Talk:Matt Hicks (basketball)/GA1

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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 05:41, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Will review tomorrow (2 August UTC). ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 05:41, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On hold; over to you! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 19:13, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work on the changes. Happy now to pass. Congrats on yet another short but sweet GA! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 02:16, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio check

Earwig gives no concerns.

Prose

• Wikilink basketball in the lead as is standard for basketball player articles.
  • I did not realize this was standard.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:32, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• In § High school, recommend opening with his full name as it is his first mention in the body.
  • O.K.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:33, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Wikilink 8th grade, basketball and varsity team for unfamiliar readers.
  • You already asked me to link basketball above. Others linked.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:46, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• "In 2007, the Chicago Sun-Times has dubbed" – remove has. Relatedly:
  • Thx.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Wikilink West Aurora.
  • Linked above.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:49, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• "Hicks (who went by the nickname Skip at that time)" – recommend "Hicks, who went by the nickname Skip at that time," instead to avoid a repetition of parentheses with the next sentence.
  • OK-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:50, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• § DePaul is missing details on the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team and when he transferred there. Also, DePaul should be wikilinked here as first mention in the body.
  • Fixed. I think.--~
• Wikilink Northern Illinois University.
  • Linked above.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:52, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• "All-American by Associated Press" – recommend the Associated Press.
  • Thx.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:54, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• The second paragraph in § Northern Illinois reads a lot like a sport statistics website instead of an encyclopaedic entry IMO. How about instead writing it like "all-time leader in career points with 1,513 scored, single-season points scored with 682, single-MAC conference game points with 42 against Kent State on March 7, 1977," etc.? The parentheses for the MAC player of the week sentence are fine.
  • I'm kind of indifferent to that change.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:14, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Fair enough. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 02:16, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Refs

• Ref 14 appears to be a dead URL.

Passes spotcheck on refs 5, 13 and 16.