Talk:Joanne McCarthy (basketball)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 14:33, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello! My name is GhostRiver, and I'll be conducting this GA review. I will assess the article against the good article criteria. Once I complete my review, you will have seven days to implement the suggested edits.

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Early life

• Mention here (with source) that she was born October 16, 1974
  • Done-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:32, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
• Neither source mentions McCarthy's Irish, German, or Polish heritage, or her Catholic upbringing
  • I have got the Catholic part. working on the Ethnic heritage.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:43, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
    • O.K. I just have to figure out this issue.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:58, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
• Cut who are each two years apart
  • Done.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:41, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
• Lynette (track), Jenny (softball), while Amy and Joanne both chose basketball → Lynette ran track, Jenny played softball, and both Amy and Joanne chose basketball.
  • Done.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:41, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
• The girls were also gymnasts → All four were also gymnasts
  • Done-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:26, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
• The sentence about Melissa McCarthy should go under a different "Personal life" heading, which should also mention Jenny McCarthy being a Playmate
  • Done-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:29, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
• That being said, that Melissa McCarthy source does not look reliable
  • Reffed to her sister.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:58, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

NIn this edit her heritage was removed. Give me a few days to research this. Also, be advised that I am competing in the WP:CUP. Do not promote on Feb 28 or 29.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:19, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Basketball career

• Can drop "Career" from both the subsequent subheads (i.e. just "College" and "Professional")
  • Done Alvaldi (talk) 22:24, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

College career

Professional career

Later life

Statistics

Notes

• Should rename this section "References"
  • Done Alvaldi (talk) 22:24, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
• Per MOS:ALLCAPS, headlines that appear in all-caps should be revised to title case or sentence case
  • Done Alvaldi (talk) 22:24, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

General comments

• No stability concerns, nominator is primary editor
• No photos in article

Above initial review — Preceding unsigned comment added by GhostRiver (talk • contribs) 20:40, February 16, 2024 (UTC)-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:00, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

@GhostRiver: your edit summary says initial review. Does that mean there are more comments coming or should I start working on this?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:03, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

• FYI, since you took 3 weeks to review this, don't mind if I take 2 weeks to fully reply.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:42, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

• User:GhostRiver ready for review.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
• @GhostRiver: - see above, thank you. starship.paint (RUN) 01:00, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Comments from Rjjiii

A recent comment from GhostRiver sounds like they won't have the time in the near future to wrap this up.[1] @TonyTheTiger: if you are both okay with it, I can wrap up the review so you are not stuck in review limbo:

1. Nearly all issues from the initial review are resolved.
2. The line, "The family has German, Irish, and Polish ancestry." was added with a citation to a source that likely does not meet WP:BLPRS (2b).^02-29-2024 Starpulse advertised that they accept contributions from publicists and celebrities. And the Polish heritage is sourced to a joke her sister was making about her pubic hair. I don't actually have doubts about their Polish grandparent, but the source isn't adequate. I did search for a better source. Aside from primary sources, I only found one online magazine.[2] If "Polish" is retained the source needs to be replaced.
3. I did some newspaper searches for Joanne McCarthy outside of basketball to check criteria 3. There isn't very much. The article passes here as it correctly places weight on her basketball career.
4. The section "Later life" contains only one sentence. It could be expanded or folded into "Personal life", per MOS:OVERSECTION (1b).
5. Checked Pankow (2016), Jones (2014), and O'Brien (1998). No issues with original research or close paraphrasing.

If points 2 & 4 above are resolved, I'll pass this. Ping me if you have any questions, objections, and so on. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 15:12, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

• Done.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:41, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Rjjiii, GhostRiver has just posted to TonyTheTiger's talk page that she will not be able to continue her review of this nomination. Thank you very much for taking on the completion of this review; please proceed. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:23, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.