Talk:Mauricio Gugelmin

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I'm busy looking the article over for Good Article Review. Everything looks to be pretty good, but I'd the prose to be fixed up just a bit 9a little more compelling), and I'd like some technical jargon wikilinked. I'm leading towards makign it a good article though. --Wizardman 16:45, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Review

A good article has the following attributes:

1. It is well written. This one is currently not following that, yet the prose is improving. I don't really link the year-to-year flow where the paragraphs end up being two sentences. Basically the main part that's holding this article back. 2. It is factually accurate and verifiable. This article is. 3. It is broad in its coverage. This article is. 4. It follows the neutral point of view policy. The main parts that someone would say could be POV are all properly referenced, so this isn't a problem. 5. It is stable. This article is. 6. 6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic. This article does. So 5 out of 6 is pretty good. I don't want to just deny it but the writing could use some work. I could try helping with that myself over the next couple days. It's a good length as well, maybe a bit of expansion on 1999 would help (no mention of his activities then). --Wizardman 02:31, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

To add to that, I did fail it for two main reasons: no references in lead (easy to fix) and weak prose and structure (harder to fix). This could certainly be a GA in the future, so don't be discouraged. (This was my first GAR, for all I know I may have been harsher than others, so feel free to try again in the future. --Wizardman 00:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Refs in the lead are not a requirement, a common point of view (including on some Featured articles) is that since everything in the lead is a summary of the rest of the article, the refs are not needed, or at their most useful, there. 4u1e 15:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC).

A certain amount of 'year to year' is, I think, inevitable in any sporting article - it's the natural rythym of the topic if you like. I'm having a shot at the writing as well - I don't see any problems with the actual writing itself (spelling/grammar) so I assume it's more structure and flow? Grateful if you could continue to comment on changes to see if it's more what you have in mind. Cheers. 4u1e 16:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

It's somewhat heartening to see people helping to get "my article" up to scratch. Thanks for all the help so far. I agree re: refs in the lead; Damon Hill is a good example of that. Readro 18:39, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Structure

Just a suggestion - probably the whole F1 career can go under one heading. Logically Leyton House belongs more with March anyway, which would leave Jordan on its own as a subheading, so why not just go for one? 4u1e 16:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree with you. I tried to do a year-by-year account of his career, but found there was just not enough material from some parts of his career, particularly his Jordan and early IndyCar years. I've also merged the Champ Car bit into one section for the same reasons. Readro 18:39, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Thought that might be it! 4u1e 22:21, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

This actually does look a lot better. If you guys want to nominate it as a GA again I'd probably support it. (Looking at some of the articles for delisting that are being kept this one should have no problem) --Wizardman 03:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to have another look. I'll re-list it and see what happens. Cheers. 4u1e 07:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Alright, it's a GA now. My only slight problem is what LOOKS to be a lack of content (I emphasize looks since you probably stretched the bio out far more than I at first assumed. Keep improving it with whatever info you can find though. --Wizardman 17:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mid importance?

I've changed the importance for Mauricio from mid to low. Although I was quite keen on him as a driver, he didn't really make it in F1 and only won a handful of races in Indycar. I suggest that his importance, in the context of motorsport as a whole, is only 'low'. Cheers. 4u1e 21:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)