Talk:2016–17 College Football Playoff

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Review: December 24, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

Passed.
Well done PCN02WPS. Cos ^{(X + Z)} 18:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: PCN02WPS (talk · contribs) 06:37, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: CosXZ (talk · contribs) 20:24, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Stable?

Yes Cos ^{(X + Z)} 20:24, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio?

Earwig shows a 7.4% due to the name and the quotes. Cos ^{(X + Z)} 20:24, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

sources are styled well.
all sources are reliable except for [17] which is a blog.
~~doing a spot check of all the sources in 3 rounds.~~ This passes.

Round 1

[19].Y
[23].Y
[14].Y
[30]. 1st mention.Y 2nd mention.Y
[22].Y
[5]. 1st mention.Y 2nd mention.Y
[6].Y

Round 2

[8].Y
[16].Y
[25].Y
[31].Y

Prose

and the pick-six was their eleventh defensive touchdown of the season. Who is the "pick-six"?
- "Pick-six" is just means "interception returned for a touchdown" - I switched up the wording to clarify this. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 20:29, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Promoting. Cos ^{(X + Z)} 17:59, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nomination

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... that Alabama and Clemson played each other in the championship game of the second and third College Football Playoffs? Source: Alabama returns to top of college football with 45-40 win over Clemson (2015-16), Deshaun Watson TD pass with 1 second left lifts Clemson to national title (2016-17)
- ALT1: ... that Alabama and Clemson played each other in the championship game of the second and third editions of the College Football Playoff? Source: same as ALT0
- ALT2: ... that Alabama and Clemson played each other in the championship game of the 2015–16 and 2016–17 College Football Playoffs? Source: same as ALT0
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Donum Montford, Template:Did you know nominations/Tokyo Expressway

Improved to Good Article status by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 84 past nominations.

PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:22, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:07, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]