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Featured articleThe Boat Race 1993 is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
Main Page trophyThis article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 28, 2016.
Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
July 12, 2014Good article nomineeListed
September 16, 2014Peer reviewReviewed
October 26, 2014Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 14, 2014.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that in the 1993 Boat Race, Cambridge used cleavers?
Current status: Featured article

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:The Boat Race 1993/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: SchroCat (talk · contribs) 20:44, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll pick this one up: it may be a day or two, but I'll be round to it soon enough. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 20:44, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]


I've twisted him round, and done a couple of very minor ces too: all good and happy to pass here.

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose quality: Green tickY
    B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists: Green tickY
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. References to sources: Green tickY
    B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary: Green tickY
    C. No original research: Green tickY
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects: Green tickY
    B. Focused: Green tickY
  4. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias: Green tickY
  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc: Green tickY
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content: Green tickY
    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions: Green tickY
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail: All good: I am happy to  PassSchroCat (talk) 08:38, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review

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This peer review discussion has been closed.
Following in the wake of the success of The Boat Race 2012, this one is next in my pipeline for FAC. A successful GA, this has some interesting facets to it and I'd like some other non-involved eyes to give it a look over.

Thanks in advance for your time and efforts, The Rambling Man (talk) 09:38, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from NickGibson3900

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Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:36, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from EdwardH

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  • "for the first time in the history of the race" could just be shortened to "for the first time"
  • "Cambridge prevented Oxford making it seventeen wins" doesn't sound right to me. Would "Cambridge prevented Oxford winning seventeen times" be better?
  • Images lack alt-text.

Good luck on the featured article nomination!

Proposed changes to wording

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This edit makes a number of changes, mainly based on personal preference, some based on grammar and some based on actual correction. I have removed it and made a few individual changes, but it appears that the edits are being slowly re-introduced. I would like to see some discussion here on these changes to the article which was peer reviewed and promoted to featured status without all these modifications. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:01, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]