Talk:1978 FA Charity Shield

1978 FA Charity Shield 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: March 29, 2020. (Reviewed version).

A fact from 1978 FA Charity Shield appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ipswich Town lost 5–0 to Nottingham Forest in the 1978 FA Charity Shield, the annual competition between the previous season's FA Cup winners and Football League champions?

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Reports[edit]

The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 17:29, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 10:08, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:1978 FA Charity Shield/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 13:52, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will review this article as well. MWright96 (talk) 13:52, 29 March 2020 (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:

Lead[edit]

The reference in the lead is not necessarily required per MOS:LEADCITE since there are no quotes in it
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Watched by 68,000," - Watched by a crowd of
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Nottingham Forest took the lead in the tenth minute through Martin O'Neill and doubled their lead with a Peter Withe goal." - repetition of the word "lead"
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Forest's lead was further extended through econd" - typo; should be spelt as second
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Background and pre-match[edit]

"Forest had won the league in the previous season, seven points clear of Liverpool and having been undefeated at home at the City Ground throughout the season." - repetition of the word "season" in the same sentence
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Please write out Forest and Ipswich in their full names since this will be the first time both clubs are mentioned in the prose
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Summary[edit]

Wikilink volley, corner, cross and free kick to their respective articles
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Shilton made another "stunning" save to deny" - according to whom?
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:47, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Good work from Robertson" - Not so sure what is being implied here. A little rewording would help explain exactly what Robertson did
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 16:03, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Ipswich's George Burley waited too long fora pass" - for a
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 16:03, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"to take the ball and strike past" - strike it
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 16:03, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Post-race[edit]

Perhaps you could briefly state who Bobby Moore was
Done. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 16:04, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

These were the issues that I found. Will put on hold for the time being. MWright96 (talk) 14:25, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

MWright96 all done, thanks. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 16:04, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Alrighty then. Will now promote to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 17:13, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]