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1982–83 Gillingham F.C. season

 * Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:33, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Season's greetings, O denizens of FAC. Here is my holiday gift to you - yet another bloomin' Gillingham F.C. season article. I hope you enjoy it. Feedback as ever will be most gratefully received and swiftly acted upon! Ho ho ho!! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:33, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Pseud 14

 * Suggest merging the 2nd paragraph of the background section into the 3rd, since it seems to be two sentences only.
 * the reporter for the Sunday Mercury contended that -- maybe this can be a separate sentence.
 * Three days later they beat Orient -- comma after Three days later
 * Two days later they began a run -- same as above
 * Brilliant work on your Gillingham series, as always. Not much to quibble and very well-written as we would expect. Hope you're enjoying the holidays! Pseud 14 (talk) 14:55, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 * - thanks for your review - all done! And yes, the out of office went on yesterday lunchtime and all is good. Hope all is well with you too! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:33, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Pseud 14 (talk) 17:40, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

HF
I'll review this later this week. Hog Farm Talk 19:13, 24 December 2023 (UTC)


 * The number formatting for the 16 October '82 attendance at Cardiff City is different than the others
 * "Bruce and Adams were both voted into the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year for the Third Division by his fellow professionals" - by their fellow professionals?
 * Recommend consistency with linking publishers in the sources and with linking or not linking the publishing locations
 * Recommend including publishing locations for all sources if feasible
 * I see no obvious concerns with source reliability (although I did not conduct a source review)
 * No red flags for images

I'm going to go ahead and support; none of the minor issues I noticed would keep me from supporting. Hog Farm Talk 03:11, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * And for those who are wondering, I did cross-reference the results table to the article body for consistency, and also recalculated the goals for and against; noted no issues. Hog Farm Talk 03:37, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * - thanks for your review - all addressed! Re: the works cited, all publishers are linked which have articles, and all locations are linked bar London, which I believe doesn't need to be linked per whichever guideline it is that says not to link extremely well-known places -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:19, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

SC
Nice to see some big names early in their careers. Very little for me to complain about here: That’s my lot. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 09:03, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ”one victory in the first 14 games” -> fourteen games, per WP:NUMBERS
 * ”Six wins in the final 11 games” -> eleven games
 * Third Div
 * ”A week later, Ken Price...” This is a bit of a run-on sentence that could be split after “remaining”: either full stop or semi-colon would work well.
 * - thanks for your review, all done!! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:23, 30 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Support - SchroCat (talk) 17:44, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Image and source review
Reviewing this version: Is there a source for the kits in the infobox (not for the images, but that these are the actual kits). Otherwise, image licence and use seem fine for me. I think the ALT text needs some work; I don't think you mean to describe the appearance of the players in this context. Source spot-check upon request. Who published the "Gillingham Vs Oxford United Matchday Programme"? https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press/136096230/ and https://www.newspapers.com/article/reading-evening-post/137167991/ are given without a date. Is https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/136845998/ really untitled? Sometimes sfn references are given with p despite there being multiple pagenumbers, and sometimes with pp despite only one page number. I guess these local newspapers are just about adequate sources for this type of topic. Nothing among the books jumps out as unreliable, but note that this isn't a field where I am deeply familiar with source reliability. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:59, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The kits are sourced in paragraph 2 of the "background" section.
 * I am not really an expert on alt text, how should I improve it?
 * The match-day programme was published by the club
 * https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press/136096230/ has a date, not sure what the issue is there
 * So does https://www.newspapers.com/article/reading-evening-post/137167991/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/136845998/ is an "insert" below an article about an unrelated match and has no specific title of its own
 * Fixed the p/pp issues -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:16, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Fixed the p/pp issues -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:16, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

The rule of thumb I use for ALT text is "ALT text should substitute the function the image has in the article". So unless the looks/appearance of a player is important, it doesn't need to be in the ALT text. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:34, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * - altered the only one where this seemed to be an issue -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:48, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like I didn't notice that the dates were already there for 4 and 5, mea culpa. With the caveat of no source spot-check, this passes. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Harper J. Cole
Hi there, a few thoughts.
 * Maybe mention how many teams were in the division here, to give context to their finishing position.
 * Done -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * A bit ambiguous—this could be read as meaning it was either the highest attendance in 82–83, or the highest attendance in the history of the stadium.
 * Done -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It's not something needed for FA status, but I see that current football season articles, e.g. 2023–24 Gillingham F.C. season, have a different style of listing results. The colour coding makes it quite easy to see how the results went at a glance. Is that something you might look to change in the future? Harper J. Cole (talk) 23:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This is something like the 30th Gillingham season article I have brought to FAC and personally I would prefer to keep it consistent with all the previous ones. It's also worth noting that all those collapsible boxes on the 23/24 article are not compliant with accessibility requirements...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)


 * - many thanks for your review, responses above -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks - support. Harper J. Cole (talk) 12:01, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Drive-by comment

 * Works cited: Soar and Tyler are out of alphabetical order. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:02, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * - whoops! Now fixed -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:32, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Gog the Mild (talk) 19:34, 18 January 2024 (UTC)