Talk:Mark Cullen (English footballer)

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A fact from Mark Cullen (English footballer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mark Cullen was named as League Two Player of the Month for October 2014 after scoring a perfect hat-trick?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Cullen (footballer, born 1992).

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Mark Cullen (footballer, born 1992)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 17:10, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I always avoid single-sentence paragraphs as you have as the opening para of the lead.
- I've added another sentence.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Professionalism in association football is a good link for professional in this context.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"were relegated out of" normally just "from" rather than "out of".
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"free transfer" link.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link "relegated" (to Promotion and relegation).
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"from St James' Park at " the academy don't play there.
- Looks like this has been done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Born in Ashington, Northumberland..." this para has seven sentences, six of which start with "He..." mix it up, merge a bit, and throw in the odd "Cullen" instead of he.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
the "Tigers" - avoid using nicknames unless you've introduced them properly. Applies to "Shakers" and "Hatters" etc.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
" 2–1 League Cup second " use the specific season League Cup article rather than the general one.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"that manager Richie Barker left Gigg Lane." sacked or ..?
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"relegated into the" just relegated "to".
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"a free transfer" link here too.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"stunning" said who?
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"perfect hat-trick" link.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"transfer fee" link.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"scored both goals" both of his side's goals.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
play-off -> link 2017 English Football League play-offs.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"grade two tear" what's that?
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"longest serving player" longest-serving
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"He was a linked " no need for the a.
- Done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
" Newcastle United U21 " overlinked.
- Looks like this has been done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"over Colchester United" likewise.
- Looks like this has been done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Refs 34, 53 and 56 have spaced hyphen, should be spaced en-dash.
- Looks like this has been done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ref 40 vs ref 41 BBC Sport formatting...
- Looks like this has been done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ref 15 vs Ref 26 football club website formatting consistency.
- Looks like this has been done.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Refs need checking from top to bottom for consistency.
- They look good now.--Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's it for now, on hold. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:02, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay I've actioned on those now. Thanks.Echetus Xe 01:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're still using nicknames without introducing them. Who knows what "Shakers" or "Bantams" means without saying what they mean? Personally I'd stick with the club names, this is, after all, an encyclopedia. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:42, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay I have removed the nicknames.--Echetus Xe 21:58, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, happy now so passing. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:56, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 21:43, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Mark Cullen was named as League Two Player of the Month for October 2014 after scoring a perfect hat-trick? Source: "Mark Cullen named Sky Bet League 2 Player of the Month". English Football League. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2019.)

Reviewed: Fred Stewart (football manager)

Improved to Good Article status by EchetusXe (talk). Self-nominated at 11:32, 12 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

GA, in time, long enough, sourced, inline hook citation checks out, no apparent copyvios, QPQ done. EchetusXe, though not a DKY requirement, is there a reason the article doesn't mention anything more recent than September 2020? --Usernameunique (talk) 18:58, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He's just been in and out of the team, not grabbing any headlines or doing anything of note to be honest. I'll have a look for any little things that could be mentioned but the season finished in a couple of months anyway so his contribution to the season will be summarised at that stage anyway.Echetus Xe 20:19, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]