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The article was promoted by Gog the Mild via FACBot (talk) 9 March 2021 [1].


1987 FA Cup Final[edit]

Nominator(s): The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!), Amakuru (talk), 17:56, 12 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Possibly the most entertaining FA Cup final ever. Two teams going at each other pretty much from minute 1 to minute 120, and trust me, plenty of the tackles would have been yellow, if not red cards these days! Some great goals, an exhilarating match, a triumphant underdog, and if we're all honest, always lovely to see Glenn Hoddle lose. I commend this candidate to the house, along with Amakuru with whom this is a co-nom. All comments will be addressed as soon as practicable, as always. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:56, 12 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Comments by Wehwalt[edit]

Would it be better to name the winner in the first sentence? Given how Google previews our articles with a short text, it might be better to state the winner early on.
I'm not so sure, it's the first I've heard of catering for Google searches, and it would somewhat fly in the face of just about every other article of its type I've ever seen or written. But also, when I Google it, there's an "infobox" on the right-hand side which says "Champion: Coventry City F.C." so I guess we already (inadvertently) have that covered! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:39, 13 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
More soon, busy day and then some.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:28, 13 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • "City started as favourites,[8] but the Yorkshire side started better," Can you avoid using the same verb in two different senses?
That's all I have, so I'll Support without further ado.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:08, 13 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you, Wehwalt, that has been addressed. Cheers for the review and support. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 23:11, 13 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Image review—pass[edit]

Images appear to be freely licensed. (t · c) buidhe 22:20, 13 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 22:37, 13 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Support by Lee Vilenski[edit]

I'll begin a review of this article very soon! My reviews tend to focus on prose and MOS issues, especially on the lede, but I will also comment on anything that could be improved. I'll post up some comments below over the next couple days, which you should either respond to, or ask me questions on issues you are unsure of. I'll be claiming points towards the wikicup once this review is over.

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Additional comments

Additionally, if you liked this review, or are looking for items to review, I have some at my nominations list. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 21:08, 15 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Comments by SarahSV[edit]

The text supported by the game itself on YouTube seems to be a violation of WP:PRIMARY: "A primary source may be used on Wikipedia only to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge."

For example:

"Three minutes later, a backpass from Coventry's Peake was chased down by Clive Allen, forcing Orgizovic to run from his area and make a hurried clearance which was intercepted by Hoddle. The Tottenham midfielder's shot was blocked by Peake whose pass to Ogrizovic was misplaced, allowing Clive Allen another chance which this time he struck into the side-netting." Source: 1987 FA Cup Final, 16 May 1987, 00:42:48–00:43:04

I can't tell from watching the YouTube video whether that's an accurate description. The sound is barely working for me; I don't know whether it's quiet for others too. I also don't know of any particular passage whether it's worth mentioning. Secondary sources are needed for these descriptions of the game. SarahSV (talk) 21:40, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Interesting. Which parts of the quote there couldn't be verified by "any educated person with access to the primary source"? I guess one could argue "hurried" is something which you would have to interpret from his movement, "misplaced" is something you'd have to infer from the fact that he didn't pass to his own team member, but otherwise I'm not sure what the issue is. Sounds quality is impeccable for me, by the way. This feels ominous though, and too much of a coincidence so I'll step aside and let my co-nominator take a look. If he decides we remove every element of interest which are pretty straight forward observations out of the match report, that's fine by me, I don't need those hours of my life back! Cheers for the interest. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 21:55, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Amakuru over to you, I'll field the other comments as and when! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 21:56, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I hope you don't mind a drive-by comment from someone who has no involvement or investment in either football or FAC, and has come across this page sort of by accident. But is this not the same way we write plot summaries for articles about works of fiction? When writing an article about a film, for example, an editor will summarise what they see on the screen, which often involves some nuance, and we don't typically expect secondary sources to be used. Happy to be corrected if anyone feels this is not a good comparison. 97198 (talk) 07:57, 21 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That's a very good point actually, 97198, which I hadn't even considered. Take an article such as The Beautician and the Beast, which became an FA in the past 12 months. The plot summary has no sources at all, the presumption being that the film itself is the (primary) source for this. It contains snippets such as "Joy frequently clashes with Pochenko, who is disturbed by her independence and his inability to frighten her", something which presumably requires someone to watch a substantial portion of the film and really gain an understanding of what's going on. I would say that, if anything, our links to precise timings for when a particular event took place, which can be verified from a one-minute clip without even watching the whole match, is a step up from the verifiability of that line above. @SarahSV does this satisfy your concerns over this? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 12:36, 21 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi 97198 and Amakuru, a key part of WP:PRIMARY is that the material can be verified "without further, specialized knowledge". But you do need some familiarity with soccer terminology to know what you're looking at in that game, e.g.

Regis played a pass to Downs on the left wing, whose deep cross was palmed out by Clemence for a corner, which came to nothing. Three minutes later, Mitchell Thomas fouled Gynn deep in the Tottenham half: the resulting free kick was eventually cleared to Gynn who passed to Regis whose cross was cleared but the ball fell to Phillips and his snap-shot was deflected away.

It might not matter if it were just a few sentences, but it's eight paragraphs and 52 citations. SarahSV (talk) 00:19, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
All "terminology" is linked. Being able to observe the source and correlate it to the activity within the video is straightforward - I asked my seven-year-old son to do it and he was just fine. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:35, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I've struck my comment as I don't have time to follow up. Good luck with the nomination. SarahSV (talk) 03:25, 24 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Source review – Pass[edit]

Will do soon. Aza24 (talk) 08:53, 2 February 2021 (UTC) To keep with the sfn display pattern of citations, I've altered the youtube ones so they link directly to the video in the biblio; feel free to revert if there is disagreement to thisReply[reply]

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Ref 39 is now fixed, as you noted, copy/paste error. Ref 17 clearly says "Archive: Coventry in FA Cup history 1 Jun 20181 Jun 2018 From the section FA Cup..." so 1 June 2018 is correct. Maybe there's a curious timezone issue thing going on but as this took place in the timezone from where I'm writing, I think we'll stick with it as-is. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:49, 8 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Fine by me. Pass for source review. Aza24 (talk) 01:52, 13 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Accessibility review[edit]

Thanks Heartfox for your review. I think I've addressed your concerns, but don't hesitate to suggest amendments to improve accessibility where appropriate. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:42, 8 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Comments by Edwininlondon[edit]

Some comments:

Notwithstanding the nitpicking above, overall the prose is pleasant to read and flows well. The article has the right level of info, as per my interpretation of MOS:JARGON. For instance, it does not explain basic football concepts, but mostly simply links to the relevant articles (I would add a few links, I see no harm in linking to substitute, penalty kick, corner kick). It also nicely stays on topic and for instance does not retell the cup's history. Nice work! Edwininlondon (talk) 16:20, 21 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Edwininlondon: I think I've had a look at all the points above now. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 19:31, 6 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Amakuru, The Rambling Man: Nudge. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:59, 26 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Gog the Mild: apologies, I've been quite busy this week. Will hopefully have a proper look at this tomorrow or Sunday. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 15:49, 26 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

All fine, but sorry, just a few more minor things I just spotted:

That's it from me. Edwininlondon (talk) 20:38, 7 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Very well. That's all I have, so I'll Support without further ado. Edwininlondon (talk) 21:49, 8 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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