Talk:UEFA Euro 2008 final/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 19:25, 20 July 2021 (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

 * UEFA Euro 2008 Final was the final match of UEFA Euro 2008, the thirteenth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA's competition for national football teams - awful lot of UEFA, maybe "The UEFA Euro 2008 Final was the final match of UEFA Euro 2008, which was the thirteenth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship. The competition run by UEFA, featured European national association football teams." At least then it isn't four UEFAs in one sentence. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:13, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I've actually just chopped "UEFA" from the Euro 2008 and the Eurropean Football Championship links, I think they're quite commonly referred to without that anyway. If you don't like that I can always go with your split sentence variant though. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:26, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
 * That was pretty much what I was looking into doing, but assumed it wasn't right. Happy with this. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:21, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I think before the lede goes into depths about how the teams did getting to the final, it might be worth saying just a sentence on how the event was played. I.e. group stage and knockout Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:17, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:26, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Lede says both teams were in group B. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:17, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Fixed. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:26, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Spain won all of their games to win "finish top of"? Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:17, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Reworded with that terminology. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:26, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
 * defeating Italy on penalties in the quarter-final and Russia again in the semi-final. - missing a word here... Reads now like they beat them again on penalties. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:17, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Reworded to "a second victory over Russia"
 * started very poorly indeed". do we need "indeed"? It doesn't add anything. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 21:17, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Removed. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:26, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

General
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 * Qualifying rounds were played on a home-and-away round-robin tournament basis prior to the final tournament taking place in Austria and Switzerland, between 7 and 29 June 2008 - I think a brief overview of how the qualifying worked - how many teams in a group, how many total teams etc. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:21, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Germany had won the tournament three times before, in 1972 and in 1980 as West Germany, and in 1996 as Germany.[ - perhaps "Germany had won the title as West Germany in 1972 and 1980, and again in 1996 as Germany." Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * knocked out in the semi-final, - to whom? Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Added. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Spain had advanced to the round-of-16 in 2006, in which they were defeated by Spain. - they do sometimes say you are your own biggest rival Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Lol. Fixed. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * They had last faced each other in a competitive game in the 1994 world cup - what stage? Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Added. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Lukas Podolski gave Germany after 20 minutes - word missing Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:21, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * needed a draw - at least a draw. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Added. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * "a cautious affair, with chances and quality at a premium", and it finished goalless - I usually request that attributed quotes have the source directly after them, even though I know you've sourced later on. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Fernando Torres scored the game's only goal in the first half. - needs a copyedit. You mean he scored in the first half, the only goal of the game. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * no meaningful attacks so far, - to that point or another. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Reworded. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , with the"Barcelona - spacing. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 July 2021
 * Done. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:06, 22 July 2021 (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) Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 19:25, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I think I've looked at all your points so far. Many thanks for the review &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:21, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Nice work, happy to promote. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:22, 22 July 2021 (UTC)