Talk:1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team

1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team 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: August 20, 2016. (Reviewed version).

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Did you know... that in honor of Georgia Tech's 1929 Rose Bowl victory, running back Stumpy Thomason was given a bear cub by a local businessman, which he drove around Atlanta and fed Coca-Cola?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 05:57, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing this article. MWright96 (talk) 05:57, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Pre-season[edit]

"and Vanderbilt had the best chances of winning a southern crown." - title
"Halfback Warner Mizell headed a powerful backfield that also included Stumpy Thomason and Roy Lumpkin." - This needs a citation

California[edit]

"Riegels picked up a fumble by Georgia Tech's Stumpy Thomason." - Needs a reference
Stellar is an non-NPOV word
"Its starting lineupn" - typo

Champions[edit]

"Both USC and Georgia Tech claim national championships for 1928." - claimed
Coca Cola should be hyphenated

References[edit]

Citation 2 has no publisher
Reference 5 has no accessdate
References 11, 16 and 24 and 29 both lack a work and accessdate
Reference 36 has a connection issue. Find an archive link.
Citations 17, 34 to 39 and 41 all have different date format to the rest of the references

That is all I found. On hold. MWright96 (talk) 08:20, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much MWright. One of the South's greatest old teams. With a little luck, I think I fixed all the worries. Cake (talk) 18:38, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You have. Promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 18:50, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]