# Talk:Keira Walsh

In the club table, why do half the entries refer to WSL 1 and half to WSL, yet both link to the same page? -- SGBailey (talk) 16:57, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

The WSL was called WSL1 for a while... what is now the Championship was initially called WSL2. Bring back Daz Sampson (talk) 20:20, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hi @Kingsif: have you considered putting this through WP:GAN? We don't have that many women's football GAs and I believe that this article represents some of Wikipedia's best work. I would submit it myself but I haven't made any significant edits to the article and can't see anything that needs doing. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 21:12, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

I haven't properly considered a GAN, though it has been mentioned to me before. I personally would like to tighten up the various career season sections to improve internal consistency, and there are tweets (from official accounts, but still) sourcing a few statements so IDK if those need improving. But if you want to nom it yourself, feel welcome, and I'll try to make myself available for the review. Kingsif (talk) 23:10, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I'll put it through in that case. It'll take about 4 months for someone to get to it so, in the meantime, I'll see if some of the social media references can be replaced. GA is a lower bar than FA and most of the social media references are citing relatively uncontroversial statements and, in some cases, also have a reliable news source citing the same thing, so I don't see the sourcing as a major issue. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 16:43, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Keira Walsh/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: CommunityNotesContributor (talk · contribs) 15:37, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I've started this review now. Firstly, thanks for nominating this article. On the face of it and from what I've read, it's well-written and considerably detailed, so congrats on that. Please bare with me as it will take some to get through, I'll start on sources, then get to content with an overall summary I'll be developing below. I'll create sections for anything that I believe requires significant improvement. Pinging @User:Kingsif as has expressed interest in being available.
* Suggestion: Based on the slight issue of focus, re WP:OFFTOPIC as referenced below, I'm proposing to move the sentences focusing on City history, as opposed to Walsh, to City's history section, then leaving a summary here. It's obviously outside of GA remit to be improving other pages, and I wouldn't want valuable information to be removed from here (if refined) without it being placed where it belongs. I also don't believe I should be failing this GA based on focus that for me is a neutral, but otherwise confident that – If you are wandering off-topic, consider placing the additional information into a different article, where it will fit more closely with that topic. – definitely applies here. I otherwise wouldn't consider this a major "contribution" if it's removing text rather than adding it, so happy to help in the interest of improving the article's focus.

Update 23/02: Have now reviewed approximately 50% of the content, and generally there is very little to address. I made minor edits, that were quicker to edit than document, and overall as I suspected, the article is very well written with limited issues. There are some WP:WTW that in hindsight I should/could have just removed myself, but in some cases there are different ways to modify the text, so is probably best left for a nominee or another user. I'm going to try and finish the content review as soon as possible, as I don't want to let it linger, but take the time you need to make improvements. As long as you're still on board, there is no rush. I'm now confident that with the sources issues resolved, there isn't a lot left to deal with @Spiderone. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 17:10, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
@CommunityNotesContributor: Thanks for the review. Regarding OFFTOPIC, I'm sure most of it is something that helps give context to Walsh's career, so somewhat necessary. As for WTW, chances are I added much of that trying to make interesting prose, I'll see what I can do. Kingsif (talk) 00:21, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
27/02: This is basically complete to GA standard, regardless of certain changes/improvements that are still planned. There is just the career stats to look at and resolve. 28/02: Waiting for refs to notes section for statistics prior to passing article as GA.


### Summary
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, and lists): 
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section):  b (inline citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism): 
Unreliable, broken and sources with no cite data needs resolving. all resolved. Sources have been checked for verifiability, and original research removed. No copyright/plagiarism detected. Career stats now well referenced.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 
Definitely broad in coverage, I highly doubt there is anything major (even minor) missing here. The focus could be refined with better summarised contextual information, such as Man City history, as referenced in Club career section, as per WP:OFFTOPIC.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 
It's includes the good, the bad, the ugly and the exceptional, with correct attribution where necessary.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 
Free from edit wars and vandalism, looks stable.
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 
Images have correct licenses and captions. Watermarks have been removed. External media comes from verified accounts that are the copyright holders of content.
Overall:
Pass/Fail: 


### Bias
To clarify my understanding of bias opinions regarding Walsh (that is/should be subject to scrutiny) based on WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV: Biased statements of opinion can be presented only with in-text attribution.

Manchester City F.C. - should be obvious
City Supporters Club - also obvious
City teammates - likewise
English sports writers - when talking about Walsh playing for England, unless they are specifying that they don't support England, I believe it's fair to assume they do and their opinion should be considered biased.
English sports writers - Walsh playing for City shouldn't inherently be considered a biased opinion.
I also think this is a very liberal approach, given that any opinion comes from a place of bias. Naturally any opinion with "extraordinary" claims should also be attributed, but otherwise "played well" isn't something I believe inherently requires attribution for example.

