Talk:History of the Houston Rockets/GA1

GA Review
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I will be reviewing this today. Since this is my first GA review, it will take me some time to post my comments. Thanks for your patience.— Chris!  c t 00:40, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

General Lead San Diego Rockets (1967–1971) Improving in Houston (1971–1981) The Twin Towers (1981–1993) Contending for the championship (1993–2000) The 20th century (2000–present) References That's all for now— Chris!  c t 01:27, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Fix dab links:
 * Buffalo Braves -> Los Angeles Clippers
 * David Robinson -> David Robinson (basketball)
 * Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway -> Penny Hardaway
 * Use endash for all season links
 * endash for all win-loss records
 * In the Rockets' debut season, they won only 15 games. - remove "only"
 * In 1970 NBA Draft, the Rockets drafted Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich, who would together play all their careers, a total of 25 seasons, with the Rockets. -> "In the 1970 NBA Draft, the Rockets drafted Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich, both of whom would spend their entire careers, a total of 25 seasons, with the Rockets. Or something similar
 * Hall of Fame coach or Hall-of-Fame coach - be consistent
 * a 57-97 record - use endash
 * ... the Rockets only tallied a 57-97 record in the following two seasons, and did not make the playoffs in either season. - sounds awkward to me, try "... the Rockets only tallied a 57-97 record and did not make the playoffs in the following two seasons."
 * Because of the low performance and attendance, ... - low -> poor
 * Same sentence - Imo is too long. Maybe a good idea to break apart perhaps
 * ... but lost to the Boston Celtics 4-2 in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. - use endash (not semi-finals though)
 * ... but they lost to the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers 4-2. - use endash
 * ... an approaching Tomjanovich ... - already know he is approaching
 * ... the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.[33] Semi-finals -> semi-finals
 * ... Houston eventually lost in six games.[39]. - redundant period
 * ... Most Valuable Player award in that season ...
 * ... to replace outgoing Del Harris ... -> "to replace the outgoing Del Harris"
 * ... Houston once again went down by three games to two to the New York Knicks ... - "Houston was once again down by three games to two to the New York Knicks"
 * ... the 8th seed in the Western Conference.[78] - "eighth seed" since you write "sixth seed" earlier
 * ... and seeded 5th in the Western Conference Playoffs.[98] - "fifth"
 * ... the Rockets hired Rick Adelman to replace him .[104] -
 * which is the 2nd longest winning streak in NBA history - "second", link longest winning streak in NBA history to List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks
 * Caption: The Rockets playing the Utah Jazz in the 2008 playoffs. - either remove the period b/c not complete sentence or rewrite to a complete sentence
 * "Basketball-Reference.com" --> "basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC"
 * work is basketball-reference.com; publisher is Sports Reference LLC
 * Thanks a lot for your hard work. I think I've got all your comments. Let me know of any further work that needs to be done (prose, whatever). Noble Story (talk • contributions) 11:28, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): 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, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * Looks good, I am passing this.— Chris!  c t 20:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks for the review and hard work. Noble Story (talk • contributions) 00:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * Looks good, I am passing this.— Chris!  c t 20:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks for the review and hard work. Noble Story (talk • contributions) 00:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks for the review and hard work. Noble Story (talk • contributions) 00:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)