Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Orval Grove


 * 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 User:SandyGeorgia 00:19, 14 January 2009.

Orval Grove

 * Nominator(s): Wizardman 

I'm nominating this article for featured article because I feel that after writing it, it meets the appropriate criteria. I modeled this after my other FA, Art Houtteman, and everything appears to be in order. Wizardman 22:49, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Support - Somewhat short, and straight to the point. We need more FAs like this. &mdash;Ceran '''[ Falalalala... ] 23:11, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Comments from Maralia Yay baseball! A few quick comments: I'll be back shortly to do a more thorough review (must get my son off to bed first). Maralia (talk) 01:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The black border (background?) around the lead image is uneven, wider on the left than on the right. Could the black be cropped out?
 * Unfortunately, I cannot, as it is an unfree image, and as such I cannot mess with it since I'm not the copyright holder. If it was free I would gladly do it. I'll handle the other two issues shortly. Wizardman  01:56, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've never heard that we can't crop a nonfree image. Seems nonsensical; aren't we in fact encouraged to use the smallest portion of a nonfree image necessary? Maralia (talk) 02:40, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I did some sleuthing, and according to my findings, the photograph is actually PD. Ergo, I'll crop it shortly. To answer your question, I assumed it was a derivative work. I'm sure I could ask 10 fair use people and they'd be split on the matter. Wizardman  03:50, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The periodical names (The Sporting News, The New York Times) in your citations aren't getting italicized. My guess is that you have them in the publisher= field instead of work=.
 * Done.
 * Also in the references, almost all of the dates are nicely formatted, but there are a handful of ISO-formatted dates (refs 14, 16, 18, 22, 38, 42).
 * Done. I didn't realize that the iso-formatted dates didn't work anymore until just now. Now I know :)

