Talk:2005 FA Cup final/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Yellow Dingo (talk · contribs) 13:37, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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At the end of the first paragraph you basically say the same thing twice by writing: ...ran out winners after 120 goalless minutes... and ...after neither side managed to score in normal and extra time. This needs to be reworded.
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Link Penalty shoot-out (association football) in first paragraph as that is where the reader will come across the term first.
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Link Extra-time per above.
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...won 5–4; Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes saw... reword to ...won 5–4 after Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes saw...
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It isn't good to link to a page with a year as the piped text. "1996" could refer to anything. A way to get around this would be to write: ...game in Cup history since the 1996 edition.
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...drawn randomly out of a hat with the remaining.... Is it really drawn out of a hat?
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...were away for the first game.... Reword to were the away team for the first game for clarity.
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As both Arsenal and Manchester United were Premier League clubs, they entered the competition in the third round. Remove sentence as unnecessary.
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...but hit the ball over from six yards. 6 yards needs a metre conversion for us metric folk.
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...2004–05 season. Link should be ...2004–05 season.
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...of Manchester United in the league... "League" should be linked to 2004–05 FA Premier League.
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...of a unique Treble,... No need for "Treble" to be capitalised.
1. In most media, "the Treble" is referred to with a capital letter to distinguish it as a special achievement. – Pee Jay 15:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
..most recently against Southampton in 2003. A bit like point 5 in the lead section; the link should be in the 2003 final
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...constitutes the Texas Chain Saw Massacre, does it. Link "Texas Chain Sae Massacre" to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
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...but the assistant referee ruled... Link "assistant referee" to Assistant referee (association football)
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...past the Cameroonian full-back... Link "Cameroonian" to Cameroon
1. Not done This would be a violation of WP:OVERLINK, in my opinion. – Pee Jay 15:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
...broke to the United captain... Link "captain" to Captain (association football)
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...awarded for a soft foul by Silvestre... Remove the term "soft" as we can't determine what a "soft" foul is.
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Ref 22 is dead for me
1. Found an archived version. – Pee Jay 15:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This article is generally in good shape. I will put it on hold so you can address the above concerns. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 14:39, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]