Talk:John Mitchell (American football coach)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 04:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Overall, the article is referenced pretty well and looks decent. My main problem, however, is the beef or the article. In other words, there's not much structure to the article (a lot of one and two sentence paragraphs), and there just seems to be very little factual information in it. For someone who's been coaching for 35 years, 5kb of prose is quite weak. I know that a d-line coach isn't going to get that much press, but nonetheless someone who's been a coach on as many good teams as he has will have plenty out there.

Aside from that, here are some other issues, some of which will be related to the above:

Where'd he attend high school? Did he play football there?
Make sure references are after punctuation, not before.
"He spent four seasons as the defensive line coach at Alabama before moving on to a similar position at Arkansas under Lou Holtz, where he spent the next six years." That's one sentence for 10 years of coaching! You can find more than that, expand.
"During his time in Arkansas, he regularly participated in pick-up basketball games with Bill Clinton, who was at the time a law professor at the school." Cite needed.
"After a brief USFL stint (see below), he returned to the college ranks at Temple in 1986." Half a sentence for three years. You write most of it in the professional section, which makes sense though it breaks the flow a bit. Perhaps have a college/usfl section and an nfl section.
Kinda reiterating, but pretty much every coaching position needs some expansion. Any quotes about his coaching? Any major notes? Google News is your friend, find stuff.
Again, improve the structure.

I'll put the article on hold and give you a few days to fix it, though I'm very tempted to just fail it. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 04:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the very constructive feedback. I'm working on implementing your suggestions. Should have your issues addressed by the end of the week.— DeeJayK (talk) 15:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've expanded the article significantly and rearranged the structure a bit. I believe that I've addressed all of your suggestions. Please take another look and let me know.— DeeJayK (talk) 19:14, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article looks much better now; I'll re-read it either tonight or tomorrow. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 00:51, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's my second group of comments now that the article has been improved:

I would expand the lead now that the article has new info.
There's a lot of seemingly random double and triple spacing with i check the edit window. It's not a major issue since it doesn't show up when reading the article, but just noting it.
Make sure any records (i.e. 2-5) use ndashes. You mostly do but I see areas where they're needed yet.
Anything on his role on the Steelers' super bowl victories? The rest of the expansion is great but this section still feels a little iffy.
Instead of a cquote, perhaps one of the quotes in the Steelers section could be in a quote box? (One of my articles has an example of this). This doesn't need to be implemented though, it's up to you.

Overall the article is much better than when I first read it. Just fix this new notes and I'll pass it when that's taken care of. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 02:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've addressed all of these concerns. Please re-review.— DeeJayK (talk) 20:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Everything looks good now, and after looking though the article, I'm passing it as a GA. Nice work. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 01:54, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]