Talk:2009 Philadelphia Phillies season/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Resolute 19:22, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

A rather thorough and well sourced article. I've got a few nitpicks below, but nothing that is preventing me from passing this article as a GA.

Comments:

Some really impressive overuse of words in certain sections, and of "The Phillies" throughout. Most notably: "Phillies" (10x) and "Williams" (5x in three sentences) in the Departures section.

"The Phillies' offense benefited from the postponement of the final game of the Padres' series, as they defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of their mid-week series, 11–4." (April) - How exactly did the offence benefit from the postponement?

"However, the Phillies were able to exact a modicum of revenge for both their 1993 World Series defeat and the first series sweep by the Jays by winning the last two games." Man, are you guys really still choked about 1993? ;) Honestly though, I doubt very much that "revenge" for a World Series played 16 years previous was a factor.

Broadcasting section is needs sources

Why no mention of the Phillies at the 2009 Draft?

Cheers, Resolute 19:22, 14 February 2010 (UTC)