Talk:Paul Dickov

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July 12, 2008 Good article nominee Listed

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[edit] GA review comments

I'll put this on-hold until the following comments are addressed, they are minor so hopefully no big problems in getting this to GA.

I'll go through the comments - Oldelpaso, the nominator hasn't been on for a while. And I'm bored. Mattythewhite 09:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

• The lead consists of a large number of very short sentences which makes it difficult to read as clear prose, try to improve the flow by merging a few of them together (e.g. "... never a first team regular and in 1996...", "...stayed for two seasons before joining Blackburn Rovers in 2004...". Also, I'd phrase his first Scotland cap as "making his internationl debut for Scotland"... makes it slightly more accessible for non-experts (but that is a bit FA-ish).

Y Done Lead sorted out a bit. Mattythewhite 09:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

• Use the en-dash between seasons and scorelines.

Y Done Mattythewhite 09:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

• I would tend to start each new section with "Dickov joined...", "Dickov made his debut..." etc, but that's a personal preference really.

Y Done Mattythewhite 09:53, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

• Wikilink full dates.

Doing... Does that include the year when it is by itself (e.g. just "in 2000")? Mattythewhite 09:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

No, only full dates (e.g. 11 April 1975) as far as I'm concerned. The Rambling Man 09:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Y Done Gone through them all, I think. Mattythewhite 09:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Let me know if I can provide further assistance. The Rambling Man 08:00, 12 July 2007 (UTC)