Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2009 International Bowl/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Karanacs 16:04, 27 July 2010.

2009 International Bowl

 * Nominator(s): –Grondemar 23:11, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Did you know...
 * ...that the 2009 International Bowl was the only NCAA football bowl game from the 2008–09 bowl season played outside the United States?
 * ...that the game featured the 2008–09 NCAA rushing leader, Donald Brown, who would be named the game's Most Valuable Player and become the first player from his school selected in the first round of the NFL Draft?
 * ...that the favored Connecticut Huskies found themselves losing early in the second quarter after fumbling six times, but still managed to come back in the second half to win the game?
 * ...that the game celebrated the legacy of the 1958 Buffalo Bulls, whose sacrifice was recognized by Jesse Jackson as a notable moment in the civil rights movement?

This article was copyedited by User:SMasters of the Guild of Copyeditors, was reviewed and passed as a good article by User:Wizardman, and was reviewed by User:Giants2008 at peer review. I believe this article now meets the featured article criteria; please review and concur with this assertion if you agree. –Grondemar 23:11, 11 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Images: prior to opening this review I contacted User:Fasach Nua and asked him to review the images in the article. He replied on the article talk page and said all the media seemed fine except for possibly File:2009_International_Bowl_trophy.jpg.  As he requested I tagged the photo with  ; although I've asked the original photo-taker, User:DoubleBlue to confirm, I am reasonably confident from what he previously said and the contextual evidence that the photo was taken on the floor of the Rogers Centre, in Canada, during or immediately after the game. I am uncertain if this photo runs afoul of any Canadian freedom of panorama or other restrictions. –Grondemar 23:26, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * File:2009_International_Bowl_trophy.jpg is indeed a problem. To qualify for Freedom of Panorama in Canada, a work must be "permanently situated in a public place or building"; this trophy, obviously, is not so situated.  The photograph is a derivative work and, therefore, cannot be freely licensed without consent of the trophy's author.  Эlcobbola  talk 15:40, 13 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment—no dab links, but the external link to http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankings?seasonYear=2008&weekNumber=15&seasonType=2&pollId=1 seems to link to postseason rankings, not those for week 14. Also, please review the article for overlinking, as I found several items linked twice in consecutive paragraphs. Ucucha 05:59, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I fixed the reference, and will scrub for overlinking this evening. –Grondemar 12:45, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe I have resolved all overlinking issues; let me know if you find any I missed. –Grondemar 03:06, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks; struck my comment. Ucucha 16:21, 13 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment –"... highlighted by an upset win over then-#12–ranked..." I think we spell out number 12 now?  Aaroncrick  TALK 07:14, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I changed "#" to "No." as that format appears in the AP sources, as well as previous college football featured articles such as 2000 Sugar Bowl. Note that I couldn't find anything specifically addressing sports rankings in MOS:NUM. –Grondemar 12:56, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * For the record, the MOS says to avoid the pound sign. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:54, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will remember that for the future. –Grondemar 01:26, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments regarding criterion three:
 * See above regarding File:2009 International Bowl trophy.jpg
 * File:Turner Gill Introduction.jpg needs a verifable source per WP:IUP. Presumably it is "self-made" by, but this needs to be explicitly articulated.
 * See MOS:CAPTION - captions that are complete sentences should end in full stops (e.g. "Rogers Centre was the site of the 2009 International Bowl" should be "Rogers Centre was the site of the 2009 International Bowl.") Эlcobbola  talk 15:46, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Replies to the above:
 * I removed File:2009 International Bowl trophy.jpg from the article. I am going to re-tag it as fair-use and add a description to the main International Bowl article sufficient to meet the requirements of WP:NFCC so it can be fairly used there.
 * I left a note and sent an email to User:Goingstuckey regarding File:Turner Gill Introduction.jpg. He hasn't edited Wikipedia since January 4, 2010, however.
 * I fixed the captions for File:2009 International Bowl Rogers Centre exterior.jpg and File:2009 International Bowl pregame UCMB.jpg. I believe these are the only ones in the article that were complete sentences. –Grondemar 16:17, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Right after I posted this, I received an email reply from User:Goingstuckey confirming he was the photographer for File:Turner Gill Introduction.jpg. He provided a link to his Flickr page hosting the same photo: .  Is this sufficient verification or should I also forward his email to WP:OTRS (I've never done that before)? –Grondemar 16:23, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Your word is good enough for me; I updated the image summary. If you want to go through OTRS (to cross your proverbial Ts or to see how it works), just forward the email to permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org and add "File:Turner Gill Introduction.jpg" somewhere to the body (if it isn't already there) so we know what image is being referenced.   Эlcobbola  talk 18:22, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I forwarded the permission email to OTRS; hopefully this will prevent any future issues with the image. –Grondemar 21:56, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Support an excellent article. Dincher (talk) 01:16, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! –Grondemar 01:26, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Support. As the GA reviewer, I found this to be a great read. With the fixes made above having taken place, I feel that it does meet FA criteria. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 00:45, 16 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Support – As soon as I saw it, this article reminded me of the great series about Virginia Tech's bowl games, which made its presence felt at FAC several times. I gave it a full review at the peer review, as indicated earlier, and I have nothing more to add to that. Great piece of work all the way around.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 03:09, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Support Unlike most sports FACs here (particularly as stubby north American sports FACs and GANs are often the norm), doesn't try to skimp out on content. All the relevant background is explained, eg strengths and weaknesses and key matches, in great detail on everything throughout the whole article. Jargon links are there for anyone who cares. (I usually refrain from supporting N American sports articles as almost all try to go as anorexic on content as is possible at both GAN and FAC, but absolutely no concerns here, this is great)  YellowMonkey  ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll )  01:16, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
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