Talk:Worcestershire v Somerset, 1979/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 11:46, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Comments - really interesing article, thanks.
 * Link "over" first time in the lead.
 * Done. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * And maybe "strike-rate".
 * Done. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * " rules of the game" are you being tournament specific, if not it's really the Laws of the game (and could be linked to Laws of cricket).
 * Done. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * "of 17 to one." MOSNUM would say "17 to 1" to "seventeen to one". See "Reaction and aftermath" section too.
 * Done and done. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Link Somerset first time in Background.
 * Done. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * "each of the three" picky but "the three" needs context, e.g. in English County Cricket...
 * Done. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Is there a link to run rate?
 * Already there. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * "suffered in 1976, when" that's a bit Easter eggy for me.
 * Expanded link. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * " international stars such as" bit POV, would just say "international players such as..."
 * Good points. I blame the source material! Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I think you should note that it's a one-day competition in the lead.
 * Added. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * " no rule against declaring in one-day cricket" see above comment re:laws.
 * Left it as rule in this case, as there was both no Law and no competition rule, so the more generic term fits here, I feel. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * "Rose won the toss for Somerset, and chose to bat first. Rose himself opened the batting for Somerset, alongside Peter Denning. Worcestershire's West Indian bowler, Vanburn Holder, bowled the first over. Holder bowled seven deliveries—six donated a normal over, but he had to bowl one extra due to a no ball—all to Rose. Rose did not pla..." Three consecutive sentences begin with "Rose" and one pair end and start... "... Rose. Rose ..."
 * Tidied this a bit, I think. Harrias  talk 08:36, 29 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Did the Worcs players know about this in advance? If so we should be told.  If not, I would have expected some on-field reaction to a declaration of such a nature.
 * There's nothing in any of the source material (of course, most of what I've got is pretty Somerset-centric). This is something I'm hoping to be able to find more on should I take this onto FA at some point. But I need to get hold of more newspaper sources if I'm going to do that. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Economy rate (cricket) can be linked.
 * Done. Incidentally, any idea why it's at Economy rate (cricket), while Economy rate redirects to that. Doesn't make any sense to me... Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * " over 150 miles" convert to km.
 * Done. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * "His paper blamed" newspaper.
 * Oops, slapped wrist for that one. Expanded. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * " his suggestions was" singular suggestion.
 * Fixed. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * "Kerslake, the chairman offered" comma missing.
 * Added. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Last sentence of last section needs a reference.
 * Done at DYK request. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Ref 10 - en-dash in date range in title please.
 * Same for ref 12.
 * Both added. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Could add Category:Cricket controversies, Category:Sports scandals in England, Category:1979 controversies, Category:Controversies in England.
 * Added all except as clarified by Bencherlite below. Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Nothing major, a few things to mull over, so I'll put it on hold. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:23, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, TRM, is a grandparent category of, so it should only go in the latter, not both. But I agree that this is essentially of GA-standard already - an interesting story that I'd never heard of until reading this article. BencherliteTalk 12:46, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. I've done all but the Rose repetition, which is going to need a bit more work in terms of rephrasing pretty much that whole bit, so it'll have to wait until after work! Harrias  talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries, ping me when you're done. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:50, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * how's it going? The Rambling Man (talk) 09:32, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your patience - how is it now? Harrias  talk 08:36, 29 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I made a small tweak ("for Somerset" was repeated unnecessarily), but otherwise I'm happy, so I'll promote. More of the same please! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:34, 30 May 2017 (UTC)