Talk:The Boat Race 1884

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Review: January 6, 2015. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Harrias (talk · contribs) 08:49, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(It does have a Somerset cricketer, after all.)

Lead

This seems a little short, although I appreciate it is proportional to the article. I see on some of the other race articles you have included the overall tally in the lead, it might be worth replicating that here?
Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Background

"The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout..." Should there be an "is" before followed?
Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Could you link the 1877 race?
I could and I have. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a little uneasy about the use of "Dark Blues" and "Light Blues" without any specific mention of which is which. I appreciate that the fact the Oxford coach used to row for the Dark Blues, and the Cambridge coach used to row for the Light Blues is a fairly strong clue, but I just feel that like an abbreviation, it should be clearly laid out before being used more readily. That said, if you think I'm being too nit-picky, tell me so!
I've added the stuff I omitted from this particular article relating to Dark and Light Blue. Hope it works for you. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Crew

I take it that four of the Cambridge rowers are listed as "3rd Trinity" because they rowed for Third Trinity Boat Club, rather than First Trinity Boat Club? Given that the table is listing college, not club, is the distinction necessary? There was only one Trinity College still, after all. (Not too fussed either way, it just intrigued me.)
You're not the first to note the slight anomoly here. The rowers' "clubs" are referred to as colleges throughout reliable sources, so I have kept to that. So your original point is spot on. Later on in the history, 1st Trinity and 3rd Trinity became 1st & 3rd Trinity and that later just became Trinity.... I quite like the history being recorded as such. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Other than those reasonably minor points, the article looks pretty good. Ideally, the race section would be a bit longer, but I'm guessing that there are pretty limited sources available to provide any more information. The referencing is good throughout, and the images used are all under suitable licenses. Harrias ^talk 09:07, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the race reports are often the shortest part of these articles, sometimes, if a crew gets ahead, stays ahead and nothing much more happens, there's little to say. Thanks for your review, let me know if there's anything else I can do. Cheers, The Rambling Man (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All looks good now. (It all looked pretty good before, to be honest.) Possibly the quickest GA pass I've done. Harrias ^talk 10:19, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]