Talk:2003 FIFA Women's World Cup final

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Review: June 30, 2020. (Reviewed version).

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Did you know... that Germany defeated Sweden in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final (pictured) with a golden goal, the last time this method of deciding the final was approved?

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Notes and resources[edit]

Germany and Sweden previously met in UEFA Women's Euro 2001 Final, won by the former 1–0 with a golden goal in the 98th minute
Details and match report
Sweden's response, disputing the validity of the free kick that led to the golden goal
German response and reception: Nia Künzer#International career

News articles

Previews: LA Times
Recaps: LA Times (D1), NY Times, Boston Globe (F2), AP via South Florida (D8)
Retrospectives:

Television

Sweden: TV4 (3.525 million viewers; most for a sports broadcast in 2003)
United States: ABC (prelim 2.0 rating)
- Did not air trophy presentation due to scheduling of golf programming

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Harrias (talk · contribs) 13:42, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at this. Harrias ^talk 13:42, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

Be consistent about whether you link newspapers; Ukiah Daily Journal is linked, but others such as Los Angeles Times and The New York Times are not.
- Fixed.
Ref #1 uses FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association., a similar construction used a few other times, but then ref #37 just has Major League Soccer., where I would have expected mlsnet.com. Major League Soccer." Personally, I prefer just the published in all these instances; the format used in ref #1 is unnecessarily tautological. But for GA purposes, either is fine, as long as you are consistent. Note ref #39 is similar to ref #37.
- MLSnet is not included because it is an official press release from the league; MLS has a separate media department that publishes under MLSnet/MLSsoccer. FIFA.com and UEFA.com are used similarly to distinguish media department publications from official releases.
In ref #47b, be consistent about whether "kicker" is capitalised.
- Fixed.
Add a source for the Match officials.
- Added.

Images

Are all appropriately licensed.
Consider adding alt text, but it isn't a GA requirement.

Prose

Per MOS:LEAD, the lead should summarise the article, but at the moment it doesn't include any information from the Route to the final or Post-match sections.
- Added summaries.
"including a 2–1 loss in the 2002 Algarve Cup" Why is this one particularly noteworthy? Was it just the most recent? For whatever reason, it should be explained why this one is picked out.
- Added that it was the most recent.
"Germany qualified by topping its qualification group ..." Can we link "qualification group" to anything here?
- Done.
Explain what "4–5–1" and "4–4–2" mean, probably with a footnote.
- Linked, but I don't think it's necessary for a niche article like this. It's unlikely that a reader of this article would not be familiar with fundamental basics of the sport.
Wikilink jargon terms such as "striker", "midfield", "free kick", "penalty kick", "handball", "substitute" etc. (They were all just from the first paragraph, I haven't checked for linked jargon after that.)
- Done where I spotted them, with the exception of terms without their own articles.
"The team only managed a 1–0 lead at half-time.." This sounds like a POV opinion that they should have been leading by more; probably best to just trim it to "The team led by 1–0 at half-time..".
- Fixed.

Just taking a break, reviewed to the end of the Germany section. Harrias ^talk 11:41, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"..was dubbed the Group of death.." No need to capitalise "group" here.
- Fixed.
"..scoring all three goals coming in the second half." Not quite grammatically correct here.
- Fixed.
"..they were denied a penalty appeal after.." To me, this sounds like they weren't allowed to appeal: maybe remove "appeal"?
- Fixed.
"..only to miss the goalpost." This is pretty meaningless: a goal misses the goalpost.
- Fixed.
"..becoming the women's goal to be featured." Presumably, this should be "the first women's goal.."?
- Fixed.

General

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, Maren Meinert, Hanna Ljungberg and golden goal are overlinked.
- Fixed.

I'll stick this on hold for the time being. Harrias ^talk 12:47, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Harrias: Thanks for the review. I have replied to all the points you've brought up. Sounder Bruce 04:39, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all your hard work on this, passing now. Harrias ^talk 07:59, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]