Talk:Xabi Alonso/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:
In the Real Sociedad section, "but Alonso's position remained assured", what do you mean by 'assured'? You need to explain that. In the 2004–05: Champions League victory section, "marked the beginning of a new era", how and why?
Changed to "Alonso kept his place in the first team on the strength of his past performance" and I've expanded on the second point. I really should've talked that up a bit more. Sillyfolkboy (talk)
Good and check. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

B. MoS compliance:
In the Early life section, it would be best if "Real Sociedad" and "Basque" were linked once, per here. In the 2004–05: Champions League victory section, link "Luis Garcia" once. The quote in the Euro 2008 winner and 2008–09 season section, not supposed to be italicized, per here.
Done. Didn't know we had quote MOS. Cheers! Sillyfolkboy (talk)
I didn't either, until someone pointed it out to me, and check. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:
The title in references 67 and 70 are italicized. Are they supposed to be italicized?
I just added another one of these! (it's refs 14, 56, 66, 68 and 71) These are translations of the Spanish article titles and I used italics to differentiate this from the original title. Should I do this in a different way? Sillyfolkboy (talk)
No, I was just wondering if there were any italics problems, so check. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

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

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
In the Early life section, this ---> "the talented youngsters", sounds like POV and may need to be re-written. In the Real Sociedad section, "saw the club reach heights not reached", sounds like POV. In the 2004–05: Champions League victory section, POV ---> "Alonso was already receiving praise for his passing skills".
Rephrased to "two young players". In 2004-05 added "from the press" to show who was praising his passing skills (as supported by the citation). I wouldn't really say "reach heights not reached since" is POV in this case given the achievements of the season and the recent history of mid-table finishes. Either way, that sentence was "reaching" too much for my liking and is now rephrased as: "The 2002–03 season was the club's best league performance since the 1981-1982 season in which they won the league". I think it flows better with the following sentence that way too. Sillyfolkboy (talk)
Works out fine. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
If the statements above can be answered, I will pass the article. Good luck with improving this article!

-- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 16:53, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you to Sillyfolkboy for getting the stuff I left at the talk page, because I have gone off and placed the article as GA. Congrats. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]