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Manchester City F.C. supporters

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I've listed this article for peer review because I'm looking for more information to add to the page. Hopefully I can get it to GA status with some more references. Constructive feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Stevo1000 (talk) 23:42, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Oldelpaso

Simply by the nature of its subject, this will be a very difficult article to get to GA. Its scope is completely different to any of the existing football GAs. Essentially a lot of what we're dealing with is folklore, the kind of thing that gets discussed in pubs but rarely in what Wikipedia views as reliable sources. Breaking new ground by getting the first article of its type to a standard such as GA or FA is very tough but if achieved it is most rewarding, so I wish you luck.

As the song City supporters are best known for, Blue Moon deserves more coverage.
Worth explaining that Boys In Blue was recorded by the 1972 squad, written by members of 10cc etc.
The thing to get hold of to give historical context to terrace songs would be the programme for the last match before the Kippax terracing was demolished, as it devoted several pages to this.
I wouldn't say there's any rivalry with Spurs. A number of memorable matches down the years, but not a rivalry between supporters.
Helen "The Bell" Turner needs mentioning.
A lot of the famous supporters list looks dubious. Put it this way, I wouldn't expect to bump into Princess Beatrice at Mary D's any time soon. The likes of the Sun and Star should not be used for references. Rather than listing footballers who may or may not have a affinity for the club, why not write a bit about the club's Former Players Association?
The Junior Blues, or live4city as they call it these days, definitely needs a couple of paragraphs - it was the first organisation of its type in the country.
In my opinion, the City Humour section should go. All of them are trivial incidents, and none has been reported by organisations independent of the club. All of them also happened in the last year or two. In a few years it'll look like writing about a dog running on the pitch in the 70s.

Hope this helps. Oldelpaso (talk) 16:44, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]