Talk:Beth Mead/GA1

GA review

Summary

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 (reference section): b (inline 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Hi Spiderone, I saw the nom at women's football task force so thought why not, will make a start on this soon. I'll be way less critical than Keira Walsh GA though, I'd like to think I've learnt a lot since then. I'll start with sources then move to content. CNC (talk) 14:57, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Content

Early life

A few issues with section that needs proper summarising, I'm hoping/expecting the career sections aren't the same.

Mead grew up in Hinderwell, a small village near Whitby, which she described as: "a fishing town in the middle of nowhere, with a population of about 2,000. [The] sort of place where the people are outnumbered by sheep. You know the type: loads of fields, two pubs, a hairdresser and about a mile away from the local shop.", I think this could be trimmed to the first sentence, the second doesn't appear to provide any encyclopedic value, or otherwise summarised and attributed etc generally.
He said to her and her mother, "It's fine that you're coming down to get involved but you will be the only girl here. They are quite rough so will she be ok?" Her mother replied, "She'll be fine.", again this can be summarised to something like "her mother was ok with her being the only girl in a rough game", no need for quotations, likewise with the following sentence that could be summarised into it.
I loved what I was doing on the pitch and had no other worry in the world — nothing else mattered except me kicking that football. Football is my first love; my one true love. It still breaks my heart sometimes, but that's part and parcel of the game. That's still my way of switching off now: just running around on a football pitch and loving what I'm doing. That's never changed, from the six-year-old kid to the 27-year-old who's running around now., unnecessary long quote. If it were due, it should be a quote box, but assuming it's not, it should be summarised into wikivoice.

CNC (talk) 19:45, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks, I'll get to reviewing this over the weekend. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:25, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know. I'll carrying on reviewing content in the meantime, though probably won't get it all done by this weekend as will be quite busy, so will take me a bit longer to do a proper job. I'm assuming we're not in a rush here anyway. CNC (talk) 12:37, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the quotes were excessive. I've trimmed and reworded a bit so hopefully it reads better now. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:18, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Youth Career Y

References

Sources look good, was expecting a lot more broken ones based on early content. The only marginally reliable source I came across was WP:DAILYMIRROR, but the claims aren't outrageous and is backed by other source as well so looks fine.

The only other questionable or broken sources were:

Mead hoping for more moments of magic, broken ref, couldn't find archive link Y
"Player Stats – UEFA Women's EURO 2022" broken ref, couldn't find archive link Y
Supporters Club Player of the Season - is this really due, based on lack of secondary sourcing? The would be OK as primary, but their website is up for sale. It doesn't seem particularly notable, unless I missing something here... Y
Press Release: Celebrities urge PM to think again on refugees, this could do with secondary source as group appears non-notable, and from a brief search I didn't find any. Maybe this is best just removed, otherwise doesn't seem due either. Y
"The Sports Book Awards". Waterstones, this is more content related, but the source says "Children’s Sports Book of the Year", and I couldn't find a source for being The Times for autobiography of the year in May 2023. Wrong source, or wrong content? Y

CNC (talk) 16:35, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CommunityNotesContributor: many thanks for the source review! I've made some amendments on each of the points. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:32, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great work, will get to work reviewing content next. CNC (talk) 13:20, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]