Wikipedia:Peer review/Alastair Cook/archive1

Alastair Cook

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I've listed this article for peer review on behalf of the people who have been working on it. I don't think it's far off a GA and I'm just looking for advice on jargon and stuff like that.

Thanks, Spiderone 08:37, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Brianboulton comments (briefly):

• First, were the main editors consulted before the article was brought here?

• Yes they were, on the talk page Spiderone 15:57, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

That'd be me. But by no means is this article mine, purely because I'm not experienced enough to know everything to do on here. Tony2Times (talk) 22:39, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

• The lead is very short. It should be expanded to become a summary of the whole article, per WP:LEAD
• Even in the short lead that exists there are several issues:-
  • "Gloucester, Gloucestershire" is clunky. Try "Gloucester, England"

But that's where he's from. Tony2Times (talk) 22:39, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

I moved it to the early life section to match Paul Collingwood. This usually happens for footballers but I see a few cricketers such as Harbhajan Singh and Kevin Pietersen have the birth place in the bracket. Which is preferred? Spiderone 17:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

• • Too many commas in first sentence. Those after "batsman" and "Essex" should be deleted.
  • I assume you mean Cook became the first Englishman to score seven Test centuries before his 23rd birthday?
  • "...and has subsequently been the youngest Englishman to reach 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 runs" This reads as though he reached 1,000 Test runs after scoring his seven Test centuries, which isn't the case. Needs rewording.
  • The "also" in the final lead sentence is redundant.

I've rejigged and expanded the lead so that all of these problems are/should be gone. Now let's see what new problems my ramblings have created. Tony2Times (talk) 22:39, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

• Non-lead issues: I haven't read the rest of the prose, but I noticed the following:-
  • Hyphens used in headings (2000–2006 and 2008–2009) should be ndashes (as demonstrated here)
  • The bar chart showing Cook's Test batting performances only goes up to early 2008, and is thus out of date. It should either be updated, or dropped.
  • The "Performances against each opponent" and "Centuries" tables need to have some defined timeframe. At present this shold be "as of end-August 2009", but this may need frequent updating as Cook's later career unfolds.
  • References: The Wisden almanack needs full details of editor, publisher, location of publisher, date of publication and ISBN code. Note that the 2004 Almanack was published in 2005.

Removed the Wisden reference as everything is all sourced online now, requested updated bar graph. Do the tables need time qualifiers if they are up to date? Tony2Times (talk) 22:39, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

The above are a few more or less random points needing attention. If I have time I will try to extend my review Brianboulton (talk) 18:39, 7 September 2009 (UTC)