Talk:John Mayberry Jr./GA2

GA Review
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Reviewer: Secret (talk · contribs) 14:48, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

I'll be re-reviewing the article this week per request. Secret account 14:48, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

The article is better than the last time I reviewed it but there is still some serious prose issues...


 * "he is 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall and weighs 234 pounds (106 kg)" I don't understand why this needs to be in the lead, anyways seems like a random placement at the send of a sentence with "high school".
 * "Ultimately, however, baseball was his first love," Well Ultimately and however contradict itself, remove one word.
 * Lead too long per WP:LEAD, try to reduce it some, the last paragraph isn't needed so is the basketball mention.
 * "However, he chose not to sign, instead attending Stanford, where he played three years before being drafted, before playing for the United States national baseball team at the World University Baseball Championship in 2004." - Still a huge run-on sentence
 * "With the Phillies, he started in AAA, but was called up to the Phillies' major league team by May." - grammar issue with "by".
 * "He hit a home run as his first major league hit in his first game." Could be rephrased better.
 * "following the departure of the Phillies' former centerfielder as part of a trade." - the player should be named, I said it in the last review but wasn't fixed.
 * "the same high school as David Cone." - Trivia, remove
 * "While there, he was named a first-team All-USA player and third-team All-American." By whom?
 * "Out of high school, Mayberry..." "Out of high school" is redundant as the reader already know he was playing high school sports, remove.
 * " As a freshman in 2003, he had both a 7-game" be consistent with numbers under 10 per WP:MOS
 * "That year, he batted .333 with 16 home runs, 62 RBI, and 9 stolen bases" - what year?
 * "Upon finishing his career, Mayberry was ranked second among active players" I'm lost? Active players in NCAA or Stanford?

This article is riddled with prose issues, come to IRC to discuss this further as this is going to be a lengthy review. I would have quick failed this article again, but considering I failed it once already, I'll be nice and we can discuss the issues affecting this article. Thanks Secret account 21:38, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

After contacting the GA reviewer via IRC, all my concerns seems satisfied. Passing Secret account 01:57, 31 March 2014 (UTC)