# Talk:Jarriel King

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Jarriel King/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 12:08, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: ReturnDuane (talk · contribs) 16:46, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi, @WikiOriginal-9: I'll review this article. Hope to have some feedback for you soon. ReturnDuane (talk) 16:46, 16 January 2025 (UTC)


### Comments
First, we can ignore WP:QF as none of those issues arise. I've so far concentrated on CR#1, but that overlaps with CR#3 to CR#6. Apart from [25] and [26], I haven't looked at the CR#2 references in detail yet, and will do that next.
I have these comments about CR#3 to CR#6:

I'm happy with the breadth of coverage (CR#3) except that the content of the coaching section needs to be expanded, as I've outlined below. That aside, the content is entirely within scope and provides a good summary of Jarriel's career, while also acknowledging the problems he has faced.
CR#4 requires that the article is fully objective and written from a neutral point of view, which it is, so no problems there.
The article is stable and it passes CR#5.
I can understand that there are no images of Jarriel because of copyright constraints, so it passes CR#6 by default. However, I think the article would benefit by having a couple of indirectly related images in the narrative, below the infobox. For example, when he played for the Argonauts, his home venue must have been the SkyDome, and there is a good image of that at [[File:CNTower-View-04.jpg]].
Image added. If that's not a good place for the image, feel free to move it. I'm on mobile right now unfortunately so I can't tell how it looks on desktop. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 09:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
There are a lot of points to be made under CR#1 about the content, and I've done this by section, as follows:


#### Lead
1. Not sure about the whole lead being in one chunk, and I'd split it into two paragraphs with a break after "only playing in one game". This will separate his college and NFL years from the Canadian.  Done
2. I would prefer "released" to "let go" (or "waived" as in the narrative).  Done
3. Suggest changing "He was later acquitted of all charges in July 2014" to "However, he was acquitted of all charges in July 2014". There is no need for "later" in addition to the date, and use of "however" boldly asserts controversy.  Done
4. Remove "also" from the final sentence as it impacts the context of him making a fresh start in Canada.  Done
5. Needs a brief mention of coaching since he retired as a player.  Done


#### Early life
1. Need to reword "on defense his senior year in 2004". Maybe to "on defense in his senior year (2004)"?  Done
2. Needs a citation at the end of "He was one of 50 players named to the USA Today Old Spice Red Zone Team".  Done
3. Paragraph break after that sentence to separate 2004 from 2005.  Done
4. There are too many uses of "also" and the one in the final sentence here is superfluous because there is a complete change of subject from sport to crime. I would expand the last sentence a little and say King's problems with law and order began in High School when he was twice arrested.  Done


#### College career
1. In "a procedure to fix an irregular heartbeat", suggest you replace "fix" with "treat", especially as he still had the condition a year later.  Done
2. I think a paragraph break after "In May 2010, King once again underwent an irregular heartbeat procedure", because there is a shift in context.  Done  
3. Change "Nunn ended up starting the final five games" to "Nunn began the final five games".  Done


#### Professional career
1. Personally, I would remove the pre-draft measurable table. I don't see how it adds value as it is just a block of stats without any context or explanation. As a reader, I find stats an unnecessary distraction. Any that are worthy of mention, such as his number of tackles in one match or one season, should be in the narrative only.   Done
2. First two paragraphs need to be merged as one. Single-sentence paragraphs should be avoided unless they carry a real impact.  Done
3. "He also recovered one fumble and made one tackle". Was this his tally over all fifteen matches because, if so, it doesn't seem worth mentioning? Again, an unnecessary use of "also".  Done  
4. "King played in 11 games, starting nine, in 2014 while also recording three tackles". If making only three tackles is worth mentioning, the sentence structure needs to be addressed. Misuse of "also" is again the problem. Suggest amendment to "King played in eleven games, starting nine, in 2014, and recorded three tackles".  Done
5. "He also had several stints on the injured list that season". The reader has seen that he played in only three matches and the reason is that he was injured several times. You don't use "also" to provide the reason. You could combine the two sentences with a semi-colon (or an emdash) to say "King appeared in three games, all starts, for the Argonauts in 2015; he had several stints on the injured list". You don't need "that season" because the reader already knows it happened in 2015.  Done
6. "King was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for Andre Monroe" would read better if you said "in exchange for Andre Monroe". Some readers may be unfamiliar with transfer procedure.  Done
7. "King played in six games, all starts, for the Roughriders during the 2016 season and also recovered two fumbles. He was also on the injured list several times that year". This is exactly the same as point 5 above. Rewrite as "King played in six games, all starts, for the Roughriders in 2016, recovering two fumbles; he was on the injured list several times".  Done


#### Coaching career
1. Content needs to be expanded with some dates given. The February 2024 source [25] says he was the "new assistant head coach" at Pinewood, acting as "the Panthers' strength and conditioning coach". Possible confusion here because the source refers to both the Spartans and the Panthers.

