Talk:Nathan Smith (footballer, born 1996)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 21:55, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful.

If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)

I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I may use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy.

Best of luck! you can also use the ✅ tag to state when something is addressed.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs)

Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.

Lede
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 * No need to link "English".  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 13:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I feel like the opening paragraph would benefit from stating when the player has been professional (is, 2014-present).  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 13:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * We have a section on "style of play" but nothing in the lede about it  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 13:52, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

General
✅ ✅ Some later contract/s weren't reported so I've changed the wording on that to avoid confusion. ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
 * Can we cite the infobox items to the body? WP:INFOBOXCITE. Things like date of birth can be naturally added.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * He signed a one-year professional contract with Port Vale in June 2014 - this is a bit odd... He signed a one year contract but continued to be on the team for years.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Considering we have the stats for his first loan move, perhaps we could add how many games he played on each loan move.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Is there a suitable link for "loan". I'm sure some readers won't be familiar with how it works. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * "can improve with some of his decision making", but that he remained a "key player" who "has a lot of good attributes, but he can get better" - we can probably rewrite these quotes into prose to make them more readable.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The article seems to skip over the team being relegated to League two, making it a bit hard to tell when it happens.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * caused opposition goalscorer James Collins to be sent off after he elbowed Smith during a scuffle on the ground - this makes it sound like he's got the credit for getting the other player sent off.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:00, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, he pinches and does irritating things like that to wind up opposition players, hence the quote of him being "a nightmare and will annoy you for 90 minutes". So really he did cause Collins to lose his temper and get sent off.--EchetusXe 22:48, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Review meta comments

 * I'll begin the review as soon as I can! If you fancy returning the favour, I have a list of nominations for review at WP:GAN and WP:FAC, respectively. I'd be very grateful if you were to complete one of these if you get time. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs)  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 21:55, 21 October 2022 (UTC)