Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Priestfield Stadium

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 00:37, 3 December 2007.

[edit] Priestfield Stadium

I based this article loosely on City of Manchester Stadium, an existing FA, and I feel it is also now at FA level, I await your comments....... ChrisTheDude 12:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

• Comment I'll almost certainly be supporting this, but first a couple of queries:
  • Am I correct in assuming that for the second and third paragraphs in the history all of the facts mentioned can be found in the reference at the end of the paragraph?
    • In paragraph 2 everything up to "....opposite end of the ground" is sourced from the reference that immediately follows, and the rest from the reference at the end. For paragraph 3 everything comes from the one page in Triggs' book.......
  • Did nothing of interest occur to the ground between 1913 and 1948? For instance, with Chatham Dockyard nearby the surrounding area was presumably heavily bombed in the Second World War, did the ground survive unscathed?
    • None of my books on the Gills' history mention any notable developments to the ground taking place in that era. Nor is there any reference to it either being damaged or not being damaged during the war (i.e. nobody says either way, so best not to even discuss it - does that make sense......?).
      • Actually I have now found one thing to mention from that period - a record crowd in 1924 ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:48, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Is the pitch a wide open Wembley type, a poky Highbury style or simply a nondescript mid-size one? Oldelpaso (talk) 20:38, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, it's bigger than Highbury was, smaller than Wembley, and about the same size as most of the others in League One, so I guess it's really just of average size. Certainly I can't find any source that passes any sort of judgement on its size..... ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:16, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
• Support Very informative, and as comprehensive as realistically achievable. Oldelpaso (talk) 22:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Support All points addressed. This is a good read, with some excellent images and well sourced. Peanut4 (talk) 22:45, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
  • A very minor point to start with. In the lead, and was also the temporary home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club for two seasons in the 1990s, I think during the 1990s sounds better.
    • Y Done
  • In the history section, At the same time an area of land in Gillingham was purchased by the club's founders, the purchase being funded through an issue of 1,500 £1 shares. I would change one of those uses of purchase especially with it cropping up again a couple of sentences later.
    • Y Done
  • Is there a reference for this: As at most grounds at the time, most spectators stood on terracing, banked earth, or simply along the perimeter of the pitch. or is it something of an obvious point?
    • To me it's a fairly obvious point, which I only put in because it was raised at the PR that not everyone would necessarily know that stadia at that time had minimal seated accommodation. I guess I could try and find a reference to a general footy history book (Hunter Davies' "Boots, Balls and Haircuts", which I own, is good for that sort of thing), but if I had to take it out it wouldn't bother me unduly.
      • If it's an obvious point, I wouldn't oppose the FAC merely on the basis of it being unreferenced. It is only a minor point when I was reading through. I'd rather you keep it in to make the history more complete. Peanut4 (talk) 10:25, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
        • I've added a reference...... ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Regarding the record attendance against QPR. Is there also a reference for this, with many more turned away.
    • That's referred to in Roger Triggs' book, which is already used as the reference for most of the paragraph. To clarify this I have replicated the ref at the end of the sentence.
  • The first line of structure and facilities, The pitch is surrounded by four all-seater stands could include a wikilink to All-seater stadium.
    • Y Done
  • Next line, All are covered with the exception of the Brian Moore Stand, which has no roof. do you need to say no roof? It seems to follow from the prior clause.
    • Y Done
  • Other uses, compared to over 5,000 it really ought to be more than not over. Sorry about this one, it's a big bug bear of mine.
    • Y Done
  • Records. As above. The most recent time the average attendance was over 10,000 was in the 1964–65 season, should be changed too.
    • Y Done
  • Otherwise I think it's an excellent read, with some extremely good mix of images. I would almost certainly support this FAC. Peanut4 (talk) 00:46, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
• Support, an easy GA and was always on for FA. Some little bits and pieces done since make this a FA as for as I'm concerned. Well done. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:12, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.