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Reviewer: MPJ-DK (talk · contribs) 20:51, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Toolbox test
  • No DAB
  • No link issues
  • No copyright issues detected.
GAC6 Illustrated
  • Nope it is not, since it is a living person who's career predates cellphone camera technology etc. that is not totally surprising. A picture would be great to have but not a dealbreaker.
GAC5 Stable
  • Looks like it, in fact not a lot of activity in general so this is satisfied
GAC3 Broad in its coverage
  • Here I see a problem, BU Rob13 it's both a bit short and totally focused on football, nothing else - it's a "Football article" not a "biography" if you know what I mean? Everything mentioned here is in the context of his football career, nothing else and nothing since 1960? This is also one of the shortest articles I've ever seen at GAN, not that length, in general, is a problem but since it's also not "broad" in coverage then size becomes a bit of a concern.  MPJ-DK  12:44, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • @MPJ-DK: I believe it depends on how you define broad. I usually think of broad as covering all major aspects of what appears in reliable sources (since we can't cover anything that doesn't appear there). In that sense, this article is broad, since there simply isn't any coverage of Alliston's later life. He kind of drops off the face of the earth, as was pretty normal for even good college players who didn't have impressive pro careers back then. There are enduring mentions of him in papers after 1960, but only in the context of his success at Ole Miss, and never offering new information. The article does cover his military service, but ultimately most of the article will be about football because he is solely notable for his football career. I'm happy to add things, but I'd need specific suggestions based on information I can find in the sources. I'll see what I can do about expanding the information on military service - that might be available. ~ Rob13Talk 13:40, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Source review
  • Source 1 only covers that he played fullback in high school, not what school it was?
  • Source 3 does not have a title defined
  • Source 4 does not state that 1952 was his rookie year, I I have not seen that covered in sources 1-3 either?
    • In the second paragraph, the entire team is referred to as rookies. The Rebels fielded an A team (their actual team) and a B team (comprised entirely of rookies to gain experience), so the article is appropriately referring to everyone as a rookie. Let me know if this is not clear enough and I should seek a second source to support this. ~ Rob13Talk 01:42, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Does the "Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia" cover everything mentioned in the paragraph? Draft position etc?
    • Yes, it does. The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia's most valuable section consists of brief listings of every player who's ever played in the CFL. This includes draft information, complete statistics for each season, etc. ~ Rob13Talk 01:42, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is source 17 and 18 identical sources?
  • Source 20 does not actually state that Allison played in the bowl game or was on the team
  • Source 21 does not actually state he moved on to the Broncos?
  • What makes "pro-football-reference.com" a reliable source?
    • This is something I've often wondered. It's used throughout many (most?) American football articles, so I've kind of taken its reliability as given. The one time I dug into this myself, I concluded it was reliable because its data came from the writers of the ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia, and ESPN is a reliable source for sports. In any event, I've replaced it with NFL.com, which is more certainly reliable. ~ Rob13Talk 01:42, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source 23 does not actually source anything in the sentence Alliston played in eleven regular season games for the Broncos as a linebacker. except maybe that he was linebacker?
    • I can't for the life of me remember way. Perhaps it was his position. In any event, removed, since the new NFL.com source covers everything in the sentence. ~ Rob13Talk 01:42, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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