Talk:Lusia Harris/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 21:06, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this article shortly. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 21:06, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here are the issues I found:

Ref #3 ("Lucy's Legacy: A Profile of Lusia Harris-Stewart") is a deadlink, and I was unable to find a replacement link for it.
In several sections, there are multiple sentences in a row that start with She. Convert a couple to Harris, and modify how others are written to break up the repetition. This is especially relevant in the lead, where every sentence after the first does this.
"Harris was born in Minter City, Mississippi to Ethel Harris and Willie Harris, a vegetable farmer." just say Ethel and Willie Harris, unless Ethel's maiden name was in fact the same.
"She always had a fierce basketball rivalry with her siblings, playing basketball on a homemade court. She and her siblings attended Amanda Elzy High School in Greenwood, Mississippi." should be cited.
"who was starting a collegiate women's team, if she would attend Delta State University, in Cleveland, Mississippi." rm comma after university.
"Delta State qualified to the tournament in 1975." build on that slightly, right now just feels flat; what was their record? how was Harris's individual performance? Do this for the other years as well.
"They came up against the Mighty Macs of Immaculata University, the premier women's college basketball team of the period," cite needed.
"Her college career record was an outstanding 109–6" avoid adjectives like that in an encyclopedic article. "Her college career record was 109-6" works just fine.
"Harris scored the first ever points in women's Olympic basketball tournament." who was the opponent in the match?
"She never played in the NBA or any other men's basketball league but she played" the second she is superfluous, it can just say '..but played..'

A lot of little things to fix, but no deal-breakers that would warrant a fail. I'll put the article on hold for a week, and will pass it when the issues are fixed. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 03:35, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ref #3 has been replaced with the archived version from the Wayback Machine. I will work on the other points later. Thanks for the review. — MT (talk) 04:33, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Will the other issues be fixed soon? Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 00:08, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the kind reminder. I'm caught up in editing a lot of different things that I almost forgot about this GA review. Fixed some of the minor issues and I will do more research on her college career later tonight. — MT (talk) 18:21, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded the College career section a little bit to show more about her individual performance, especially in the finals. I believe all the issues listed above have been fixed. Please let me know whether there is anything more to add, edit, or fixed. Thanks. — MT (talk) 16:23, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Everything looks good now, it definitely reads a lot better. I have no further concerns, so I'll pass the article as a GA. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 17:35, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]