Talk:2008 Football League One play-off final

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March 1, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed
September 19, 2021	Good topic candidate	Promoted
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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 9, 2021. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that after his side won the 2008 Football League One play-off Final, Doncaster Rovers manager Sean O'Driscoll said he could "murder a cup of tea"?
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Sources[edit]

If this ever stands a chance at FAC (including terms like offside (association football)):

The Times

The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:56, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Joofjoof (talk) 01:38, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that after his side won the 2008 Football League One play-off Final, Doncaster Rovers' manager Sean O'Driscoll said he could "murder a cup of tea"?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hector Munro Chadwick
Comment: Could be quirky (crazy Brits and their tea etc).

5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 15:20, 31 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi The Rambling Man, I'll take a look at this one in a bit, but first I think the link here and in the article should be Sean O'Driscoll? - Dumelow (talk) 12:54, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:04, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

5x expansion from 28 January confirmed; inline cited throughout and sourcing looks good; didn't spot any overly close paraphrasing; hook is interesting, mentioned in article and checks out to source; QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 14:42, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, one thing The Rambling Man. A bit repetitive to say "after his side won ... the winning manager", is there a way to rephrase? - Dumelow (talk) 14:44, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, I've updated the hook. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 14:56, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just to confirm I'm happy with the amended hook - Dumelow (talk) 15:35, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:2008 Football League One play-off Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 08:41, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Going to review this for the GAN March 2021 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 08:41, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Lead[edit]

"The top two teams of the 2007–08 Football League One season, Swansea City and Nottingham Forest, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth" - repetition of "teams"
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Route to the final[edit]

"Doncaster Rovers finished the regular 2007–08 season in third place in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, two places ahead of Leeds United." - repetition of "place"
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"who progressed to the Wembley final with a 3–2 aggregate victory." - play-off
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Paul Heffernan was sent off for headbutting Southend's Peter Clarke with three minutes to go" - what caused Heffernan to headbutt Clarke?
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Background[edit]

"Doncaster had also never played a competitive at Wembley Stadium." - a word is missing from this sentence
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Also Wembley Stadium should be linked on the first mention
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Summary[edit]

"The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 25 May 2008 in front of 75,132 spectators." - this sentence will need a direct verification from another reference, particularly to the number of spectators at the match
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Post-match[edit]

Gary McAllister is already linked in the route to the final section and doesn't really need to be linked here
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Reference 13 is missing the author
Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above MWright96 (talk) 13:40, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MWright96 all addressed, thanks very much for the review. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 19:03, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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