I can't find any other sources for his coaching career besides the one in the article, so I was leaving the details vague intentionally. Unless your okay with me citing his LinkedIn page, which says he started at Pinewood in 2023. Also, looks like Pinewood Prep won their first-ever football state title a few months ago. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 09:01, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
2. "He was also named the head coach of the Charlestown Pirates of the United Football League". Remove "also", provide a date, say if he is still there, and how the team has performed under his management. The given source [26] is a deadlink, so can you provide an archive or an offline equivalent?

I can't find an archive or any other sources. That dead link is all there is. It doesn't look like the league ever actually played. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 09:01, 19 January 2025 (UTC)


#### Throughout
1. As already pointed out, the word "also" is overused and often causes a loss of context. It should be used sparingly and only to conjoin two items which are directly related to each other. You could say that while he played for Team X that season, he also made a single appearance for Team Z. You should not say he played for Team X, and was also charged with whatever offence, because those are separate subjects requiring a sentence apiece.
2. Numbers are used in both alpha and numeric format. They need to be single format only for consistency. One example is "King played in 11 games, starting nine". I don't know if American publishers prefer alpha over numeric, as they do in GB, but that piece should be either "King played in eleven games, starting nine" or "King played in 11 games, starting 9". (In Britain, we generally express anything from nought to twenty in alpha format, and then numeric from 21 upwards; you need to go with the normal American format.)

MOS:NUMERAL says "Integers from zero to nine are spelled out in words." & "Comparable values near one another should be all spelled out or all in figures, even if one of the numbers would normally be written differently: patients' ages were five, seven, and thirty-two or ages were 5, 7, and 32, but not ages were five, seven, and 32." I believe I've updated the article accordingly. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 09:19, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
That's useful for me. I'll note NUMERAL. Thanks. ReturnDuane (talk) 10:39, 19 January 2025 (UTC)


### Sources
Per WP:GAI, this section is a spot-check of a sample of the sources. There are 26 sources in total, eleven used two or more times. I've chosen six for the sample: nos 5, 6, 9, 10, 16 & 21. Results as follows:

[5] – This is used twice and is an offline source that I can't check. Not essential, but do you have a page number for the article?
Added Newspapers.com links. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 08:16, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
[6] – Verified, although stealing is not actually specified in this source, which cites "a violation of team rules".
Stealing comes from ref 4. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 08:51, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
[9] – Verified.
[10] – Verified.
[16] – Verified.
[21] – Verified.
There are no citations still needed, and the formatting used for the references is fine, so I have no problems at all with section 2 of WP:GACR. I've passed all of its components in the review chart below. ReturnDuane (talk) 12:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)


### Next steps
I won't put the article on hold yet because I need time to study sources [1] to [24], but please don't wait for me to do that if you can consider the points above in the meantime.
The article is certainly interesting to read and I'm confident it will make GA standard if we can resolve all the prose/content matters, and if the referencing is okay. As it stands, I'd agree it deserves its C-class rating, but it just needs more work doing to fine tune it and knock it into shape. Anyway, I'll leave it with you for now. I should be able to finish the source checks over the weekend, but I'll let you know if I get delayed. ReturnDuane (talk) 14:27, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Apologies, but I didn't realise the source check should be a sample only, so I've managed to complete that quickly. As you can see below, the references are fine. I will now put the article on hold but there's no rush. I've passed all the GACR sections 2 to 5, and left parts 1 and 6 as unassessed for now. ReturnDuane (talk) 12:44, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

@ReturnDuane: Addressed or responded to everything. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 09:30, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi, WikiOriginal-9. Thanks for doing all of that. I've ticked the remaining boxes below, and am promoting to WP:GA. It's an interesting article which illustrates how a sporting career is never plain sailing. Well done, and all the best. ReturnDuane (talk) 10:37, 19 January 2025 (UTC)


### Final review