Comments through 'Transition to the majors' section: More as I get more time. Maralia (talk) 02:40, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) "He had a career year in 1943" - 'career year' probably warrants explanation
 * 2) "As a freshman, he was a member of the varsity team, the first freshman in school history to do so." - He became the first freshman member of the varsity team in school history.
 * 3) "until management began to replace youth with veterans" - replace youths with veterans
 * 4) "At the 1940 Chicago White Sox season began, Grove became" - As the 1940
 * 5) "Although Grove was an official part of the team as the 1940 season began." - this is a sentence fragment
 * 6) "The Sox did plan to use three rookie pitchers during the final week of May, including Grove, as the result of having three doubleheaders that week." - The Sox did plan to use three rookie pitchers, including Grove, during
 * 7) "he spent most of the nest season in Oklahoma City." - next season
 * 8) "He finished the season at Oklahoma City with 17 wins and seven losses" - here we break the <10 rule for consistency within the sentence: 17 wins and 7 losses
 * Done with above points. Wizardman  21:12, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Comments -
 * Can we get the newspaper/journal/magazine titles into italics?
 * Done.
 * What makes http://oaklandoaks.tripod.com/solons/rosters.html a reliable source?
 * The author of the site, William B. Shubb, is recognized as a baseball historian here. If it's not acceptable as reliable I can try to find elsewhere where the statistics may be located (though it would take a little while, sporting news had nothing).
 * Ideally, we'd have several nationally known media vouching for his credentials. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll look deeper. There's just a lot of sources on his judiciary career that I need to wade through to get to anything, most likely. (He's probably worthy of an article on here, but that's a different point altogether) Wizardman  17:59, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * What's the status on this? Ealdgyth - Talk 16:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Per the note above, I can't access the Sporting News archives for about a week or so, and as such can't fix the sourcing issues until then. (Google News search didn't really give me anything to help) Wizardman  16:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * How about looking in the libraries for this book, Sacramento Senators and Solons by John E. Spalding, which is the book this site gets its rosters from ("following rosters, courtesy of John Spalding, from his book Sacramento Senators and Solons,")? Jappalang (talk) 13:42, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That would be a good idea should I want to re-add in some more info. closest library that has it is the one in Cooperstown, so we'll see if i can get it in the future. Wizardman  03:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Otherwise, sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:00, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Oppose
 * Upon signing with the team should be followed by the year.
 * Link Minor League Baseball, Doubleheader (baseball)
 * I think mentioning Hall of Fame votes in the lead of this article is misleading. Leave that fact for the main body.
 * Explain why his high school career was only three years if he eventually graduated, but began as a Freshman.
 * First three are done. For the fourth, I mention in the article that he went for three years, then later came back and finished his senior year of high school. I'll make it more clear in the article. Wizardman  03:23, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * great deal of possibility s/b much potential
 * official part of the team? Do you mean 25-man roster or 40 man roster?
 * typo - nest season
 * Shreveport Sports of what league?
 * Don't need to link Texas League again.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:54, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * he was back on par with the other White Sox pitchers s/b his playing ability was back on par with that of the other White Sox pitchers
 * Grammatically it has to be that of the other players or specifically the playing ability of other players.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:54, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Almost there. We need a plural. Abilities or ability levels for the players.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:52, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Another issue came up for Grove in 1943, the issue being World War II. Say something like In 1943, Grove also had to deal with issues related to World War II.
 * Grove took advantage of now being in Chicago's starting rotation, winning nine consecutive decisions to start his season, and not losing a game until a match against the Yankees which he lost as the result of a balk. s/b Grove took advantage of now being in Chicago's starting rotation by winning nine consecutive decisions to start his season and by not losing a game until a match against the Yankees, which he lost as the result of a balk.
 * At the time, Orval Grove became the second member of the White Sox to win nine consecutive decisions to start the season and the third in White Sox history, the first being Lefty Williams in 1917 and the most recent being LaMarr Hoyt in 1982. is confusing
 * third in White Sox history still makes no sense.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:01, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Change career-highs to career-bests
 * A best ERA is a low!!!!--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:01, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Grove started the 1944 Chicago White Sox season was an interesting honor s/b Grove started the 1944 Chicago White Sox season with an interesting honor
 * No comma after season.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:01, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Mention the accident and its remifications in the 1941 section
 * Now it sounds redundant the way you mention it in the second part. It wasn't an accident it was the accident. You should have mentioned the deferral in 1941.  The reader already knows so don't repeat that "His knee was injured in the accident"--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:27, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * instead of Closing pitcher say closer
 * top outing s/b best outing.
 * That is all for now. I will finish the article later.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Continuing


 * Why only 19 starts in 1947. Was he injured, benched, sent to the minors?
 * See below. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * "The 1948 Chicago White Sox season saw a difficult decision for the Sox in who their pitchers would be, as well as who would be in the starting rotation." is ungrammatical and garbled. Try "The 1948 Chicago White Sox faced difficult decisions regarding determining their pitching staff and starting rotation."
 * "started 11 games out of 32" Sounds wrong. Weren't they using 4-man rotations and a 154-game season.  38 sound more like it.
 * see below. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Tigers would agree s/b Tigers agreed
 * Do you have a citation for the final sentence. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:58, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Article copyedited. –Juliancolton Happy Holidays 15:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Reviewers are suppose to strike their own comments, unless maybe Sandy strikes stuff. I will check back in a few hours to do my own striking. If you want to show you have responded to a comment, add a line below it saying what you have done.  See my Four Freedoms candidate below as an example.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:17, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Noted, I won't strike anything else. Wizardman  22:13, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done with the exception of the 19 starts in 1947. I cannot seem to find anything sourced about it. No mention of an injury or minor league stint, so my guess is he simply didn't start every game and became a spot starter (the Sox used 11 starting pitchers in 1947 four or more times, so it could've been that the squad was just bad).


