Talk:Ralph Heikkinen

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 24, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 17, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that Ralph Heikkinen was the first All-American football player from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, being raised in the Finnish-American communities of the Gogebic Range?

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Good Article Review

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Well done on this article. There's a few things I've noted that could use some improvement, but for the most part, you've got a very Good Article.

Record of edits:

Fixed reference #2 - citation template was missing explicitly named title= parameter, which is required for correct usage
Removed redlink to spring practice using popups
Corrected grammatical error in "Freshman and sophomore years" - "some form employment" -> "some form of employment"

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:
Proper citation templates are needed for references #81 and #92, "Ralph Heikkinen" and "University of Michigan Hall of Honor."

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
Citations are needed in the lead section, even if the same information is cited further down the article.

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
To avoid making the season sections too long, I'd recommend trying to pull all awards out into a separate section. Right now they're scattered in amongst everything else and it's hard to pick out all of the honors he did earn.
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
A few more images couldn't hurt. Even if you can't get one of him, try finding a stadium picture that goes along with the article well. Having a large uninterrupted block of text makes for a boring read.
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
This easily passes; well done. I'd recommend taking this up to peer review after attempting to address the suggestions above to see what you need to do to get this up to FA status. This is a Good Article. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 22:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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