Talk:The Boat Race 1829

The Boat Race 1829 has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: April 15, 2015. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Boat Race 1829/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Good888 (talk · contribs) 19:56, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Might as well review the article of the first ever Boat Race!

Lead section

Why are there references in the lead?
Per WP:WHYCITE, "although such things as quotations [...] should be supported by citations even in the lead." Harrias ^talk 15:18, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Harrias: Thanks for the explanation. Good888 (talk) 17:16, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Should the reports that the margin of victory perhaps being between two and four lengths be included in the lead?
I could do that, but instead I've added "according to the official record" rather than go into the various margins in the lead. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:36, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Background

"and built by Searle of Westminster." Should Westminster be linked?
Not a massive issue for me, so yes, linked. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:36, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"whose name is not recorded." Shouldn't it be "was not recorded"?
Sure, done. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:36, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Crews

State which seats Oxford's Charles Wordsworth and Cambridge's Charles Merivale occupied in the images.
Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:09, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy

"It was then held intermittently until 1856" Should The Boat Race 1856 be linked here?
Have done this. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:09, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"As of 2014, 160 Boat Races have been contested" As of 2015 and 161 Boats Races now.
Indeed, fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:09, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

No references are broken for me and I trust you with the subscription ones.

Not many Boat Race articles to go before they are all GA class! Good888 (talk) 19:56, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll get to your comments tomorrow! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:05, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again, sorry to have taken so long to get back to you, please let me know if there's anything else you'd like to address. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:09, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Promoting to GA class. Good888 (talk) 09:14, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]