Talk:2019 AFL Women's Grand Final/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sportsfan77777 (talk · contribs) 04:39, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Let's see if I get around to reviewing this over the weekend. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:39, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Lead

• Per MOS:BOLDLINKAVOID, don't link AFL Women's Grand Final in the bold.

  Y Unlinked. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• 2019 AFL Women's season, the league's third season. <<<=== How about "2019 AFL Women's competition" to avoid repeating "season"?

  Y Remove repetition. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• a record for an standalone <<<=== typo "an"

  Y Deleted. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• I would suggest stating the score and/or something like... Adelaide took a big lead by half time.

  Y Score stated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• I would suggest following anterior cruciate ligament with "(ACL)" since the abbreviation is very commonly-used.

  Y Abbreviation added. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Background

• joined the competition in 2019 <<<=== specify "the AFL Women's competition"

  Y Added. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• the competition was lopsided <<<=== I'd prefer "the conferences were unbalanced".

  Y Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• The two teams that finished the highest in each conference at the end of the home-and-away season qualified for the preliminary finals. <<<=== Clarify opposite prelims (i.e. 1st in A plays 2nd in B).

  Y Added. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• The Carlton Blues, which was <<<=== Should it be "which were"?

  Y Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• much, much worse <<<=== one "much" is enough

  Y Deleted. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Can you link wooden spoon? (or state it means last place)

  Y Linked per WP:WHAAOE. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• The Crows went on to an impressive season, notching up seven games by an average of 40 points, with their only loss for the season being by a single point in the first round match against the Western Bulldogs, when they kicked an inaccurate 1.11, and finished on top of Conference A. <<<=== I would suggest splitting this into two sentences.

  Y Split. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• In the above sentence, what does "notching" mean?

  "To score or achieve (something)" Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• At the end of the second paragraph, you're missing a sentence on how Carlton did during the regular season.

  Y Added. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• In the lead up to the match <<<=== specify "their prelim"

  Y Added. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• You could describe the image of Tayla Harris. (maybe "displaying her athleticism" or something...)

  Y Added. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• misogynist internet trolls <<<=== How about "internet trolls who were regarded as misogynistic"?

  No, per WP:WEASEL. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Venue

• Can you link "minor premiers"?

  Y Linked per WP:WHAAOE. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Brisbane Lions should just be Brisbane for consistency?

  We are using the template, and this is the first time it appears. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• a record for an standalone <<<=== "an" again

  Y Deleted. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Teams

• Is "line ups" supposed to be two separate words?

  Y Merged into one. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Match summary

• 50-metre penalty caused by ===>>> 50-metre penalty on

  Y Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• who were caught behind ===>>> who were caught too far from the goal

  Y Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• high tackle from Sarah Hosking ===>>> high tackle by Sarah Hosking (to avoid two "from"s)

  Y Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• One perfect kick later ===>>> One accurate kick later (I don't think "perfect" sounds encyclopedic)

  Y Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• The crowd barely had time to cheer before she had delivered it to ===>>> She played on immediately (same concern)

  Y Changed, but with "immediately", which sounds like a tautology to me. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• It did not stop Ponter, who marked a delivery from Jones inside the goal square for her second. ===>>> That did not stop Adelaide's control of the game, as Ponter marked a delivery from Jones inside the goal square for her second a minute later. (It doesn't sound like Ponter specifically was related to Scheer's injujry.)

  Y Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• That looked like it for the quarter, but when the siren sounded Jones still had a free kick at goal. ===>>> After the siren, Jones still had one last free kick at goal.

  Y Re-worded. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• A pass from Forth and Phillips marked 40 metres out, and had her second goal of the match <<<=== The grammar in this sentence is a bit confusing. It doesn't sound like Phillips is the one kicking the goal.

  Y Re-worded. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• But then, Phillips went down ===>>> With a few minutes remaining in the quarter, Phillips went down

  Y Re-worded. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• In the image caption, you can state "best on the ground" instead of "player of the match".

  Y Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Media coverage

• Okay.

Overall

• At times, the match summary reads more like commentary (albeit pretty good commentary!) than an encyclopedia article. I'm okay with most of it, but I pointed a few things out.

  And I've changed them. I've been accused of sounding more like the history channel than the historian. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:22, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Two Canberra Times links don't work: one and two

  Fixed these. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:02, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

• No dab links.
• Well-sourced.

Overall, it's in good shape! Above are some suggestions. Placing on hold. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 21:13, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

• Hawkeye7: Okay, passing! Do you want to list the article under the "Women in Green" sports section for articles promoted to GA in 2020? Sportsfan77777 (talk) 03:29, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

• Sure. I thought you already did for some reason. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:04, 15 March 2020 (UTC)