Talk:Julian Edelman/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Larry Hockett (talk · contribs) 07:52, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

I'm happy to tackle this review. I hope to leave initial feedback by this weekend. Larry Hockett (Talk) 07:52, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry it took a few days to get back to this. I'll begin with some section-by-section feedback. I try to stick to the GA criteria; if I do note any issues that are very minor or would fall outside of the criteria, I'll try to mark them as such.

Lead

• This is written well; it may be a little bit short, but we'll evaluate that after we read through all of the prose.

Early years

• This section is really just ancestry and HS football. Do we have any information about his childhood? Did he play other sports in high school? Usually there is a little more available on early life for players who came up in the internet era.

• "Originally raised as a Christian, his ancestry" - Julian, not Julian's ancestry, was raised as a Christian. Maybe "Edelman was originally raised as ... and his ancestry includes ..."
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:16, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Professional career

• I think we are glossing over his switch from QB to WR. How did he decide to make that switch? I think I remember (from his documentary) that his height was a big concern at QB. See what you can find.
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:23, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

2010 season

• "through 15 games, having just four receptions for 14 yards" - through 15 games, he had
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:38, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

2012 season

• "After suffering an injury" - what kind of injury (briefly)
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:38, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

2013 season

• "Edelman became for the moment" - why for the moment? How long was the moment?
  • Couldn't find a source saying when he lost the record, but I clarified that he lost the record because his average dipped back down. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:38, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

2015 season

• Looks a little odd having AFC Championship linked on the second mention rather than the first.

"however the Patriots" - but the Patriots

• • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:52, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

2016 season

"including the 77-yard touchdown" - redundant

• • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:52, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

2017

• "Injured Season" - sounds odd since Edelman, not the season, was injured
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:52, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

2018

• Briefly describe TB12.
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:52, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Legal issues

• "charged with a misdemeanor citation" - that's not really a charge. This section feels a bit wordy.
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:52, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Personal life

• "Over the last decade" - see WP:WTW, relative time references.
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:55, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

External links

• Consider removing the third external link, as it doesn't provide much info not already sourced in the entry (but this is outside the scope of GA, I think).
  • Done. Lucky7jrk (talk) 00:55, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the work on this entry. After this feedback is addressed, I'll take another look and do spot checks for referencing and copyvio issues. I'll also go through and clean up a few very minor things like extraneous commas. Larry Hockett (Talk) 18:09, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

• @Larry Hockett: I forgot to ping you when I finished a few days ago. Just letting you know that I addressed all of you comments. Lucky7jrk (talk) 19:04, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

• Lucky7jrk No, completely my fault. I noticed that you had addressed the feedback, but I forgot to come back to it. Once I have a block of time where I can devote some sustained attention to it, I'll take a good look. I hope that will be tonight, but it should certainly be this week. Larry Hockett (Talk) 19:58, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Lucky7jrk Okay, I reviewed the most recent changes, and I did some copyediting to address some grammar/tone issues. I think I only have one outstanding issue. In the 2018 season section, TB12 doesn't seem to be mentioned by the cited source, and it's not 100% clear to me why you bring it up in that particular section or paragraph. Did his affiliation with TB12 have something to do with a pledge not to use PEDs? Most of Edelman's affiliations are mentioned later, like in the Outside football section. Larry Hockett (Talk) 13:27, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

• Larry Hockett I deleted the sentence about TB12 as it is not relevant to his 2018 season. I did not add it to the 'Outside Football' section as there was no major coverage of when he became affiliated with TB12. Lucky7jrk (talk) 14:30, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

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Thanks to the nominator for the responsiveness to the issues identified above. I'm finishing the review here.

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   Some edits were made to address this criterion during the review process.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   Earwig's tool returns only WP mirrors. Spot checks of references show no concern for close paraphrasing.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

   One image was cropped from a Flickr file now marked "All Rights Reserved", but that original file had a CC-BY-SA license at the time the cropped image was created.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Good work. This is a GA pass. Larry Hockett (Talk) 17:00, 25 November 2020 (UTC)