Talk:2005 FA Cup final

2005 FA Cup final has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

2005 FA Cup final is part of the 2004–05 Arsenal F.C. season series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

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June 29, 2016	Good article nominee	Listed
April 9, 2018	Good topic candidate	Promoted
January 24, 2024	Good topic removal candidate	Demoted
April 1, 2024	Good topic candidate	Promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 12, 2016. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the 2005 FA Cup Final* was Patrick Vieira's last match as an Arsenal player?*
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Dead link

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/04/FACup_Final_MatchReport.htm
- In 2004–05 FA Cup on 2011-05-25 07:52:21, 404 Not Found
- In 2004–05 FA Cup on 2011-06-11 13:04:52, 404 Not Found
- In 2005 FA Cup Final on 2011-06-12 01:09:41, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 01:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:2005 FA Cup Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Yellow Dingo (talk · contribs) 13:37, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Comments

1a - the prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct

Lead

At the end of the first paragraph you basically say the same thing twice by writing: ...ran out winners after 120 goalless minutes... and ...after neither side managed to score in normal and extra time. This needs to be reworded.
1. Done
Link Penalty shoot-out (association football) in first paragraph as that is where the reader will come across the term first.
1. Done
Link Extra-time per above.
1. Done
...won 5–4; Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes saw... reword to ...won 5–4 after Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes saw...
1. Done
It isn't good to link to a page with a year as the piped text. "1996" could refer to anything. A way to get around this would be to write: ...game in Cup history since the 1996 edition.
1. Done

Route to the Final

...drawn randomly out of a hat with the remaining.... Is it really drawn out of a hat?
1. Done
...were away for the first game.... Reword to were the away team for the first game for clarity.
1. Done

Arsenal

As both Arsenal and Manchester United were Premier League clubs, they entered the competition in the third round. Remove sentence as unnecessary.
1. Done
...but hit the ball over from six yards. 6 yards needs a metre conversion for us metric folk.
1. Done

Pre-match

...2004–05 season. Link should be ...2004–05 season.
1. Done
...of Manchester United in the league... "League" should be linked to 2004–05 FA Premier League.
1. Done
...of a unique Treble,... No need for "Treble" to be capitalised.
1. In most media, "the Treble" is referred to with a capital letter to distinguish it as a special achievement. – Pee Jay 15:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
..most recently against Southampton in 2003. A bit like point 5 in the lead section; the link should be in the 2003 final
1. Done
...constitutes the Texas Chain Saw Massacre, does it. Link "Texas Chain Sae Massacre" to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1. Done

First half

...but the assistant referee ruled... Link "assistant referee" to Assistant referee (association football)
1. Done

Second half

...past the Cameroonian full-back... Link "Cameroonian" to Cameroon
1. Not done This would be a violation of WP:OVERLINK, in my opinion. – Pee Jay 15:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
...broke to the United captain... Link "captain" to Captain (association football)
1. Done

Extra time

...awarded for a soft foul by Silvestre... Remove the term "soft" as we can't determine what a "soft" foul is.
1. Done

Post match

...by The Guardian showed... Link The Guardian
1. Done

Aftermath and legacy

...joined Juventus in the... Link Juventus F.C.
1. Done

2a - it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline

Ref numbers are from this revision.

Ref 22 is dead for me
1. Found an archived version. – Pee Jay 15:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Overall

This article is generally in good shape. I will put it on hold so you can address the above concerns. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 14:39, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@PeeJay2K3 and Lemonade51: Ok I'm happy to pass this as a GA; well done! - Yellow Dingo (talk) 11:22, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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