Talk:Roosevelt Jones

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Review: June 9, 2018. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 16:28, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Will review this article. MWright96 (talk) 16:28, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Lead

NBA Gatorade League should be just NBA G League
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:04, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink college basketball, Rivals.com
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:08, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Rebounds should be linked to Rebound (basketball)
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:11, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"and committed to Butler." - and committed to playing for Buller
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:13, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Early life

"he couldn't get his shot off " - could not; try to avoid quotations outside of quotes
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:14, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"In eight grade," - eighth
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:17, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"leader on a 14-15 team." - 14–15 team; also an en dash should be used in place for an hyphen for all respective game scores after this one
- I think I got them all. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:43, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink Southeastern Conference to Southwestern Athletic Conference and Rivals to Rivals.com
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:44, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"but he didn't notice Jones's poor shooting style due to his athleticism." - did not
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:45, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

College career

"Jones tallied a season-high 17 points to go with 10 rebounds." - remove "to go"
- Changed to "Jones tallied a season-high 17 points as well as 10 rebounds." ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:46, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"Jones averaged 7.8 points and a team high" - team-high
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:50, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Link layup
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:52, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"Jones had 23 points in Butler's 67-64 loss to Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament despite" - wikilink NCAA Tournament to 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:53, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"and rarely shooting outside 15 feet." - use the convert template on 15 feet
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:55, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"he hit a last-second shot to defeat 17th ranked Cincinnati ater" - after
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:56, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink Blowout to Blowout (sports)
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:57, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"Jones earned a bachelor of arts degrees" - remove "a"
- I'm not so sure about this... my phrasing seems correct. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:57, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reference

Ref 24 is dead and requires archiving
- Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 01:00, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Refs 30 and 34 are lacking the author
- Good catch. Done. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 01:02, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's all the nibbles I found. Going to be putting this review on hold. MWright96 (talk) 18:06, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Editorofthewiki: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 06:48, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]