Talk:2009 Football League Championship play-off final/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 16:57, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Will be reviewing this article as part of the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020. MWright96 (talk) 16:57, 20 May 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

 * "The top two teams of the 2008–09 Football League Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the teams placed from third to sixth place" - repetition of the word "teams" in the same sentence
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "Jamie Ward became the first player ever to be sent off in a play-off final, while his teammate Lee Hendrie was also sent off after the final whistle." - try to avoid repetition of the phrase "sent off" in the same sentence
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Background

 * Wikilink substitute to Substitute (association football)
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikilink Achilles tendon injury to the relevant article
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "a 51st strike from" - 51st minute
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "secured a 1–0 win for United on the night, and a 2–1 aggregate win." - repetition of the word "win"
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Match details (Background)

 * Please briefly explain who Brian Mawhinney was not the uninformed
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

First half

 * "He passed to Chris McCann who was tackled," - tacked by whom?
 * Sources don't say. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "McCann headed over the bar from inside the six-yard box while Howard's free kick two minutes later sailed over the bar." - repetition of "over the bar"
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "curling the ball just wide of Kenny's post from 20 yards." - the convert template should be used on the text in bold
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "Thompson's looping header was wide." - went?
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Second half

 * Wikilink hamstring injury
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "Ward was shown a second yellow" - yellow card
 * Done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address/query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 18:31, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * cheers, much appreciated as always, I've addressed/responded to everything above.  Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Now promoting to GA class. I've fixed a few errors in one of the changes made to the article. MWright96 (talk)