Talk:Slovenia national football team/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Harper J. Cole (talk · contribs) 09:31, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take on this review, as part of the July 2021 Backlog Drive.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 09:31, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

[It competes in the three major professional tournaments:] I'd clarify, "It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations", as there are other major tournaments they can't play in (Copa America etc).

[one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia] Wikilink "independence from Yugoslavia" to Breakup of Yugoslavia

Origins and pre-independence years (1921–1991)

[One of the guests of the match] --> "One of the guests at the match"

[the reigning World Cup finalists] You have to win a competition to be considered reigning. I'd suggest "recent World Cup finalists", with a wikilink to the 1994 World Cup.

[In the group with] --> "In a group with"

UEFA Euro 2000 campaign

[In the additional playoffs] Wikilink to UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs

[which Slovenia won 2–1] ..."after going a goal behind"

[At the UEFA Euro 2000] --> "At UEFA Euro 2000"

For consistency, either include the group table both here and for the 2002 world cup, or else have it for neither of them.

2002 FIFA World Cup campaign

[The team won the first game 2–1] --> "They came from a goal down to win the first game 2–1, ..."

[and the first ever World Cup] --> "and first ever World Cup"

[losing the previous game] --> "having lost the previous game"

[15 minutes before the full-time] --> "15 minutes before full-time"

Decline (2003–2007)

[the best goalscorer of the whole UEFA qualifications] --> "the top goalscorer of the whole UEFA qualification tournament"

[Slovenia became the only team to beat the eventual world champions] Wikilink "eventual world champions" to 2006 FIFA World Cup Final.

[Slovenia then won only one point in both games] This could mean that they won a point in each game - could you specify that it was one point in total from the two games?

[scoring a decisive away goal] Here "decisive" isn't quite right, as there was still lots of work to do to win on away goals. I'd suggest "crucial" instead.

[Slovenia achieved the highest ever ranking at the FIFA World Rankings] --> "Slovenia achieved their highest ever position in the FIFA World Rankings"

Katanec's second spell and management changes (2011–2018)

[before winning four consecutive games for the final third place in the group] --> "before winning four consecutive games to finish third in the group"

[In the qualifiers for the UEFA Euro 2016] --> "In the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2016"

[came close to directly qualify] -->"came close to directly qualifying"

[the team lost decisive game away at Switzerland] --> "the team lost a decisive game away at Switzerland"

[He became the manager with the shortest tenure in history] --> "He became the manager with the shortest tenure in Slovenian history"

Nickname and mascot

[Slovenia received the official mascot] --> "Slovenia received an official mascot"

Kits and colours

Wikilink NK Olimpija

[abstract shape of the mountain] --> "abstract shape of a mountain"

[First home kit after the independence, used until 1993] --> "First home kit after independence, used until 1993"

Rivalries

[the qualifying playoffs for the UEFA Euro 2004] --> "the qualifying playoffs for UEFA Euro 2004"

Home stadium

[The final trainings] --> "The final training sessions"

Management

[Katanec was firstly appointed in 1998] --> "Katanec was first appointed in 1998"

[for using a high-pressing tactics] --> "for using a high-pressing tactic" or "for using high-pressing tactics"

Conclusion

Good work on this article. I can't read Slovenian, but the citations look fine to me. I'll await your responses on the above.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 17:03, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, thanks for the review, I've fixed all of the above I believe - just one thing, you said to link NK Olimpija in "Kits and colours" section - wont this be an overlinking, since its already linked above in the Nickname section? Snowflake91 (talk) 18:23, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looking good! You're right about the overlinking, I'd missed that earlier usage. I'll promote the article to GA status. Thanks for the interesting read,--Harper J. Cole (talk) 20:22, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]