 * I think you should mention the number of appearances for seaons in the late career section. He  was not exclusively a starter and in order to give a complete biographical description of this part of his career just talaking  about games started is leaving a lot of information out.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done with the new fixes, still nothing on 1947. Wizardman  21:12, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Now I think I finally got everything :) Wizardman  17:40, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Comments - I should oppose on principle for writing a quality article about the wrong Grove, but I'm in a good mood because of the holidays, so I'll spare you. :-) Seriously, it is a good article. I saw a few things that need tweaking as I read it, but overall I'm quite impressed. It's difficult for me to keep up with the reviews I currently have, but I'll come back to read the rest ASAP.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 01:29, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * "After retirement, he worked with his uncle in a trucking business in Chicago while continuing to pitch baseball at the semi-pro level." I think the word baseball can be removed, or it can be changed to "play baseball". Either of those would be a slight improvement on the current wording.
 * Minor league career: There are two "in order to" uses in the first paragraph. The word-smiths of FAC consider this wordy, and prefer just "to".
 * St. Paul Saints links to the modern-day team, not whatever club existed back then.
 * The article did cover the old team after all. I re-added a link to it while I was copy-editing.
 * Transition to the majors: "he pitched a complete game that lasted twelve innings, winning the game 1–0 against hall of famer Dizzy Dean." Capitalize Hall of Fame?
 * Texas League link is repeating one from the minor league section.
 * "In October, Grove was hurt in an auto accident in Missouri, and injured his other knee as a result.." Double periods.
 * Career years: "At the time, Grove became the second member of the White Sox to win nine consecutive decisions to start the (change to "a") season at the time and the third in White Sox history." I'm confused by the sentence, as it seems to contradict itself. Just guessing from what the next sentence says, but is it supposed to be "and one of three in White Sox history."?
 * Remove comma after 1944 Chicago White Sox season?
 * In the same paragraph as the last comment, there's some en dash code that needs fixing.
 * "Grove also managed to shut out the Yankees on May 18, the first time the Yankees had done so in 1944." I'm not sure that the flow is as good as can be. A small adjustment to the end will probably be good enough to work.
 * One thing that's bothering me as I read this is the unpiped links to xxxx Chicago White Sox season throughout. I can see having one link like that to avoid confusion, but most of them can just be xxxx season without losing anything. That would make it a little smoother for readers.
 * Done. I just delinked the Saints as I don't have enough info on them to create another article. Wizardman  21:28, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * For someone with my review backlog, ASAP means about six days. :-) Anyway, I'm back to finish my review. There's quite a bit left to do, but I want to get it all out there at once due to the amount of active reviews I have.
 * The auto accident referred to in 1945 was already mentioned in 1941. I think a change from "an auto accident" to "the auto accident" would help tie those sections together.
 * "after becoming the only player who remained holding out." Needs fixing.
 * Link Ed Lopat
 * "and as a result the coaching planned..." Also needs fixing.
 * Later career: "The 1948 season faced difficult decisions..."
 * "the White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 1–0, giving Grove a complete game shutout." The second clause doesn't come as a result of the first; just because the Sox won in a shutout doesn't mean that it was a complete game.
 * "which prompted concern for Indians..."
 * "which was declared by some as 'the best any Coast League club ever had'." Who is some? An attribution would be nice here.
 * "en route to a 17 win, 20 loss season." Hyphens?
 * I also want to see the Tripod source removed or proved acceptable. If it stays, it needs a publisher added to the citation.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 01:43, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Will do. Sorry if I seem like I'm rushing, just trying to get done what I can before the first, since arbcom will then take up all my time. The Tripod thing's troubling me since I'm struggling to find a source for that info but can't really remove it since it a nice detailed chunk of minor league info. The rest I will handle within a couple days. Wizardman  03:53, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done with the exception of the tripod source issue. I will definitely work my ass off on this particular one tomorrow, I think it's bugging me more than the reviewers :) Wizardman  23:35, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Sandy Georgia (Talk) 04:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. That Will Farrell messing me up... :P Wizardman  04:34, 21 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Support following my own copyedit and the resolution of comments by other editors. –Juliancolton Happy Holidays 04:21, 24 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * "Before graduating from high school during autumn 1937, Grove was signed" is awkward. It is unclear if he was signed during autumn 1937, if he would have graduated then or both.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:30, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * "He played with the Steers until management began to replace youths with veterans due to their struggles". Is their referring to youths, veterans, management or the Steers?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:30, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Watch the WP:PUNCT with "They'll never drive that sinker very far". the period goes inside the quotes for full sentences.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * What is the full Tulsa team name (link it).--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * After establishing the team name, I think convention is to refer to teams by nickname and not city. Thus, later when you say Tulsa, you should say Oilers.  Feel free to convince me otherwise.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:24, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Check out the other baseball FAs. I think you will find more extensive year linkages to Year in baseball, Major League baseball season articles.  Follow the convention.  Especially in the infobox.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe the semi colon should be conjoining independent phrases, but "he did not think much of at the time" seems to need an object. Maybe add it after of.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It looks like you fixed it.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:11, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Sox is too slangy. Change to White Sox.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * change it was discovered from passive to active.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * rm now from of now being.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:41, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * becoming the only player who remained holding out should be becoming the last remaining hold out.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:41, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * due to eagerness seems POV.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:41, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That statement comes directly from the source cited. I can tweak it if needed though. Wizardman
 * go the distance is slang that will be lost on many readers.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:41, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * link first instance of opposing teams such as New York Yankees.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:41, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Most are done now. Wizardman
 * Support After several rounds of comments, my concerns are now satisfied.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:17, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment by  — Fixed a few formatting issues using Advisor.js. I recommend it before running for GA or FA just to make sure the article is in top form. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 23:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 *  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:08, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

