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York Park

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Result: Delist. Still contains significant content plagiarized from an unreliable source. Geometry guy 09:47, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I reviewed this article for FAC and found significant issues that I feel also disqualify this article from retaining its GA status. However, I am not a regular GA reviewer, and I feel that my FAC review is likely a conflict of interest, so I think additional opinions are necessary.

Among the issues I found:

• The article uses many unreliable sources, including a large dependence on http://www.tastadiums.8m.com/yorkpark.html.
• Much of the history section is copied almost verbatim from http://www.tastadiums.8m.com/yorkpark.html One example is listed below
  • Source: In 1960 it hosted one of Tasmanian football's greatest moments when a Tasmanian team (mostly made up of Northern players) defeated Victoria's second 18 by 7 points before a long standing record crowd of 15,163.
  • article: In 1960 the ground hosted one of Tasmanian football's greatest moments, when Tasmanian defeated Victoria's second 18 by 7 points in front of a long standing record crowd of 15,163
• Some of the information in the article is not included in the citations which are intended to verify it. For example:
  • You cannot source York Park is a 15–20 minute walk north of the Launceston City Centre to Google maps
  • The source for this sentence Because of near capacity crowds, it was announced that the Tasmanian Government would spend $2 million in roofing for an additional 6,000 seats, resulting in almost all the seating areas being protected from the weather. mentions nothing about the cause being near capacity crowds
  • The source for these sentences York Park's interior is an oval bowl surrounded by several different stands. The largest is the two-tier Gunns Stand on the ground's Western side. This stand originally had a capacity of 2,500 and was increased to 6,000 after a 2005 extension. The $12.5 million Gunns stand now has two corporate box areas; the Gunns Function Centre and the Corporate Function Centre mentions only two corporate box areas; there is no mention of any of the numbers given here.
• There are unsourced sentences that need citations in the Structure section and the Northern Staid development section - these include information on prospective costs, motivations, capacities, etc.

Karanacs (talk) 22:00, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I couldn't open the tasttadiums link (it says server upgrading). Why is it unreliable?YobMod 12:24, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

• Comment: I was the reviewer who passed the article. In my review I specifically asked for http://www.tastadiums.8m.com/yorkpark.html to be removed as a source, and the passed version of the article did not include it. As long as this source is being used, I would say the article does not meet the GA criteria. The article is only vaguely above the GA criteria, and small changes could pull it down from the throne. There are also some references that seem to be 404, that were working on the review. Personally I do not have a problem with the article loosing its GA status. Arsenikk ^(talk) 09:48, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

  The source has been removed. I would ask reviewers to check for material which needs citation per the GA criteria. Geometry guy 21:33, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

  I removed the source. I'll try and find other sources. Possibly North Launceston fc history? Aaroncrick^{(Tassie Boy talk)} 04:39, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

  Nearly there. Aaroncrick^{(Tassie Boy talk)} 05:02, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

• "::I aprreciate that the tastadiums link has been removed and the wording has been massaged, but it is still very close to the original text. In a few cases, words have been exchanged for synonyms, but the major structure of the sentence is identical to a sentence on the tastadiums page. More work needs to be done on the history section. Karanacs (talk) 16:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

  Some stuff will have to be removed without a ref. Aaroncrick^{(Tassie Boy talk)} 20:04, 13 March 2009 (UTC)