Talk:MLS Cup 2018/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 16:19, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

I'll take this one up. MWright96 (talk) 16:19, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

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

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Road to the final

• "The match also marks the first time that two teams coached by managers from Latin America will face each other in the MLS Cup final;" - marked and faced
  • Fixed.
• "The defending MLS Cup champions are Toronto FC," - were
  • Fixed.

Atlanta United FC

• "on the last day of the season left Atlanta" - try season's last day
  • Changed it to "final day of the season", which I felt was more natural.
• "Both players were also finalists for the league MVP award" - spell out MVP and include the acroyms in parentheses
  • Fixed.
• "was named MLS Coach of the Year and announced in October 2018 that he plans to leave the club" - of his plans
  • Fixed.

Portland Timbers

• "three playoff championships in the second-division North American Soccer League," - North American Soccer League should have its acroynms in parentheses since its mentioned later in the article
  • Since the other mention of NASL is a separate league/entity, I've expanded that acronym out.
• "due to construction at Providence Park," - What kind of construction?
  • Changed to "expansion project"; don't feel like more detail is necessary.
• "Portland won 2–1 on two goals by Diego Valeri" - on a brace
  • I prefer to use terms that are recognizable to those outside the sport.
• "the Timbers lost their aggregate led" - typo; lead
  • Fixed.

Broadcasting

• "Fox's broadcast was lead by" - led
  • Fixed.

Summary

• Wikilink MLS Referee of the Year Award and New England Revolution
  • Done.

Post-match

• Perhaps add links to the jobs of Governor of Georgia and the Mayor of Atlanta to their respective lists?
  • I'd rather not create walls of blue links here.
• "and culminated in outgoing coach Tata Martino" - Should that be Gerardo Martino as has been done earlier in the article.
  • Fixed.

Those were all the nitpicks that were discovered during my read-through. Nothing major was discovered and the sourcing checks out fine. MWright96 (talk) 18:56, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

@MWright96: Thanks for the review. I have responded to all of your comments above. SounderBruce 21:30, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

• @SounderBruce: Have read all of the responses and accept them. Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 12:23, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.