Talk:2021 AFL Women's Grand Final/GA1

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Reviewer: Vaticidalprophet (talk · contribs) 05:41, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Solid article, overall well-written and providing sufficient background for a variety of readers. Some notes:

Against an inaccurate Melbourne side probably makes sense to people familiar with the jargon, but it's a little difficult for me to parse as "someone who lives in AFL-heavy areas but doesn't follow sports in general". Is there a good place to link for what an "inaccurate side" is, or a short definition that doesn't derail the article to give?
The point is that they kicked 1.9(15), meaning that they missed several shots at goal. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The victory was soured however by a concussion injury sustained by Adelaide captain Chelsea Randall in the first quarter of the contest Long-ish sentences with no commas in places the reader expects them; better as soured, however, by.
Deleted "however". Linked "concussion" Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
On 7 April 2021, shortly after the finals series commenced, the AFL announced the date for the grand final, which was 17 April, and also revealed the three potential venues it had booked to host the grand final; Adelaide Oval, the Gabba and the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This sentence is very long, taking a lot of twists and turns with liberal comma-peppering. Suggested revision: On 7 April 2021, shortly after the finals series commenced, the AFL announced that the grand final would be held on 17 April. It also revealed the three potential venues it had booked to host the grand final: Adelaide Oval, the Gabba and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Split sentence as suggested. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The stadium capacity of the Adelaide Oval, usually over 53,000, was capped at 40,000 due to the COVID-19 safety protocols imposed by the South Australian Government. I think this would be a bit smoother as "capped at 40,000, 75% of its usual capacity" (which is not explicitly said in the given source, but is in several others such as InDaily and Cruise 1323, which could be used to supplement the current source). It gives a more immediate impression, rather than requiring the reader do the maths.
Changed as suggested. Added source. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm also unconvinced of the capitalization of "government" -- I know it's the South Australian government's house style, but it's not ours.
De-capitalised. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Entertainment" and "Media coverage" are short sections about similar topics (the match's relationship with the media). Is it possible to fuse them?
Loath to do so, as this is the usual pro forma for football match articles. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Lions defence came under great pressure though is a rather awkward, stubby sentence. However, the Lions defence came under great pressure works, although 'though', 'however', et al draw some people's ire. I also think the following two sentences work better fused with a semicolon, rather than separated with a full stop, due to the similarity of their ideas.
Deleted "though". Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Although Adelaide had 21 inside-50s in the first half, they could not capitalise, and managed only two goals in the first half, whereas Brisbane kicked three from just ten entries to lead by five points at half time is a rather long sentence, which presents awkwardly. I don't have an immediate suggested rewrite for it, but you may want to play around.
Split sentence. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Both teams lost their captains in the third quarter is missing a full stop.
Added. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Moments later, Angela Foley also went down, with a knee injury after falling awkwardly is presented a bit confusingly. Consider a wording along the lines of Moments later, Angela Foley suffered a knee injury and went down.
That's not what happened. Rewritten. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know that Things started to look grim for the Crows when Lauren Arnell managed to get her toe on a long bomb from Cathy Svarc just soon enough to score another major reads "encyclopedia article" rather than "game commentary". I like having some life in sentences rather than the very dry style some people enforce, so I'm not telling you to write without vigour, but it's certainly one of the sentences that most expects the reader to be familiar with AFL terminology in both the jargon sense and the "how are things supposed to sound?" sense. I don't know what "managed to get her toe on a long bomb" means, for instance.
The challenge is to avoid repetition. Parsing the sentence. A long bomb is "commonly used to describe a very long kick, especially one designed to just gain field position, not as a pass to a specific player". Added a link to the Wikipedia article. A "major" is a goal, which is worth six points, as opposed to a "minor" or behind, which is worth only one point. Arnell managed to deflect the ball just enough that it bounced through for a goal instead of a behind. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:16, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Putting on hold. Vaticidalprophet 05:41, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All comments either well dealt-with or were problems on my end rather than the writer's :) Happy to pass. Vaticidalprophet 07:58, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]