Talk:Rohit Sharma/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk · contribs) 11:53, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

I'll be reviewing this! Note that I'm not a cricket expert, so if I make any comments that evidence an ignorance of the game, feel free to correct me. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 11:53, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

1. Well-written 2. Verifiable 3. Broad—seems to fully cover his career 4. Neutral—article presents things neutrally and fairly 5. Stable—article does not seem to be the topic of an edit war. 6. Illustrated—Well-illustrated, images look good.

Lead

The lead is supposed to be a summary of the article’s content.

• ” Under his captaincy, India won the Asia Cup and Nidahas Trophy in 2018” – This isn’t mentioned in the body of the article at all. Incorporate it into the body of the text. Once you’ve done that, you can remove the cite from the lead—cites aren’t required for info in the lead that is cited elsewhere in the article.

Have removed this altogether as the competitions are of secondary importance. It was a recent addition that should have been edited out at the time.

• Also, link captain on first mention

Done.

Early life

• ” His mother Purnima Sharma is” – “His mother, Purnima Sharma, is” – The way its phrased, Purnima Sharma is not a necessary part of the sentence, so it should be offset by commas.

Agreed. Done.

• Same with Gurunath Sharma in the next sentence.

Done.

• ” His coach at the camp was Dinesh Lad who asked him to change his school to Swami Vivekanand International School where Lad was the coach and which had better cricket facilities.” – Kind of a run-on sentence. How about “Dinesh Lad, his coach at the camp, asked him to change his school to Swami Vivekanand International School, where Lad was the coach and the cricket facilities were better than those at Sharma’s old school.”

Yes, that is better English. Done.

• Link century on first mention.

Done. No Great Shaker (talk) 14:34, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Youth and domestic first class career

• Link out on first mention

In fact, the link should be not out and have done that.

• tournament. although he – Comma instead of a period.

Done.

• Link captain on first mention

Done. No Great Shaker (talk) 14:38, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Test matches

• ”made his test debut” - Link Test.

Done.

• ”by an Indian behind” – “by an Indian to”

Done.

• ”During the first test”—doesn’t need to be its own paragraph; merge with the one before it.

Agreed. Done.

• ” scored his 2,000th run” – link run

Done. No Great Shaker (talk) 14:43, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

2015 and 2019 Cricket World Cups

This section looks good.

Other one-day international matches

• Fourth paragraph – “a matching-winning” – “a match-winning”?

Done.

• Fifth paragraph—no comma after Dhoni, but comma after “in him”

Done.

• The first six paragraphs all start with Sharma—maybe reword the beginning of a couple of them for variety.

Yes, it is somewhat repetitive. Changed to 2 x Sharma, 3 x He and 1 x His. Please check and see how that looks.

• ” a then world record” – “a then-world record”

Done.

• Do we know who broke the record? If so, please mention this.

Good question. I don't. Can you please leave this with me?

The given source provides the answer. It was Eoin Morgan of England who scored 17 sixes against Afghanistan in 2019.

• Sometimes the national cricket team is linked, other times the national cricket team for the season is linked. For uniformity, please either do it one way or the other. If you’re going to link it for the season, then relink it for each new season in which it is mentioned.

I've made a few changes to rectify this but the links to tours seem to be correct within context. Can you please check again and specify any links you are unsure of? Thanks. No Great Shaker (talk) 19:54, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

• ” In 2019, he scored the most runs in ODIs by any batsman, with 1490 runs” – move this to the end of the paragraph.

Done.

• ” It was his 200th innings” – forgive me if this is a stupid question, but should innings be plural or singular?

Not a silly question at all. Cricket is sometimes a silly game and "innings" is one example of that. It is always plural.

• ” After India v/s West Indies 2nd ODI at Vizag” – Looks like it might be an informal abbreviation—is there a way you could write this out? “After India’s second OCI against the West Indies at Vizag”, for instance?

Have revised this entire sentence and hope it makes more sense now. Could you please check?

Twenty20 international matches

• ”the feat:” – should be semicolon (;), not colon

Done.

Indian Premier League

• ” Mumbai have won” – “Mumbai has won”.

Done.

• Last sentence needs a cite and doesn’t need his first name.

Removed the recently added sentence which made little sense given that his career is far from over, especially as it was unsourced.

Playing style

• ”Sharma is considered” – Take out considered. Otherwise, editors will want to know “Who” considered.

Agreed and done.

• ”limited-overs cricket” – no comma needed after this since next clause is not independent.

Done.

• Link slip.

Done.

Achievements

• ”During 2019 World Cup” – “During the 2019 World Cup”.

Done.

• Just noticed this, but link four and six – both are mentioned earlier in the article.

Done.

Commercial endorsements

• ” including the Swiss watchmaker Hublot and CEAT” – “including CEAT and the Swiss watchmaker Hublot” – to make clearer that CEAT is not the watchmaker.

Done.

• ” In his career spanning 11 years” – take out “spanning 11 years”

Done.

Philanthropy

• ” Sharma is noted for his philanthropic activities and promotes various causes such as animal welfare, health, and children” – “Sharma engages in numerous philanthropic activities, promoting various causes such as animal welfare, health, and children”

Done.

• ” he had tied up with an online store” – “he had agreed with an online store”

Done.

• Link Twitter

Done.

• On the World Rhino Day paragraph, that last period should go within the quotation marks, since it is for the sentence in the quote.

Done.

References

• Reference 3 needs author, date, and publisher.
• Reference 4 needs date and publisher.
• Reference 5 needs date, publisher, and accessdate.

I've removed all three of the above as stuff about nicknames breaches WP:TRIVIA. It's fair enough if the guy has one recognised nickname but that was just over the top. I'm reliably informed offsite that he is in any case known only by his name and that the alleged nicknames exist only in assorted in media headlines.

• Some refs have “ESPN Sports Media” listed as the publisher; others have “ESPN Sports Media Ltd.” Please make them all the same, either one way or the other.

It is a limited company so added Ltd in all instances.

• For refs 33 and 34, capitalize “The” in “The Guardian”

Done.

• For reference 35, the title is wrong

Well spotted. Corrected. I'm warning the person who did that.

• Ref 51—have the last name come first for the author, since this is the way the other authors are listed.

Done.

• For reference 58, the title is wrong

Corrected. This one was only slightly misworded; the first one was a complete distortion.

• Reference 64 needs a publisher and an accessdate

I've removed that sentence as the source was not WP:RS and the information was in any case trivial (even if true).

• Reference 88 needs a date

Removed that citation as it was non-RS but fortunately the second citation covers the information.

• Reference 105—take out “dotcom” on the publisher

Done.

Overall, a good start! Let me know when these changes are addressed! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 18:58, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Sanfranciscogiants17. I've made a start on this but I'll have to set it aside for now and will come back to it later. Thanks for doing the review. No Great Shaker (talk) 15:02, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

No Great Shaker No hurry, take your time! Just let me know when you're finished. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 16:37, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello again, Sanfranciscogiants17. I think I've addressed everything now but do please chack that I haven't missed any. I've taken out some stuff that was trivial or was badly sourced. These tended to be recent edits relating to India's 2021 Test series against England and I'm afraid we haven't vetted the article too well over the last few weeks. Looking forward to reading more feedback when you have time. Thanks again. All the best and stay safe. No Great Shaker (talk) 21:29, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

No Great Shaker Looks good now, passing. Nice work! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 02:59, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Sanfranciscogiants17, thank you for doing a thorough review which has led to a massive improvement in article quality. All the best and stay safe. No Great Shaker (talk) 06:07, 17 April 2021 (UTC)