Talk:Bill Cunningham (rugby union)

Good article nominee
This is not the formal GA review, hence I post some comments here on the talk page. I don't think the article is quite there yet, and it fails two of the six GA criteria. Firstly, the article contains information in the lead that is not in the body (a minor issue), and secondly, the article isn't broad in its coverage. The latter one is the point that needs a lot more work, as the article doesn't look too much of issues outside of his rugby union career. Typical bio details that should also be there include (they may not all be available):
 * born where and when (only mentioned in lead; missing from body)
 * parents, their background, siblings, notable relatives (if any)
 * iwi (I note that he represented the Māori All Blacks)
 * education (which schools; left school when)
 * marriage / relationships; children

I appreciate that there might be a bit of work in this; hope the feedback is appreciated. Beyond GA feedback, the article name isn't quite right in my opinion. A disambiguator for a person should usually be "a noun indicating what the person is noted for being in his or her own right". Well, he wasn't a "rugby union", he was a "rugby union player".  Schwede 66  18:48, 20 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Excellent additions, Paora. That's just what this article really needed to be broad enough in its coverage for a GA.  Schwede 66  02:11, 20 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you both for your help with the article. Apologies to both of you and also to Wizardman; GA nominees can sit around for a while and I needed to take an extended break from editing for personal reasons. I never intended to abandon the article the way I did. I do have a couple of questions though. The addition of more personal information on Cunningham is great, but I'm not so sure that Births Deaths and Marriages or the wordpress article are acceptable as sources? The former may be too WP:PRIMARY and the second looks self-published. Thoughts? --  Shudde  talk 15:05, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 * No trouble if you need to take a break; hope all is ok. Personally, I try and avoid using bdmhistoricalrecords directly, but it's often the way to find an announcement in a newspaper on paperspast, as it's easy to look once you have the date. Primary sources can be ok when you read up on policy, and material published by the Department of Internal Affairs is clearly on the the right side of the equation. So I don't think that anybody should have any concerns about the bdmhistoricalrecords material.  Schwede 66  18:52, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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