Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Carrow Road/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 Laser brain via FACBot (talk) 00:45, 20 August 2015.

Carrow Road

 * Nominator(s): Dweller (talk), The Rambling Man (talk) 16:01, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Following the disappointment of this year's Football League Championship play-offs in which bitter and long-standing rivals Canaries and Tractor Boys faced off for a place at the final at Wembley, Dweller thought it would be a good idea to rub salt into the wounds by suggesting we get Norwich's home stadium, Carrow Road, up to FA quality in time to celebrate its 80th birthday. So we had a stab up getting it up to snuff, and humbly submit it to the community for scrutiny and criticism. We both appreciate any time and energy commentators spend on this nomination, thanks in advance and we'll both do our best to get to any actions as soon as we can. COYB/OTBC  The Rambling Man (talk) 16:07, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, TRM. Just to be clear, the anniversary is Aug 31, and we're hoping for a Main Page appearance then, subject to reaching the required standard in time. --Dweller (talk) 20:15, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Comments from Brianboulton

 * Support: looking good now. Brianboulton (talk) 12:05, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Image review

 * File:Carrow_Road_schematic.png: is this based on any particular source or map? Nikkimaria (talk) 03:57, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
 * That's an interesting one. It's a simplified version of this. I guess we ought to cite it. Not sure how. Any ideas? --Dweller (talk) 09:27, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It's already referenced in the File History of the image at Commons (to whit: "Updated to reflect more accurate stadium mapping, provided by source at NCFC (http://www.canaries.co.uk/cms_images/stadium-plan-1213132-230542.pdf)") The Rambling Man (talk) 09:30, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, that's fine, though it would make sense to explicitly report that source in the image description. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:49, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * That would be redundant, thanks, and particularly irksome if someone changed the source at Commons. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:50, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Comments from Cas Liber
ultimately its a tentative support from me as it is a fair read and I can't see anything left out nor any clangers prose-wise remaining. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:59, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Comments from Struway2
I think we're done? --Dweller (talk) 15:10, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, sorry, I get distracted very easily these days. Thank you both for responding so quickly and satisfactorily to the points made. I won't support or oppose, because I came to try and help improve the article rather than to make a judgment on whether it satisfies criteria I'm completely unfamiliar with. But just as a personal view, I don't find it an easy read when there are so many very small sections.
 * I don't know if it's normal practice here to use Resolved comments to de-clutter the page as people do at FLC; if it is, please call me back and I'll hide them. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:01, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * No idea. In honour of your comment, and, once again,, I just made this edit --Dweller (talk) 16:10, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * , that last edit was good as the subheaders were breaking up the sections too small. Also some folks do collapse their comments as resolved. I strike them. I think either is fine as long as something is done that visually signifies to the delegates that the reviewer is satisfied. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:35, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Comments from ChrisTheDude
Think that's all I've picked up..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:12, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * "Carrow Road saw a crowd of 43,984" - the stadium doesn't have eyes, so it can't have seen the crowd
 * Oh Chris, come on! --Dweller (talk) 08:20, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * "the home of the Boulton Paul Sports Ground " - not sure the words "the home of" are needed
 * Agreed. Fixed. --Dweller (talk) 08:20, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * " to provide some work for the poor" - the word "some" seems extraneous
 * Removed. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * "the attendance was 29,779, which set a new record crowd for a home game." - is it really necessary to note that the first ever game at the ground set a new attendance record? It would be more meaningful to state how long it was a record for.....
 * It was a record for the club, not the new ground! I'll clarify, thanks. --Dweller (talk) 08:18, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * "replacement by 1987 of a new City Stand" - think the "of" should be "with"
 * Yep, done. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * "An extra 160 seats installed were" - a bit of Yoda speak there ;-)
 * Odd, I thought I fixed this already. Perhaps there's a problem in The Force.... The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * " used for the first time on 30 August 1986 when City hosted Southampton" - wikilink Southampton
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * "It was formally opened by the Duchess of Kent on 14 February 1987" - wikilink the Duchess
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * "Where The Barclay extends around to meet the Geoffrey Watling City Stand, is the Thorpe corner infill" - ditch the comma before "is"
 * Ditched. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't think the names of the various catering outlets should be in italics
 * Put into quotes instead. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * All the U21 teams which played against England seem to be wikilinked except Serbia.....
 * Linked. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Chris, I've done a few of these, I'll leave the others to Dweller, to keep him involved! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:30, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Looking good, happy to support if those last few points are addressed -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:16, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I think we've addressed them all, now, . --Dweller (talk) 09:10, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Comments from Mattythewhite

 * Support Happy with the improvements made, and I feel this article now satisfies the criteria. Mattythewhite (talk) 12:47, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

-- Laser brain  (talk)  00:45, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
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