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Bernard Hinault

 * Nominator(s): Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:02, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

This article is about Bernard Hinault, five-time winner of the Tour de France and one of the most prolific athletes in the history of his discipline. The article passed GA last month. Since then, I have added alt texts to the images, but not a whole lot more, since I feel it is very close to FA quality. I am very much looking forward to your comments! Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:02, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Sources review

 * No spotchecks carried out
 * Links:
 * The main link in ref 116 is returning a 404 error message, although the archive link goes to the source
 * For me, both links are working, maybe the site was down?
 * Ref 141: is the link going to the right page? I can't recognise the title in the source
 * You can see the title of the page in grey above the image.
 * Otherwise, all links to sources are working properly


 * Formats:
 * Ref 62: "Eurosport" is the publisher and should not be italicized
 * Fixed.
 * Ref 99 shows "roadcyclinguk.com", whereas ref 119 shows "Roadcycling UK". Choose one format.
 * Fixed.


 * Quality and reliability: sources appear to meet the FA criteria for quality and reliability. Brianboulton (talk) 19:48, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:31, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Comments – Read through the first half or so of the article and only have a couple of relatively minor comments below. It's been an enjoyable read so far, and I'll try to look at the rest over the weekend.
 * 1978: Grand Tour breakthrough: Minor prose point, but the first "him" in "and offered him to carry him to the finish" doesn't look like it belongs there.
 * Fixed.


 * The last paragraph of this subsection is a shade stubby at one sentence. Perhaps it could be merged into the previous, larger paragraph? Giants2008  ( Talk ) 21:35, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Done. Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:46, 3 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Riding style and legacy: I'd remove the commas that appear before and after "which excluded riders outside the time limit on each stage", unless a word was excluded from "the rule" beforehand.
 * "Hinault was capable of suffering through the training camp and return to winning form within a month." Feels like "return" should be "returning" here. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 23:32, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Both done. Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:01, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support – All of my comments have been resolved and I'm confident that the article meets FA standards. The writing and sourcing both look to be FA-worthy, and the coverage appears comprehensive for the subject. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 22:09, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Coordinator comment - This has been open for well over a month without attracting much attention, unfortunately. Therefore, I will be archiving it shortly and it may be re-nominated after the customary two-week waiting period. -- Laser brain  (talk)  16:06, 17 May 2019 (UTC) -- Laser brain  (talk)  16:06, 17 May 2019 (UTC)