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Featured articleBilly Bates (baseball) is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
December 22, 2013Good article nomineeListed
January 23, 2014Featured article candidateNot promoted
January 29, 2021Featured article candidateNot promoted
November 30, 2021Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 30, 2013.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Billy Bates raced against an unchained cheetah – and won?
Current status: Featured article

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Billy Bates (baseball)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Taylor Trescott (talk · contribs) 03:40, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I will review this article over the next 5 days. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 03:40, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, here goes:

  • The "early life" and "collegiate career" sections aren't very long; maybe merge them, making "collegiate career" a subsection of the "early life".
  • "Pete Mackanin called the game 'the most absurd game" Can we avoid using "game" twice here?
  • "added that he shouldn't have attempted the steal" read MOS:N'T
  • "In Game 1, the Reds defeated the Athletics 7–0 in what an Associated Press writer called "a stunning combination of power and pitching"" Any reason why you don't give the writer's name? This says that his name is Jim Donaghy.
  • "Cincinnati ultimately defeated the Pirates and moved on to the World Series, where they would play the Oakland Athletics for the league championship." This sentence ends a paragraph, but there's no citation.
    • Added reference.
  • "Bates didn't play in either game." watch for N'T
    • Expanded.
  • "Bates couldn't take his spot" N'T
    • Rewrote.
  • "he couldn't physically play anymore" N'T
    • Rewrote.
  • "Ten years later, Bates continued to live in Houston, and worked for an equipment supplier in the oil and gas industry. Outside of work, he coached his daughter's softball team." This reads awkwardly. Start with an "As of 2010, he lives in Houston..." and write the rest in the present tense.

On hold. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 18:19, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm satisfied with the article's current state; promoting. Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 16:19, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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@Therapyisgood: - some thoughts below

With an article on a subject where there's frankly not much to say, it's really important to work everything out of the potential sources that you can.

I think this is looking better. I'd recommend making another run to make sure you've gotten everything out of the sources. The college career is the part that looks the thinnest (mainly 1984), but tbh I'm not finding a terribly large amount of coverage for it. Hog Farm Talk 03:40, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]