Talk:History of the Houston Rockets/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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I will be reviewing this today. Since this is my first GA review, it will take me some time to post my comments. Thanks for your patience.—Chris! _ct 00:40, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

General

Fix dab links:
- Buffalo Braves -> Los Angeles Clippers
- David Robinson -> David Robinson (basketball)
- Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway -> Penny Hardaway
Use endash for all season links
endash for all win-loss records

Lead

In the Rockets' debut season, they won only 15 games. - remove "only"

San Diego Rockets (1967–1971)

In 1970 NBA Draft, the Rockets drafted Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich, who would together play all their careers, a total of 25 seasons, with the Rockets. -> "In the 1970 NBA Draft, the Rockets drafted Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich, both of whom would spend their entire careers, a total of 25 seasons, with the Rockets. Or something similar
Hall of Fame coach or Hall-of-Fame coach - be consistent
a 57-97 record - use endash
... the Rockets only tallied a 57-97 record in the following two seasons, and did not make the playoffs in either season. - sounds awkward to me, try "... the Rockets only tallied a 57-97 record and did not make the playoffs in the following two seasons."
Because of the low performance and attendance, ... - low -> poor
Same sentence - Imo is too long. Maybe a good idea to break apart perhaps

Improving in Houston (1971–1981)

... but lost to the Boston Celtics 4-2 in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. - use endash (not semi-finals though)
... but they lost to the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers 4-2. - use endash
... ~~an approaching~~ Tomjanovich ... - already know he is approaching
... the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.[33] Semi-finals -> semi-finals
... Houston eventually lost in six games.[39]. - redundant period

The Twin Towers (1981–1993)

... Most Valuable Player ~~award~~ in that season ...
... to replace outgoing Del Harris ... -> "to replace the outgoing Del Harris"

Contending for the championship (1993–2000)

... Houston once again went down by three games to two to the New York Knicks ... - "Houston was once again down by three games to two to the New York Knicks"
... the 8th seed in the Western Conference.[78] - "eighth seed" since you write "sixth seed" earlier

The 20th century (2000–present)

... and seeded 5th in the Western Conference Playoffs.[98] - "fifth"
... the Rockets hired Rick Adelman ~~to replace him~~.[104] -
which is the 2nd longest winning streak in NBA history - "second", link longest winning streak in NBA history to List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks
Caption: The Rockets playing the Utah Jazz in the 2008 playoffs. - either remove the period b/c not complete sentence or rewrite to a complete sentence

References

"Basketball-Reference.com" --> "basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC"
- work is basketball-reference.com; publisher is Sports Reference LLC

That's all for now—Chris! _ct 01:27, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for your hard work. I think I've got all your comments. Let me know of any further work that needs to be done (prose, whatever). Noble Story (talk • contributions) 11:28, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): 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, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
Looks good, I am passing this.—Chris! _ct 20:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks for the review and hard work. Noble Story (talk • contributions) 00:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]