 Tentative oppose —Reluctant withdrawal of oppose. See my comments below. Tony  (talk)  03:10, 13 January 2009 (UTC)I found plenty of minor glitches at the opening. It needs someone new to it to run through the prose carefully. These are random examples only:
 * "He had a career year in 1943, finishing the season with career bests in ERA, wins, and complete games, and in 1944 he made his only All-Star appearance." Last "he" could be removed (ellipsis); there's lots of "he" in the vicinity.
 * I did something altogether different: "Grove had a career year in 1943, finishing the season with career bests in ERA, wins, and complete games; in 1944, he made his only All-Star appearance." The proposed fix didn't do anything to combat the "he" overload, and the two seasons felt forced together. I think the semi-colon improves it further.
 * "By eighth grade, Grove developed a fondness for baseball, and began pitching for the Proviso East High School baseball team." Remove the comma?
 * Yes.
 * "Grove lost only two games, pitched a no-hitter, and pitched a couple of one-hitters." You couldn't make it: "Grove lost only two games, and pitched a no-hitter and a couple of one-hitters."? But it's still a little stumpy—the "lost only two games" is more comfortably embedded in the longer period, but the pitching references look like single incidents within games. Perhaps I'm too much the non-expert here.
 * A no-hitter happens when a pitcher doesn't allow a hit during a game; it's a rare feat. The one thing I would change is to say how many one-hitters he had; I'd guess two, but can't do anything without having access to the source. Fixed it as suggested otherwise.
 * Pity there's no sense of the magnitude of a $2,500 contract in 1937. Sounds like the cost of one electronics item for the sitting room.
 * I'll look for it later, but this sounds like it will be hard to find. Wizardman would probably have better luck finding 1937 salaries than me.
 * Note:Lou Gehrig had the highest salary in 1937, at $36,000. so 2500's nice, but maybe it's not as huge as I thought. Wizardman
 * Can you check for "he" throughout? "He played with the Steers until management began to replace youths with veterans due to the team's struggles, and as a result he was moved to the Longview Cannibals." Or "... struggles; as a result, he was ...".
 * Chose the latter option. And yes, I will be searching for "he" later.
 * Can one purchase a contract?
 * Actually, baseball teams do. This is correct.
 * "in order to"—spot the two redundant words. But there's another problem: four "to"s. And the last phrase is unnecessary: "As his first minor league season drew to a close, Grove planned to return to Proviso High School to complete his education when the season ended." Try: "As his first minor league season drew to a close, Grove planned his return to Proviso High School to complete his education." Tony   (talk)  08:23, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Did "Grove planned on returning to Proviso High School to complete his education." Didn't like the double "his" in the proposed fix, especially considering the large number of "he"s scattered throughout. Didn't find the "in order to", but I'll get it later during my full run-through, assuming that it's still there.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 18:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

