Talk:The Boat Race/GA2

GA Review
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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 21:10, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Will this be the one to complete the good topic? It has to be pretty close. I'll take a look at this one. Hog Farm Talk 21:10, 14 April 2022 (UTC)


 * As of this revision, the infobox claims that Cambridge women's have won 46, but the rest of the article gives 45?
 * The 1829 almost seems to be a one-off? Why was it resumed again in 1836?
 * The 1959 mutiny section could use a bit of expansion; why exactly did they attempt to oust the two?
 * For the sinkings section - was the 1912 one later rerun?

More to come later. Hog Farm Talk 21:23, 14 April 2022 (UTC)


 * The descriptions of the various courses seem to be largely uncited.
 * The Championship Course section is largely uncited and includes a year-old CN tag
 * While the Unofficial courses section material is partially cited elsewhere, the locations aren't and neither is " As none of those competing were awarded blues"
 * Shouldn't the fact that the women's version has been held annually since 1964 (which appears in the lead) be mentioned in the women's section?
 * Shouldn't the attendance/viewership statistics in the lead be included somewhere in the body?
 * "Ethnographer Mark de Rond described the training, selection, and victory of the 2007 Cambridge crew in The Last Amateurs: To Hell and Back with the Cambridge Boat Race Crew" - this needs a secondary citation to demonstrate significance
 * A fair bit of failed verification in the competitor's section
 * "This has caused a debate about a change of rules, and one suggestion is that only students who are enrolled in courses lasting at least two years should be eligible to race" - source is from 2007, any results since this
 * "Xchanging also became title sponsor in November 2009 so, from the 156th Race until 2012, the event was known as The Xchanging Boat Race" - source does not indicate that this ceased after 2012
 * The Gemini bit is uncited
 * Uncited text in the other boat races section
 * The popular culture section is entirely self-sourced to the pop culture references themselves; a secondary source should be provided for each to demonstrate significance
 * "Book of Days Tales" does not seem to be RS
 * Is thames.me.uk RS?
 * Learn About Movie Posters does not seem to be RS

I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to fail this one. There's failed verification, uncited text that has been outstanding for some time, unreliable sources, a very disjointed history section, and lead issues. TRM, I see you haven't edited this one in seven months, and it really doesn't feel prepared at all. Hog Farm Talk 22:31, 14 April 2022 (UTC)