Talk:Vic Aldridge/GA1
Vic Aldridge GA Review
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Overall this article, while short, is pretty good. However, I noticed the following things that need to be fixed:
- Any note on a source or year made for the baseball card image? I don't doubt that it's PD, but adding that information in would be nice.
- Refs 9 and 13 are the same; combine them.
- The use of baseball almanac has been, from what I've been told in the past, discouraged as a reliable source, though it's certainly fine as an external link.
I'll do a re-read of the article upon completion of this, and then will put the article on hold. Wizardman 17:36, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
- I twitted the grandson and asked him if he knew the source; I do know it was 1922 as I have kept an Ebay Watch for usable pics (is 1923 still the cutoff year?) I have combined the refs. This is my first baseball GAN, so I did not know that the almanac was a problem, but I see nothign wrong for it as a source; any clue why it's bad?--King Bedford I Seek his grace 05:21, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- (Grandson) Unfortunatly, I have not seen this card, or this photo, before it appeared on the Wiki entry. That's not saying much, though - I have only a few photos of him from his baseball years, and have yet to actually obtain or see any of his baseball cards. Despite some meager attempts to find them, I have been unsuccessful, and "Papa" (Pah-paw) didn't see any value in keeping any form of memoribilia. Lonadar (talk) 15:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- In response to Bedford, I think the main rationale for that is that there are more professional, reliable sites that have the exact same content in them. I used to think it was fine myself but others disagree. Namely, Baseball-reference and Retrosheet would be the big two to use (though I'm fine with baseball library personally). Sorry for the delay in reviewing the rest of this article, forgot about it. Wizardman 18:18, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- (Grandson) Unfortunatly, I have not seen this card, or this photo, before it appeared on the Wiki entry. That's not saying much, though - I have only a few photos of him from his baseball years, and have yet to actually obtain or see any of his baseball cards. Despite some meager attempts to find them, I have been unsuccessful, and "Papa" (Pah-paw) didn't see any value in keeping any form of memoribilia. Lonadar (talk) 15:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Here's the rest of the review:
- It feels a little light in terms of information. Granted, he's a pre-1930s player so it would be quite hard to find information on him. It does feel a little light though, mainly on non-1925 stuff. Here's some sources that may or may not be useful: [1][2]
- I added a couple free images, so that problem's handled :)
- There's a lot of use of "he". Change some to Aldridge to make it flow a lil better.
I'll put the article on hold, just fix these things and it should be good to go. Wizardman 03:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- Just got back from a long day trip;will do later today.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 08:19, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
OK, did all the tweaks requested, and added a little more info. Will keep an eye out for the publisher of that pic, although as I said before it was a 1922 pic, and thus allowable.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 06:17, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
- I almost forgot about this GA review. After looking through it again, everything looks fine to me, so I'll pass it. Nice work, always good to see more nice baseball articles, imo. Wizardman 04:06, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Gracias.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 08:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC)