Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IRPA Try of the Year/archive1


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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 19:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC).

IRPA Try of the Year

 * Nominator(s): The Rambling Man (talk) 20:02, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Quite a nice one this, a tiny synopsis of each of each try, a link to the video, ACCESS-friendly, nicely illustrated etc. Let me know what you all think. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:02, 31 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Support. You got it I don't blame you. And thanks I'd appreciate it! Great job! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 19:55, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Comments by Dudley

 * "It is presented to the scorer of the best technical or skillful try of the year in international rugby whether it is a team or individual effort." The ref just appears to be a list of winners - I cannot see anything supporting the comment.
 * " for his 60 m solo effort" It is probably personal taste, but I would prefer "metre" spelled out.
 * "chipping the ball over a third" No change needed, but is it the rule that if a player throws or kicks a ball forward, a team mate cannot catch it but he can himself?
 * "The winner of the 2016 IRPA Try of the Year is Ireland's Jamie Heaslip" I think it would be better to keep to the past tense, as with previous awards.
 * Looks good. Just a few minor nit-picks. Dudley Miles (talk) 20:40, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * thanks so much for your comments, all addressed. As for your third point, you can't throw the ball forwards, ever.  You can kick the ball forward and catch it yourself, or someone who was behind you at the time you kicked it can also catch it.  If someone who was in front someone who kicks it catches it, then they're offside.  Pretty simple, eh?!! Cheers!  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:52, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Support. Dudley Miles (talk) 22:25, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

 Comments Support by JennyOz
 * Infobox - first awarded 2000 - should be 2007 - (and see note 'First year of award' below)
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Andries Pretorius - change wlink to Andries Pretorius (rugby player)
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "The inaugural winner of the IRPA ..." - add year? (for ref/s see note 'First year of award' below)
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "... described as "one the great matches" - missing 'of'
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "... receiving the ball ten yards out ..." needs conversion like others?
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "...against the All Blacks in 2012.", "Springbok's 21–11" - nicknames need introducion in brackets after first mention of nation?
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "...All Black move against..." All Blacks? (though I have heard singular and plural used) and apostrophe?
 * No, I would per BritEng use singular... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "Springbok's 21–11" - Springboks'?
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "... who finished off a All Black move..." - an
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * try-line v tryline
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The Observer - wlink? (SMH has)
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Both Ireland and Italy are mentioned in lede without wlinks to national teams
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "Ruled as legitimate by the video referee,..." seems odd to mention video ref without why video needed. Was it a matter of field ref not seeing ball down or was there an offside claim?
 * Yes, removed, as it isn't directly relevant here. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Julian Savea try in prose - the score for the game NZ v France 62-13 isn't in ref - use ref 46 from 2015 Rugby World Cup?
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * First year of award
 * Is 2007 but nowhere (that I can see) do we verify inaugural was 2007.
 * WR website (from infobox) has first award for TotY in 2008. Is this what happened?... IRPA awarded it independently, just the once, in 2007. Then, after IRPA and IRB signed the MOU, the IRB incorporated the TotY, keeping its IRPA name, into their awards suite?
 * Ngwenya 2007 - Current prose ref 4 verifies that it was a great try, and table ref 19 verifies he won TotY but neither ref says it was inaugural / first nor named IRPA.
 * The exact phrase 'inaugural award in 2007' is confirmed at end in this.
 * Espn shows no TotY in what were IRPA Awards in 2006.


 * Prose - all refs working and verify info
 * Yay. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Paul Ackford - authorlink?
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Table - all info inc refs (but not videos) checked
 * Yay. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Not sure benefit of Match column being sortable but the O'Driscoll one stands out as only one where try scorer's team isn't first?
 * No harm no foul imho... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Wonderful job TRM - only other problem, not enough Wallabies in this list:) JennyOz (talk) 14:59, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks as ever Jenny. Addressed all comments bar the "inaugural" comments.  Need to have a think how to introduce that neatly, so once I get the kids in bed later, I'll have a go at it and ping you.  Cheers, The Rambling Man (talk) 15:26, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I used that link you provided to ref the inaugural claim, is that adequate? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:33, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep, all good. Happy to now sign for support. JennyOz (talk) 13:51, 5 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Support Another great job ! Cheers – Ianblair23 (talk) 23:58, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

, any chance of a source review on this, it looks good to go otherwise. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:04, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Source review passed, promoting. -- Pres N  03:21, 15 November 2017 (UTC)


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