Talk:Stephen Sutton

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Original goal[edit]

"As of 4 May 2014, the charity has raised £3,183,116.50, more than triple the original goal." - the article goes on to state that the initial goal was £10,000, so surely the £3M+ total is more than 300 times the original goal........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes: £10,000 was the original goal; £1m was the last goal. The donations keep on coming in (thanks people), but last time I checked the amount raised was £3,338,957.64, just over 333 times the original goal. Memassivbeast (talk) 13:58, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I also think "original" implies that it was the first goal, so this might be a problem with clarity. Perhaps it's better to omit the phrase "more than 3 times the original goal" and simply talk about his goals later on in the article, in more detail? All Year Reindeer (talk) 15:41, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Or just omit the word "original". Clearly, by any rational understanding of the meaning of the word "original", the original goal was 10k, not 1m -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:43, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - In agreement with User:ChrisTheDude '''tAD''' (talk) 20:26, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 00:28, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to review. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 00:28, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fairly well-written, only a few comments: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 01:17, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You may wikilink "bowel cancer"
- I have changed it to "colorectal", which is the title of the Wikipedia article. '''tAD''' (talk) 15:33, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
In "Early life", perhaps add when the interview took place in the line In his final interview, to the Daily Mail...
- Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:33, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
In "Illness and activism",

The link for "spreading" is a duplicate link.
- Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:33, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in her son's memory It would be better to say "plans to climb" if this is a goal of hers.
- Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:33, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In "Documentary",

Just curious, I wonder why the inverted commas in the quotes should look different. I think you can use the same template.
Place some citations at the end of the first para, it looks unsourced just now.
with his best friends "close friends" would sound more proper
The documentary is currently in development and will be made into a feature-length film. Don't say "currently", say "as of 2016" (if this documentary is still under development).

All done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:33, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In "Death and reaction"

You can place Chris' comment in a quote template
You can simply say "Manford" instead of his full name, now that you have introduced him.
On 21 May it was announced that a public vigil Announced by whom?
- Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:33, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink BBC

In "Music"

You can simply say "bucket list", not "Bucket List"

A dablink or two need to be fixed. [1]
- Done The other highlighted dab is for the hatnote at the top '''tAD''' (talk) 15:36, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No copyvio detected, images are properly licensed. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 01:17, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sainsf all queries have been responded to. '''tAD''' (talk) 15:36, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response. This can be promoted. Great article! Sainsf (talk · contribs) 17:23, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Burial - questionable statement (section Death and reaction)[edit]

The paragraph mentioning his funeral states "He was buried the next day". However the BBC News release used as citation does not explicitly state when his burial took place. I therefore question whether the citation should be regarded as supporting the statement. I would be inclined to rephrase the sentence "He was privately buried later" to fit what the citation says, though "later" is an open-ended term.Cloptonson (talk) 06:47, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]