PS Your hope that a reader might realise that the blue "1940" and "1949" are in fact links to years in baseball is a long-shot; they look like those silly solitary year links that go nowhere relevant. Why not arrange one reference to Years-in-baseball in the main text instead, where it's a proper service to readers, not a guessing game (see MOSLINK). Please see my comments below in Featured_article_candidates. Tony  (talk)  08:27, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I got rid of the infobox links and will look for a spot to park a year-in-baseball link in the body. A full cleanup job is coming from me later. I did review this earlier, but I saw some good copy-editing opportunities while searching for these fixes. For now, I have a bunch of reviews to do and football on TV, so I'm stopping here. Thanks for this review and all the others you do.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 18:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Cleanup complete.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 03:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Image review - Soooo. I suppose the only way for someone to verify all of these wild speculations about File:Orval Grove.jpg being in the PD is to actually go to the George Burke Archives (wherever those might be)? :) Is there any citation we could provide readers for any of this information? Pretty please? Awadewit (talk) 22:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I am uncertain that the license for this picture is correct. According to Public domain, "Even if a work was published in the U.S. between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice, there would need to be proof to that effect. The proof must contain a valid resource justifying the claim in order for the U.S. copyright office to accept it."  Where is the proof that this picture was published?  Note that George Burke takes pictures of baseball players, but supposedly never sold them to the public.  He kept them in his collection, selling copies to the players themselves; hence, his photos were accorded as collectibles.  George Brace, who was mentored by Burke, similarly practiced the same thing (personal collection).  Some of Burke's work could be considered "published"; he sold stamps to players who used them to post replies to fans.  However, the key here is to prove that the photo of Orval Grove was published in the media or sold as baseball cards to the public, and that no copyright was registered for that photo.  Jappalang (talk) 00:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Tricky. I have asked a Commons admin for advice on this one. Awadewit (talk) 01:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I was asserted the image was PD upon asking User:Zscout370 about it, which was confirmed by another user whose name escapes me. If it's determined to actually not be PD, i'll just rv and put the fair use tag and rationale back in. Wizardman  04:14, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Elcobbola has offered to help track down this image. Could you leave the details on the talk page? Awadewit (talk) 03:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I would suggest that the image be reverted back for "Fair use" at this moment, and only declared as PD when proof is found. For fair use, the single image has a case for identification of a deceased person.  Jappalang (talk) 10:03, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * At this point that's probably best. I may be able to assert that it's PD later, but no sense guessing right now. Wizardman  12:48, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I've been working on the FUR: A couple of things: 1) We need more information on the source, that would allow readers to track down the image, if they so desired. 2) WP:NFC requires that non-free images have been published or publicly displayed outside Wikipedia. We need some evidence of that. Awadewit (talk) 04:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, I cannot believe I missed that clause in NFC... Anyway, if File:Orval Grove.jpg is invalid due to lack of proof of publishing, would Grove's baseball card (at "Virtual Card Collection") be appropriate for fair use here? Jappalang (talk) 06:21, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Belay that suggestion. Check out p. 84 of Nov 1973 Baseball Digest.  The image in the Digest can qualify as a fair-use image, agreed?  Jappalang (talk) 06:32, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I would think so. Write it up and let's see. Awadewit (talk) 18:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That works :) I have a thing against using baseball cards in articles, I find it to be a can of worms issue. That pic works though. Wizardman  18:20, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


