Talk:Davie Cooper/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 15:57, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Picking this one up for review. An interesting read on a player I can't say I knew much about. Review coming as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 15:57, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Initial review

Infobox and lead

 * Could probably do with a source just to show his full name was only David Cooper.
 * His height also needs sourcing.
 * A lead section should generally not go over four paragraphs as per WP:LEAD, which this does but the final part could realistically be merged with the paragraph above.
 * Also per WP:LEAD, the lead section doesn't need refs if the information is already sourced in the main article unless particularly controversial. I would suggest all but the refs claiming him to be one of Scotland's greatest talents are not needed.
 * I would suggest adding what division Clydebank were in during his time there or at least when he first joined.

Early life

 * The quote in the box needs attributing to the author or publication, see quotes such as the ones at Robin Friday as an example.
 * I would suggest linking left-half and inside left to Inside forward
 * "helped promote the new club in the local community.[14] [8]", it's generally advised to keep refs in numerical order unless doing so for a specific reason. Also, no need for the space in between.
 * Single sentence paragraphs are generally to be avoided. I would suggest merging the final sentence with the paragraph above.
 * In regards to his first two matches for the club I'm guessing this was a two-legged tie in the Cup? Worth mentioning if so. The latter part of this paragraph also appears to be unsourced.
 * "Cooper ended the season with 29 starts, 2 as a sub, and scored 5 goals", source?
 * "the 1975–76 season", link to 1975–76 Scottish Second Division.
 * Penalties is linked but used two sentences before. The link should come at the first mention.
 * "more than treble what Cooper was receiving as a Bankie", do you mean the transfer offer was three times more or the wages Villa were set to offer him?
 * "achieved some remarkable results", remarkable seems to be venturing into pov territory.
 * Rangers and the Scottish League Cup are linked previously so don't need linking again.
 * Link treble to Treble (association football).
 * "Remarkably, the Clydebank side", again the use of remarkably is bordering on not maintaining a WP:NPOV I think.
 * "This time, John Greig", no need to repeat his first name.
 * "overcame the strong Clydebank team", strong is not a NPOV I would say.
 * "opened the scoring in the 6th minute, followed by a Davie Cooper equaliser the minute after", suggest rewording to something along the lines of "6th minute, but Cooper equalised for Clydebank a minute later".
 * Contact > contract?
 * No need to link Jock Wallace again.
 * "The fee and a salary of £10,000 were agreed", I'm assuming this is a signing on fee for Cooper? If so, I think that could be made clearer.
 * Perhaps some sort of summary could be added after his final appearances. Something along the lines of "Cooper made a total of xxx appearances during his time with Clydebank, scoring xx times"?

Rangers

 * The opening part with the fee and signing on fee seems like it's just repeating the information from the previous section.
 * Jock Wallace and St Mirren are already linked previously and the treble will also be if the point above is agreed in the Clydebank section.
 * Second paragraph appears to be unsourced.
 * The Rangers section seems a little choppy in the middle. I know you're probably trying to do a paragraph per season but the short two line paragraphs seem a little choppy and could probably be summarised better.
 * A big chunk of this information appears to be unsourced as well.
 * The final sentence and quote is unsourced.

Motherwell

 * Scottish League Cup and Motherwell are overlinked in the second paragraph.
 * "assisting in three of the four goals scored", assisting in a goal reads oddly to me. Why not just assisting three of the four goals scored?
 * Following sentence is unsourced.

International career

 * Ref 54 can be moved to the end of the sentence to cover all of the information.
 * Does ref 58 really cover all of the info in that paragraph, particularly his 11 consecutive games for example?

Death

 * "where consultant neurosurgeon Professor Garth Cruikshank took charge of the case", unless Cruikshank is particularly renowned in his field, I'm not sure the namecheck is necessary here.

Legacy

 * Quote from Walter Smith needs a ref.

International goals

 * The table needs scope=rows and cols as per WP:ACCESS.
 * Table needs a ref.