Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1926 World Series

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I'm nominating this article for featured article status because I believe it meets the FA criteria. I enjoyed writing this article, and I hope you enjoy reading it! Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 22:37, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

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Resolved issues from Buc (talk) 19:07, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "They rebounded from their 1926 loss by winning the title in 1927 and 1928." poor wording. Also replace "their" with "this".
  • I think the Summary section should be at the bottom.
    • It's a convenience to readers who want to quickly access the scores of each game. I've seen this format in other World Series articles as well. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 14:55, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
      • Isn't that what the infobox is for? Buc (talk) 19:07, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
        • Unfortunately, the infobox does not have parameters to include data for all 1926 WS games. That's why a separate section is needed. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 21:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Background section seems to be mostly about the two team rout to the series.
  • "Furthermore, he pitched a complete game" why "Furthermore"?
  • The announcer call in game 4 is a bit long, do we need all of it? It also doesn't say who the announcer was.
  • What is the "Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester" section for and why does it come after game 4?
    • It's famous 1926 World Series lore. It doesn't make sense to have it before the game, since I reveal Ruth's Game 4 heroics. It's appropriate to have this after Game 4, since this was when the story was first publicized. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 14:55, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
      • Make it a sub-section and explain this then.
  • Surly the Aftermath section could be exspanded?

Impressive though for an event from over 80 years ago. Buc (talk) 09:00, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

      • Expand on what is already there for a start. If you don't think you can expand it much though, remove it, it's not worth having a section that short. Buc (talk) 19:07, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
        • If a section is too short, we shouldn't have it? I'll see what I can do, but I don't think removing the section is appropriate. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 21:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Most issues resolved Giants2008 (talk) 03:38, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
  • I just noticed that Art Reinhart is an external jump in the Game 4 box score. Red links are not evil. If someone comes to this page and sees it, they can create an article themselves. That's how Wikipedia grows.
  • Game 7: The writing implies that Lazzeri's long fly ball didn't reach the stands. It did, but of course it went foul.
  • Another reviewer mentioned this earlier, but Aftermath could easily be expanded. The Yankees fielded the famous Murderers' Row team the following year, and the Cardinals became the dominant team in the National League for the next 20 years. There is much that can be written about this.
  • Barry Levinson's book is listed in Further reading. This should be removed since it is used as a reference, per WP:CITE.

There were a couple other things I saw, but I can't remember them now. I also fixed a few things myself. If I had to vote on this one, I would be Neutral. It is well-referenced and fairly comprehensive, but the game recaps aren't compelling to me. There are some awkward passages at times. like these two from game 7: "Les Bell just barely made it to first base after shortstop Mark Koenig accidentally kicked the ball while trying to field it." Just barely? "and it appeared Haines had run into some problems." The bases were loaded and his finger was bleeding from a popped blister, so it goes without saying that he had "some problems". Perhaps this is from reading a lot of newspaper recaps, but I don't feel comfortable supporting this. I do wish you luck, as I always like to see sport-related articles succeed here. Giants2008 (talk) 15:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Issues resolved, ЭLСОВВОLД talk 23:53, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Issues resolved, Ealdgyth - Talk 13:50, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Sources look good. Links checked out okay with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Resolved issues from Milk's Favorite Cookie (talk · contribs) 00:43, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Support All my concerns assessed, seems to meet all criteria. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 15:31, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

  • "Further reading" section goes after "Notes"
  • Use en dashes for scores, etc. per WP:DASH, such as in "Game 1" at "WP: Herb Pennock (1-0) LP: Bill Sherdel (0-1) "
  • Unlink dates that are not full dates, such as "back to 1923." and "by September 22, but", per MOS:UNLINKYEARS
    • Wrong link? And when was this change made to the MoS? At one point, it said to link years, then it said not to, later it said to link individual month-days, and now we're not supposed to? Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 16:35, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Fixed the link. Only years have to be unlinked, if they are not used with a month and day. Gary King (talk) 16:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Well, I felt the links were relevant (they were only linked when associated with a particular World Series). Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 03:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Gary King (talk) 16:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

All other images look good from a copyright standpoint, nice work. Kelly hi! 20:40, 9 June 2008 (UTC)