Talk:Adam Boyd

GA failed

 * 1. Well written?: Fail
 * 2. Factually accurate?: Close to passing
 * 3. Broad in coverage?: Pass
 * 4. Neutral point of view?: Pass (needs more about 4-5 inline citations, see below)
 * 5. Article stability? Pass
 * 6. Images?: Fail

Additional comments : Lincher 14:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The lead section doesn't follow the MoS, it should be larger.
 * He plays as a striker and is well known for his goalscoring exploits and trickery, which has won him many admirers such as Alan Shearer[1]. shouldn't be present in the lead section nor should it be an important topic of the article.
 * What is the year 6 side?
 * Boyd barely missed a game for his school. did he miss one or no?
 * A citation is needed for Boyd’s talent caught the eye of Middlesbrough who sent scouts to watch him. However, they decided against signing him and he signed for Hartlepool instead, the team he and his Dad supported and regularly watched., rephrasing this to make it clearer would also help the reader.
 * Note citation now added but may still need rephrasing. Englishrose 15:49, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * This presence of subjectiveness should be concoured with a source.
 * a shock last minute call up, why a shock call up, was it painful or what? ;)
 * Presence of weasel words.
 * If the editors feel the trivia is notable, it should be merged in the other sections in order to remove this unnecessary Trivia section.
 * Image:Adamboyd.jpg and Image:Boydscores.jpg don't state their fair use rationale.

Trivia Section
"He plays as a striker and is well known for his goalscoring exploits and trickery, which has won him many admirers such as Alan Shearer[1]." This can be added from the Trivia "Boyd considers himself as a big fan of former Arsenal player, Dennis Bergkamp. [20]" linked to here as he's evidently based his game on Bergkamp and has been likened to him. New source to back this up can be found here:

However, they decided against signing him and he joined Hartlepool United instead, the team he supported with his dad and regularly watched. This can be added from the Trivia, ""As well as supporting Hartlepool, Boyd's other favourite team was Manchester United.[20]" if it is deemed important enough.

This piece of Trivia is probably the least important of them all: ""During Hartlepool’s pre-season tour in Holland, a streaker ran onto the pitch and danced in front of him. [20]"", but if we want to salvage it, I suppose it could be added to the end of the "Off Field Antics" paragraph with the sentence, "Ironically, 6 months before during Hartlepool’s pre-season tour in Holland, a streaker ran onto the pitch and danced in front of him."

These are just some ideas and I would be glad to here of anybody else’s input. Englishrose 16:04, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * That is a good idea to get rid of that dreaded trivia section and I think all 3 are relevant to the article and I agree with the positioning of the 3 trivial points that you proposed. Kingjamie 17:06, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I've reworked the trivia section into the article. I'd be greatful for some feedback on the changes. Englishrose 12:05, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

GA on hold
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 * 1. Well written? Fail
 * 2. Factually accurate? Pass
 * 3. Broad in coverage? Pass
 * 4. Neutral point of view? Pass
 * 5. Article stability? Pass
 * 6. Images? Pass

Additional comments :
 * Lead section too short and not summarizing the article.
 * Words like currently shouldn't be used in a time-independent encyclopedia.
 * Boyd attended Grange Primary School and it was there where he was first spotted when the school’s headmaster and PE coach, Mr. Cross, selected him to play for the under-11 team, despite only being 7 years old [2]. is a bit messy in the wording.
 * Inline citations should go after punctuation in WP.
 * In He then attended the Hartlepool Manor School of Technology and he was once again recognized by the school’s headmaster, Alan White, a teacher who had previously taught Steve Harper and Paul Kitson. Boyd was just recognized, funny? Wasn't he recognized as a soccer player or something?
 * He also played for 5 years with a Sunday League side called Hartlepool St Francis, is a side a team?
 * who sent scouts to watch him and gave him a trial[2]., is tough to understand and needs more wikilinks.
 * The prose isn't to the GA standard, please have a throughout copyedit of the article.

The article got a good deal of work on the earlier comments but there is still work needed in copyediting that text. Good luck and if help is needed, please request my help as I can lend a hand. Lincher 16:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC) Lincher 16:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

GA passed
Work has been done in order to achieve the GA status and all the requirements are now met. Cheers, Lincher 21:24, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

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