 * (outdent) New image uploaded. Wizardman  19:23, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The image issues are now resolved. Yeah! Awadewit (talk) 03:59, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Support: An interesting, well-researched and mostly well-written article. In addition to Tony's comments could you check all the occurrences of "also", especially the very tired "not only...but also" construct. Often "also" is redundant and worse, for me at least, slows down the reading because it refers back to previous lines. Also, "nixed" is not in my Oxford English Dictionary—the nearest are "nix" and "nixie", male and female water elves :-) Graham Colm  Talk 16:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * "Nixed" –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  00:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment to TonyTheTiger and Giants: You both appear to disagree with each other on the linking issue regarding x in baseball and the like. Can't really compromise on this one, seeing as either it is or isn't in. Wizardman  18:02, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't really care either way, though I personally prefer the MLB links. Year in baseball links would be fine as well. While I'm here, I left an inline message regarding the "it was discovered" that he had an injury. If this can't be found due to your computer, don't worry about it too much. I'm also leaving responses above to the other Tony. Have to cut a new ArbCom member with a busted computer a break once in a while, right? :-)  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 18:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, is this referring to the infobox? If so, leave them out and just put them in the text.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 18:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I just finished a full copy-edit. Please check my work, as I don't usually copy-edit articles I review.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 03:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good, article reads a lot better now. I'll go through tonight and hopefully satisfy the two tony's final issues. (except for the discovery issue, which will have to wait until I can access pdf files again.) Wizardman  16:20, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed the "not only...but" sentence. While I was copy-editing this, I found a few more things, which I want to bring to your attention.
 * The last sentence in Later career, on the end of his career, feels like a run-on. Perhaps breaking it up before "as he said" would solve the problem.
 * The given publishers for notes 11 and 14 are Section Two and Sports, respectively. Are these the names of newspapers, or are they sections of unnamed newspapers?
 * Do a "he" check before pinging Tony1, since that was his major concern. I changed a few of them, but there are still quite a few.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 04:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Got your points done, now to tackle Tony1's (and the image and the one source, heh) Wizardman  15:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC)


 *  Conditional Support as of this version

A splendid read on the whole for a baseball-ignorant me. Just some niggles above (most are likely not issues on explanation). Jappalang (talk) 10:03, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Finished your concerns, except for those where I left comments. Wizardman
 * This article qualifies for FA, once the sourcing for Sacremento Salons is settled . Jappalang (talk) 22:03, 9 January 2009 (UTC)


 * (To do: finish Tony1's remaining issues (double-check "he" usage and the $250 salary) and the source issue on the Sacramento Solons) Wizardman
 * SOURCE HAS BEEN REPLACED (yes, :) I think it deserves all caps) Wizardman  03:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Have you pinged Tony to revisit? Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 04:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll do that now. If he does have any outstanding issues they should be minor ones to fix. Wizardman  04:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Support - A lot of work was needed here, but the article has risen to FA standards as a result of that work. Well-researched and well-written. Disclaimer: I copy-edited this, as I stated above.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 03:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I found some confusing patches of prose: please doublecheck my edits and inline queries.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 04:21, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yours are good; I dealt with the concerns and knocked out a couple other "as a result"s (there are now only two in the article). I have no idea if Tony's coming back to look at this or not yet; I pinged him but nothing came of it yet. Wizardman  22:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I have withdrawn my tentative oppose above, but reluctantly. This nomination was way premature, and the FAC page far too long. Please do not submit another nomination in such a bad state. Why do I still see things like "Additionally,"? Just remove it. It's OK overall. Tony   (talk)  03:10, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.