This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the The Boat Race 1986 article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.
A fact from The Boat Race 1986 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 August 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after the 1986 Boat Race, the Cambridge stroke said he was "just stirring the tea while the others did the work"?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject England, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of England on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EnglandWikipedia:WikiProject EnglandTemplate:WikiProject EnglandEngland-related articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject London, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of London on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LondonWikipedia:WikiProject LondonTemplate:WikiProject LondonLondon-related articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Rowing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of rowing on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.RowingWikipedia:WikiProject RowingTemplate:WikiProject Rowingrowing articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject River Thames, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.River ThamesWikipedia:WikiProject River ThamesTemplate:WikiProject River ThamesRiver Thames articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject United KingdomUnited Kingdom articles
This article is within the scope of the University of Cambridge Wikiproject, an attempt to improve articles relating to the University of Cambridge, and to standardize and extend the coverage of the University in the encyclopedia. If you would like to participate, you can help us by editing the article attached to this notice, or you could visit the project page, where you can join the project, learn more about it, see what needs to be done, or contribute to the discussion.University of CambridgeWikipedia:WikiProject University of CambridgeTemplate:WikiProject University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject University of Oxford, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the University of Oxford on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.University of OxfordWikipedia:WikiProject University of OxfordTemplate:WikiProject University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's sport (and women in sports), a WikiProject which aims to improve coverage of women in sports on Wikipedia. For more information, visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.Women's sportWikipedia:WikiProject Women's sportTemplate:WikiProject Women's sportWomen's sport articles
The prose is clear and concise, it respects copyright laws, and the spelling and grammar are correct
Yes
1 b)
It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation
Yes
2 a)
It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline
Yes
2 b)
It provides in-line citations from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines
Yes
2 c)
It contains no original research
Yes
3 a)
It addresses the main aspects of the topic
Yes
3 b)
It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail
Yes
4
It represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each
Yes
Although see point 6 below
5
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute
Yes
6 a)
Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content
Yes
6 b)
Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions
In the lead I think "Cambridge" should be "University of Cambridge" because if you didn't know the history you might not know it was between universities.
Have expanded the lead to hopefully cover this. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:04, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
In the lead it says it says "the first in 11 years" implying that Oxford had one the last 10 races but it says in the "background" section that Oxford had one 10 out of the last 11. If they both are correct than the "background" section should say "have one the last 10" not 10 out of 11. If they are not both correct you need to change it. Note: The quotes I have given above are not correct, just a summary of what is said.
Is that absolutely no pictures of this race? Pictures do help in these articles.
No, none. I've searched Commons and Flickr. We need people to upload their own photographs of the race as there'd be no justification for fair use here. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:04, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Refs 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,13,4 all have no link to anything more specific than the overall newspaper website. Does that mean you expect the reader to find the actual edition of the newspaper. A link to the actual edition would be good or even better if their is a computer version of the stories straight to that.
Yes, an online link would be great, but that's not going to happen. These sources are real and are analagous to having (subscription required) because you'd need something like a ProQuest or BNA account. Think of them as you would a reference in a book that you'd need to visit the library to read. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:04, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
More on the women's and reserve's race would help.
