Talk:Severiano Ballesteros

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 Severiano Ballesteros was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Reviewed version: February 6, 2008
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Until some one can work his birth place in to the main article cleanly (as required by the style manual), I'm removing his birth place. He was born in Pedreña, Cantabria. Trevor1 05:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Failed GA

This article has a long way to reach GA, I'm afraid

  • The most glaring problem is that the article is very short. It is 5.3k, and the subject of the article has won five majors, 90 tournaments and is one of the most decorated players of his era. His major victories and notable performances should be described in detail so that we know how the victory came to be.
  • Article lacks information on playing style, strenghts and weaknesses. Things like putting, driving, sand bunkers and so forth.
  • The article is not chronologically logical and mentions many events out of order and and a haphazard manner without elaborating on teh background and significance.
  • The divorce sentence is merged into a gold sentence and is out of place.
  • Too much recentist slant even though he has not been playing recently, focusing on random tournaments that he played in a once-off.
  • "binging down the curtain on an illustrious career" hyperbole
  • Should this article be put at Seve Ballasteros
    • Severiano Ballesteros is his real name, Seve Ballesteros is redirected here. Grovermj 03:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Self sources from his website should not be used. Suerly the family info can be found from a biography, which should exist for such an illustirious player. Y Done Grovermj 07:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)