea City and Nottingham Forest, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth" - repetition of "teams"
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Route to the final

 * "Doncaster Rovers finished the regular 2007–08 season in third place in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, two places ahead of Leeds United." - repetition of "place"
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * "who progressed to the Wembley final with a 3–2 aggregate victory." - play-off
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * "Paul Heffernan was sent off for headbutting Southend's Peter Clarke with three minutes to go" - what caused Heffernan to headbutt Clarke?
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Background

 * "Doncaster had also never played a competitive at Wembley Stadium." - a word is missing from this sentence
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Also Wembley Stadium should be linked on the first mention
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Summary

 * "The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 25 May 2008 in front of 75,132 spectators." - this sentence will need a direct verification from another reference, particularly to the number of spectators at the match
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Post-match

 * Gary McAllister is already linked in the route to the final section and doesn't really need to be linked here
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)