Talk:Geoffrey Boycott/GA2

GA Review

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Hi, I'll be reviewing this article. The rules for GA reviews are stated at Good Article criteria. Feel free to respond to my comments under each one, and please sign each response, so that it's clear who said what.

When an issue is resolved, I'll mark it with  Done. If I think an issue remains unresolved after responses / changes by the editor(s), I'll mark it  Not done. Occasionally I decide one of my comments is off-target, and strike it out --

It looks like this should be an easy pass and GA has a massive backlog at the moment so you were probably better off going to FAC. Regards, Aaroncrick (talk) 06:23, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

• In Early Years, it reads, "Boycott played in spectacles before later switching to contact lenses. He feared his career would have ended had he not done so, as his eyesight was poor." Why did he fear his career would have ended, as lots of people have batted in glasses.? Daniel Vettori still does. Aaroncrick (talk) 02:51, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Fixed. I have checked with an Arlott source and the McKinstry one, it means to say that he felt he had to wear vision aids because his vision was poor, not the lenses or glasses in particular - though I'm sure contacts are easier. --SGGH ^ping! 02:57, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

• Later Years - "On 21 January 1984 the Yorkshire Club committee, in the face of this rising pressure, agreed after all to offer Boycott a contract for 1984." Is "after all" needed?

• Debut - "Boycott was brought back into the team following the summer and toured Australia that winter with the Marylebone Cricket Club to compete the Ashes, however illness dogged his performance initially." Change to 'in the Ashes'?

• Early Career - "He scored 173 in the first warm up match, followed it with 124 against Queensland." 'followed by'

• Ashes series, West Indies and India - "England went on to win the six-Test series 5:1." Change the result to '5–1'

• Okay, believe I have addressed these points. SGGH ^ping! 12:37, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Well done! I'll be passing the article. Aaroncrick (talk) 22:32, 10 September 2009 (UTC)