Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2015 KNVB Cup final/archive1

2015 KNVB Cup final

Featured article candidates/2015 KNVB Cup final/archive1

Nominator(s): Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 10:28, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

3 May 2015, one of the best days of my life. My favourite (local) football club winning something for the first (and thus far, only) time. Travelling down to Rotterdam with several family members, seeing people on viaducts waving and cheering on the passing buses with us fans (even ca. 100 km down the route), and the incredible (but tense) atmosphere in the stadium, is something I won't forget. There's one image in the article, which is not mine, as the few pictures I took were all a bit blurry ;) I've used online and newspaper articles to try and give a comprehensive (and of course unbiased) view. All comments are appreciated! Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 10:28, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I will take a look at this one but probably not till after the weekend -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:49, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

Image is appropriate licensed, but the article would benefit from having additional imagery. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:42, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Nikkimaria: I agree, added another image. Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 11:52, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"Groningen reached the final of the competition once before" => "Groningen had reached the final of the competition once before"
"PEC Zwolle began, as a professional side and defending KNVB Cup champions, their campaign" => "As a professional side, defending KNVB Cup champions PEC Zwolle began their campaign"
"In the last minutes of the match" - I think "In the closing minutes of the match" works better
"VVV equalised, but the goal was disallowed" - if it was disallowed then they didn't equalise. I suggest "VVV appeared to have equalised, but the goal was disallowed"
"it was the sixth time it happened since 1956" => "it was only the sixth time it had happened since 1956"
"It was the seventh time both sides met" => "It was the seventh time the two sides met"
"Groningen also entered the 2014–15 KNVB Cup in the second round" would suffice, I think
"found the back of the Vitesse net in the rebound" => "found the back of the Vitesse net on the rebound"
"showed his squad video messages of their family members before the match" => "showed his squad video messages from their family members before the match"
"Jans was hailed as a "motivator"" => "he was hailed as a "motivator"" (avoids repetition of his name)
"Groningen were already 1–0 down after two minutes when Romário scored, the fastest goal in KNVB Cup final history" - this is slightly confusing as a standalone sentence. I suggest joining it to the previous sentence as "reached the final once before when they lost 4–1 to PSV in 1989;[25] PSV's Romário scored after two minutes, the fastest goal in KNVB Cup final history"
"played each other once in the Eredivisie during the season, with Zwolle winning 2–0 at home" - is the league not a double round-robin? Why did they only play each other once?
Jans image caption needs a full stop
"but played since 2012 for PEC" => "but had played for PEC since 2012"
"Van de Looi was pleased for the fans that they claimed the club's first major honour" => "Van de Looi was pleased for the fans that the team had claimed the club's first major honour" (avoids the suggestion that it was the fans who had claimed it)
That's what I got! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:16, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ChrisTheDude, thanks very much Chris! Addressed your comments, and tried to clarify/expand on the point that PEC and Groningen had played each other once in the league (the next league meeting between the two was a week later). Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 14:34, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:31, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]