Talk:Tony Marchant (cyclist)

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Date	Process	Result
March 7, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that Ian Browne and Tony Marchant won the tandem track cycling at the 1956 Olympics after being eliminated?

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GA review[edit]

GA review (see here for criteria)

Just a few prose tweaks

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Details:

Olympic Gold section, first paragraph, first sentence. If the 1952 Olympics were held in Helsinki, why do you list "Helsinki and Germany" as the site?
Same section and paragraph, a bit of explanation for the non-cyclists wouldn't go amiss so we understand what "led at the bell" and "repechage round" are. I won't fail the article on this, but it would be nice.
I suggest spelling out the first occurances of metres and seconds and then using the abbreviations. Once again, I won't fail the article for this though.
Would be nice to have a picture, but not a requirement.
A number of the sentences in the article start with "In..." Especially noticable in the Later years section, where the first two paragraphs start that way. Consider changing the wording on a few.
Later years section, first paragraph. The first sentence is confusing, consider rewording.
Shouldn't it be "he has two children." as I presume he's still alive.

The usual good work, just a few very small quibbles. Great read!

I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow folks to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth | Talk 17:29, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've fixed these, apart from the image issue, which can't be helped since Marchant didn't make his debut until 1955, and the cutoff for {{PD-Australia}} is before 1955. The only image in the book is from 1956 and isn't free and only shows a portrait. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 05:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looks great. Understand completely about pictures, that's the way things go. Passing it now! Ealdgyth | Talk 05:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation[edit]

Should there be one of those disambiguation links at the top of the article to the playwright's article? Somno (talk) 06:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]