Talk:Mark Giordano/GA1

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Reviewer: Harrias (talk · contribs) 20:41, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Playing career

Link "points" on first use.
Explain what the "OHL First All-Rookie Team" is.
Minor point, but most writing manuals prefer "despite" over "in spite of", though there isn't really a problem with the latter.
"..the Phoenix Coyotes training camp.." Should it be "..the Phoenix Coyotes' training camp.." (I'm genuinely unsure.)
"..Giordano enrolled in York University's school of business when he received a late invitation.." Did he therefore quit York University, or did he go and play alongside? I assume he did not go to university, but it doesn't make this clear.
"..he felt he had proven what he could in the AHL.." Missing "do" after "could".
"The Canadian national team named him an alternate.." This is a bit unclear for those not familiar with the term, it might be better to explain it.
Link "alternate captain".
"A blocked shot felled Giordano early in the 2013–14 as.." Missing "season", also I'm not sure "felled" is encyclopedic language.
"He still recorded career highs of 13 goals and 47 points,[7] Though" Not sure if the comma is wrong, or the capital letter?

References

Out of interest, where do you find the offline newspaper sources?

I don't like the flag in the infobox, but something tells me I'm unlikely to win that battle... Generally a very good article, as I was expecting it to be from you. Just those few little points, and I think we'll be good. I'll stick it on hold for the moment. Harrias ^talk 20:41, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All in the playing career section should be addressed. The flag issue... that's coded into the template and has been used this way for years. Would require a wider discussion overall. (FWIW, I don't think the flag presents an issue personally.) The offline cites come from my membership with the Calgary Public Library. Since I am always updating articles on Flames players, I tend to save PDF copies of stories from current issues of the paper for later use. Our library also has free access to a digital archive, but the URLs are temporary, so I can't save links into the Wikipedia articles. They would just 404 for anyone else clicking on them. Thanks for the review! Reso lute 00:07, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that makes sense. I would be jealous, but thinking about it, my library card gets me onto quite a few decent resources. With those changes, I'm happy that the article meets GA standards, nice work. Harrias ^talk 11:06, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the CPL has a nice system set up. Unfortunately, a large microfilm archive was destroyed a couple years ago and was never fully replaced. That really hurt for old research. Anyway, thanks for the review and pass. Appreciate it! Reso lute 15:37, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]