Talk:Kirby Puckett/GA1

GA Review
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After reading the article through, it is a nice article, but I don't feel comfortable passing it as a GA even with a hold at this time. First, here's some minor issues I found that can be fixed rather quickly:


 * The fair use rationale for the image isn't very good. Obviously it's an acceptable use, but it still need beefing up. The size should probably be reduced as well, since it's a fairly high resolution.
 * "He briefly attended Bradley University before transferring to Triton College in River Grove, Illinois." How long was he at each? How'd he do in baseball at those colleges?
 * His minor league career was certainly short, but it should still have something on it.
 * HowStuffWorks is not a reliable source. It can be replaced pretty easily though.
 * Make sure there's a hyphen in Baseball-Reference where used.
 * "Puckett had been admired throughout his career and for some years after. His unquestionable baseball prowess, outgoing personality, charity work, community involvement, and nice-guy attitude earned him the respect and admiration of fans across the country." That's kinda POV. Cite would be needed definitely.
 * "and The 1991 World Series was ranked by ESPN to be the best ever played" Cite needed.

Then some more major issues:
 * Several years only have one sentence of info - not enough.
 * Virtually nothing on 1992-1995.
 * Virtually no cites in the death section.
 * Most years are just statistics and not much else.

The more serious issue to me is that there's just not enough substance, especially considering he's a first ballot hall of famer. 10kb of prose would be just fine for an average player who came and went from the league with little impact, not so much for Puckett. Some substance issues I noted above. There's a lot of sources out there for use as you can see, so even a doubling in the article's prose size is very possible. Hopefully I'll see it at GAN again after it looks better, since the progress so far is good. Wizardman 16:20, 21 September 2009 (UTC)