Talk:Papa Oppong

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A fact from Papa Oppong appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 November 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Canadian professional basketball player Papa Oppong was traded to the Windsor Express so he could attend teacher's college in that city?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Papa Oppong.

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:04, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have this to you soon JAGUAR 20:04, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Initial comments[edit]

The lead is a bit short for an article this size, and needs to summarise the article per WP:LEAD

Added a very descriptive lead.

"Oppong attended Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in Scarborough" - can Scarborough be linked?

Scarborough is already linked earlier in the section.

"Oppong was absent for the Colonels' five next games" - "Colonel" hasn't been explained prior to this

Added "Eastern Kentucky Colonels" earlier in the section.

"as Eastern Kentucky dominated West Virginia Wesleyan College" - dominated sounds informal

Changed to "easily defeated"

"to help Eastern Kentucky eke past Jacksonville State" - 'eke'?

Fixed.

"However, his team won the game to claim the title" - which title?

Fixed.

References[edit]

The toolserver picked up a few errors but they seemed to work fine, although refs 7 and 8 didn't work for me?

I do not think those links exist anymore. I have added new links that include the same information.

On hold[edit]

Well done with the work put into this article, I couldn't find anything wrong with it other than a couple of confusing sentences which could be clarified. Once the issues above are addressed then this should be good to go JAGUAR 23:03, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have addressed the issues you pointed out. Let me know if you have any other concerns. TempleM (talk) 21:57, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work with the lead! Looks like this is getting on its way to the FA criteria. With all of the issues addressed, this is all good to go.

JAGUAR 22:07, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]