Talk:Virat Kohli/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Numerounovedant (talk · contribs) 11:39, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Use of too many quote boxes in the article citing quotes from Kohli on himself. Not informative and unnecessary.

Removed two quote boxes, but kept the one which I feel is important. Kohli has stated on several occasions that his father was his biggest inspiration to play cricket and his death made Kohli take up his career more seriously. I think it should be kept in the article. Dee 03 00:24, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Examples of use of puffery in the article. Statements like these violate WP:NPOV
- Kohli was in sublime form
- Kohli followed it with a resilient
- He was in sublime form

All fixed. Dee 03 00:24, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for taking up the review. Note: I will be available over the next 12 hours to address further concerns, after which I'm gonna be busy until Saturday afternoon. So I may not be able to respond to your comments during that period. Dee 03 00:48, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article overall looks complete, well written and well referenced. The only glaring flaw is the lack of tables for showing scores and records which make the article easy to read and simplifies the text for the reader. In this case the article is cluttered with scores and other statistics which complicate the reading. Check articles Sachin Tendulkar and AB de Villiers as guides for addition of statistics tables. Numerounovedant (talk) 17:49, 17 December 2015

I've created a "Statistics" section and added some tables to the article now. I feel de Villiers article has too many tables and the level of detail in each table is too high. GAs generally should not have those many statistical tables. Tables and lists should not outweigh the prose, but that is exactly what's wrong with de Villiers article. Another problem with too many tables is updating them after every match, ie, the tables become outdated if you don't update them regularly, and each update takes up a lot of your time. Dee 03 03:42, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted you to have a look at an article that is better managed with tables, Agree on AB issue, still tables can make reading way easier if used properly.
The articles looks good for the time being but can get better. Still it satisfies the criteria for GA. So I am going to pass the article.Numerounovedant (talk)