Talk:The Boat Race 1949/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Harrias (talk · contribs) 09:31, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Today is a bit of a busy day with family stuff, but I'll commit to this review; it might not be completed until tomorrow. Harrias ^talk 09:31, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

Add in that it took place in London.
Remove the stray full-stop after John Snagge.

Background

The information in brackets has an odd mix of grammar, some use (who... while others just go straight into the fact (rowed in.... I think it would be best to try and be a bit more consistent.
He went on to claim "Oxford should win". I would prefer a "that" before the quote, but I don't mind it as it is.

Crews

I know we've had a previous similar discussion, but Lady Margaret Boat Club isn't a college. The title either needs to change to "College rowing club", or the description to "St John's".

Race

while correspondent for The Times Missing "the".

References

This is a really nit-picky point, and looking back, it's one I missed in my other reviews, but refs #8, 9, 13 and 15 don't have full stops, while the template has provided them for the other references.

Overall, a good piece of work; I'll stick it on hold now, but I expect I'll be changing that pretty soon. Harrias ^talk 14:37, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I've addressed all the concerns, re: the college/boat club thing, I've been consistent with 1st/3rd Trinity, by pipelining to St John's. Otherwise, all done precisely as you requested. Thanks for the review! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:39, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All looks good now. Harrias ^talk 13:20, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]