Talk:Jonathon Blum/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: -- BigDom 17:32, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Lead

• The prose is fine, but the lead should summarise the whole article and it contains nothing from the "Early life" or "International play" sections
• "During his major junior career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) Blum won a President's Cup as WHL champions in 2006 and a Memorial Cup in 2007 with the Vancouver Giants." --> "During his major junior career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Vancouver Giants, Blum won a President's Cup as WHL champions in 2006 and a Memorial Cup in 2007."

Early life

• "a couple years" --> "a couple of years"
• "NHLer" isn't a word, maybe something like "NHL player" would be better
• I don't think it's necessary to go into such detail about his mother's cancer. Just saying that she had cancer, was treated and then recovered in May 2006 is enough.

Playing career

• The first paragraph could do with a couple more references, such as citing the sentence about the plus-minus award.
• "plus/minus" --> "plus-minus"
• In the second paragraph, the part about him finishing second among league defensemen should be cited since it's a pretty strong claim.
• In the next sentence "would also set" --> "also set". This could do with a reference as well.
• Why are there three very short paragraphs at the end of this section. Can they not be merged together?

International play

• "but failed to medal once more" --> "but once again failed to win a medal"

Career statistics

• This section looks OK

Awards

• The awards without cites need references.

Records

• Same as the awards, they need refs

A pretty well-written article overall, once the few comments are addressed I'd be happy to pass this. Message me if you have any questions about the review. Thanks, -- BigDom 18:07, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Reply

First of all, thanks for taking the time to review. I addressed all the above issues as best I could. I think they're all properly taken care of, but I was unsure what from the "Early life" section I should include in the lead. I simply mentioned his birth place and where he was raised. Let me know if there's anything else I need to take care of. Thanks again! Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 07:23, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Article looks fine now those comments have been dealt with. Just done a couple of minor fixes myself but I'll gladly pass this now. -- BigDom 17:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

You should mention his early childhood as playing street hockey with the neighbors. Played every week and loved it! Miss you Ashley!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.189.161.8 (talk) 23:00, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Criteria check

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Awesome! Thanks. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 01:03, 22 January 2010 (UTC)