Talk:Steve Morrison (American football)

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GA Review
Before I go any further, a few things need to be fixed.


 * 1) Steven Craig Morrison (born December 28, 1971 in Farmington, Michigan) is a retired professional American football linebacker who played for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League from 1995 to 1998 and who now serves as the defensive coordinator for the Western Michigan Broncos football team. - The sentence should be broken up into, Steven Craig Morrison (born December 28, 1971 in Farmington, Michigan) is a retired professional American football linebacker who played for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League from 1995 to 1998. He now serves as the defensive coordinator for the Western Michigan Broncos football team.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) He had excelled as an All-Big Ten Conference inside linebacker from 1990 to 1994 for the Michigan Wolverines, whom he served as captain. - Should say, He had excelled as an All-Big Ten Conference inside linebacker from 1990 to 1994 for the Michigan Wolverines, where he served as captain.
 * I disagree, the phrase modifies the antecedent Michigan Wolverines. The antecedent is a sports team not a place.  If the phrase University of Michigan is desired in its place, then where would be correct, but unless the sentence is rewritten so that the phrase is modifying UofM I believe it is correct as is.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, no problem. iM at  th ew   20  08  12:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) A source is needed for this line, After attending Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, he spent five years at the University of Michigan where he excelled as an inside linebacker.
 * Rephrased with citation.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 04:24, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) A source is needed for when he served as the defensive coordinator.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) If Ameer Ismail and Bill Miller do not have articles, their names should not be wikilinked.
 * I agree Ismail should not be linked because there is no expectation that he will have an article since he has not to my knowledge become a professional football player. However, Bill Miller is a former defensive coordinator and still active as a coach.  An article on him should exist and would survive a WP:N challenge.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Leave me a message on my talk page when these concerns are addressed. Thank you and Cheers! iM at th ew   20  08  20:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I'd also like to see more about his personal life and early life. Right now the article would fail as it is not "broad in coverage". Nikki  311  21:39, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I found some high school stuff. I don't know if that is what you are looking for.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 04:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That helps, but a little bit more would be nice. Especially about his personal life. iM at  th ew   20  08  12:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I have made this article as broad as I can based on the public information available to me.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 06:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

The article needs some work. I agree more personal information could be added. The exact birth date of his child, in my opinion is completely unnecessary. Although, I must say the writer of this article did a great job for the minimal information that is out there for him. He really dug into the facts, and I think he did a great job.

--Tlayden (talk) 07:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * GA Failed. After about two weeks, there have only been two edits, and all of the concerns were not fully address. I'm sorry, but I must fail this article. iMat  thew   20  08  00:22, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Name move
Should this be moved to Steve Morrison (American footballer)? He is a footballer, not an actual football. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 17:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * American football is convention.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 06:14, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Precision
I'm intrigued by this insertion of an unsourced nonsense word into the article. Please explain. --Pete (talk) 05:25, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Pete, shouldn't you explain first? Don't keep everyone in the dark about what brought on your sudden interest in Steve Morrison. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 05:59, 12 January 2016 (UTC)


 * As per WP:FORMAL we should use formal terms suitable for an encyclopedia apart from direct quotes. winningest is an informal term, and as such does not have the tone required for wikipedia.
 * also
 * As per MOS:COMMONALITY we should try to use forms of English that are universally understood by all speakers of English. winningest is an American English term, that is not common (or correct) in other forms of English. Of course, we must never change from US to UK (or vice versa) as that would fall foul of MOS:RETAIN and American English will always have priority over all other forms in this article, however victorious is not an exclusive word for one variety of English, it is a universal term and as such is preferred to any term exclusive to one variant of English. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 10:42, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Winningest in sports articles under discussion
Please participate in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. Until consensus is reached, articles should be reverted to the previous stable version, per the policy WP:NOCONSENSUS: "In discussions of proposals to add, modify or remove material in articles, a lack of consensus commonly results in retaining the version of the article as it was prior to the proposal or bold edit." —Dennis Bratland (talk) 18:06, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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