Talk:Park Ji-sung/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sarastro1 (talk) 10:38, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this article has several issues at the moment, all of which would prevent it from becoming a GA. I am prepared to place it on hold for one week for some improvements, but I will not carry out a full review until these issues have been sorted. I notice that the nominator is not a contributor to the article, which may mean that changes cannot be made in time. If you do not think changes can be made in time, I will have to fail it.


 * 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:
 * 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:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

The main issue is with sourcing. Large parts of the article are not sourced despite claims which could be challenged. Just to give a few examples, "Although he was born in the South Korean capital, Seoul, Park grew up in Suwon, a satellite city 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Seoul"; "by the end of 2003–04 season, Park had begun to adapt to the Netherlands, both on and off the field"; "On 1 March 2008, Park scored his first Premiership goal of the 2007–08 season after returning from his long-term injury against Fulham." Also, whole paragraphs (e.g. Early career, International career) are uncited.

There are parts which I do not consider to be neutral; e.g. "Park is able to play anywhere across the midfield and is noted for his exceptional fitness level, discipline, work ethic and movement."; "the highlight of Park's PSV career came when he scored the first goal against Italian team A.C. Milan at the Champions League semi-finals"; "Park scored a crucial winner in the derby against Liverpool"; "Park scored a memorable goal during the 2002 World Cup".

I am also concerned by the stability of the article; there seems to be a lot of vandalism and arguably an edit war. For example here. I would need reassurance on this point.

If required, I can give more specific instances of these problems, but there are so many, I cannot realistically list all of them. The article needs a thorough copy-edit before it receives a full review. I have not considered other areas such as prose or sourcing yet until these major issues are resolved.


 * Following discussion with the nominator, I am failing this article as the issues will not be resolved in time. --Sarastro1 (talk) 18:46, 25 July 2010 (UTC)