Are there any extraordinary claims that are not supported? I could cover them in tonight's copy edit if I know about them. Kingsif (talk) 19:46, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
I'm just checking over City career again for attribution given that I missed one, and now found another. Tomorrow I should be able to get to Barca and England career, so will let you know. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 19:50, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
There are two in City career for you is the summary so far. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 19:51, 24 February 2024 (UTC)


### Content
Have now completed assessment of content.


#### Lead
Haven't read full article yet but reads well. 
Initial thought is that some of her early life could be summarised into it (for example into second paragraph), such as Young Sports Person of the Year and no.1 at badminghton under-13s seems MOS:LEADREL, as this could be considered as part of her career as a sportsperson, likewise with U-17 Team of the Tournament. Certainly nothing wrong with it, but could be expanded to up to four paragraphs based on WP:LEADSIZE.  Done


#### Early life
"Though a dedicated Manchester City fan" - This should have the 'though' removed per MOS:EDITORIAL. The "though" this case was her support for Arsenal (not referenced), not her love of Spanish football.
 Done
"though she described it as her "second sport" - "and described it as her second sport"
Split sentence, including "though" removal. Kingsif (talk) 04:23, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
You mean  Done CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 05:59, 24 February 2024 (UTC)


#### Club career
Blackburn Rovers
"Though she began playing as a right-footed left-back, and then a centre-half," - "She began playing as..."
"With the Blackburn youth teams, and despite playing in defense and midfield" -  "while playing in defense and midfield"
"Walsh was a prolific goalscorer," - this sounds like a form of MOS:PUFFERY as the source(s) doesn't back up the claim. A word like "regular" would do here. 4 goals in 6 six games isn't exactly prolific goalsoring.
"the addition of Walsh was said to be key to maintaining their place in it." - a fair statement, but requires WP:INTEXT as it comes from a primary source, or otherwise removing. For exmaple: "they said/claimed the addition of Walsh was said to be key to maintaining their place in it."
"said to be the best player in the match despite the team losing," - mos:editorial, "that the team lost"
 Done all
Manchester City
A lot of information documents City's history, as opposed to specifically Walsh. While it does provide good context, it's significantly more detailed than for example City's 2016–2020 history, and would be useful included there, then summarised in this article. I'll get to these later, but as a summary, any paragraph that doesn't reference Walsh would better be suited on City's page, with/without a summarised version for context in this article.

I did try to copyedit with this in mind, but besides removing some sentences and fragments that were about Walsh but rather trivial, there isn't any chaff. Every line, not even just paragraph, connects to the BLP subject. And I suppose there probably should be a finer level of detail here than the team overview article - you can get into detail when it's about certain accomplishments or misfortunes relating to one player when that detail's only really relevant to them. The information about titles, of course, should be in the Manchester City's various season articles, and a certain amount of prose updates to them wouldn't be amiss. Kingsif (talk) 07:20, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
"despite Manchester City, the club she supports, preparing to enter the WSL and holding trials" - "despite" not due here per editorialising. The source states that Everton were already in the WSL, and that, in her own words, "No-one knew what to expect from City..."
Edited.  Done
"asked to sign her to the main squad as their playmaking midfielder" - unless I missed it in the sources, Cushing does not reference "playmaking midfielder", only joining first team is all that should be referenced here.
I've changed it to "holding midfielder". Though he describes a playmaker, Cushing only says a No 6, a sitting midfielder (a.k.a. holding, and this term is mentioned just below by article author). Kingsif (talk) 04:45, 24 February 2024 (UTC)  Done
"Manchester City added her to their 2015 League Cup squad in August, but the FA "might have" lost the registration documents for the change, causing City to be briefly suspended for fielding an unregistered player before the matter was resolved" - bit of odd structured sentence, it would read better something like: "Manchester City added her to their 2015 League Cup squad in August, causing City to be briefly suspended for fielding an unregistered player before the matter was resolved, as the FA "might have" lost the registration documents for the change."
Edited  Done
"Manchester City under Taylor, from the start but particularly in the 2021–22 season, played Walsh differently" - which source does it emphasis Taylor playing Walsh differently in the 2021–22 season? Roebuck mentions her develop in that season, nothing to with Taylor, only her development overall, so this is assumed credit (ie Walsh could be responsible for her own development here, despite Taylor playing her differently from the start). For accuracy, something like; From the start, Manchester City under Taylor played Walsh differently,[132] with goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck believing her development into a box-to-box midfielder arrived in the 2021–22 season.[143] Not that, but something like it, ideally better, and attributing that bias opinion to Roebuck as per INTEXT: it should always be used for biased statements of opinion. The Offside Rule ref is otherwise misplaced there. This is why I prefer to remove a "but" and move on, rather than dig into these things.
This - especially if wanting to mention Roebuck - is something to think more about. It is from an interview by and for City, so whether Roebuck can be credited (and not the club using a player as a mouthpiece for what they want to say without making it a press release) is a question. Offside Rule discussing how Walsh played differently at City and compared to England should be kept to the prose it is sourcing, but not if it means switching refs every few words (making it hard to read; except where there are direct quotes). As said, I will look at how to rephrase while remaining concise, if needed. Kingsif (talk) 18:48, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
So, the "Miss Dependable" Offside Rule ref I am seeing as I review the sources is quite important. The "62. Keira Walsh" one establishes that when Cushing left City (i.e. Taylor arrived), Walsh had less forward-thinking attributes. The "Miss Dependable" one says Under Gareth Taylor, Walsh’s passing numbers have dropped significantly with Manchester City often looking to play more directly through Alex Greenwood or Bronze. (and continues) - so this is where the article's "Manchester City under Taylor..." is from/can be sourced without the Man City "Roebuck" reference. The only thing that one is needed for is the quote of City/apparently Roebuck in the previous sentence ("taken her game to a new level") Like, it's definitely a Man City press release by another name. I'm going to make some tweaks to the "under Taylor" bit of prose first. Kingsif (talk) 02:07, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
@CommunityNotesContributor: This whole part now reads In May, Walsh was nominated for City's Player of the Season,[18] with the club feeling she had "taken her game to a new level" during it.[142] Manchester City under Taylor played Walsh differently from the start, with Walsh staying close to and mainly passing to the defense;[131][9] while continuing to have among the highest passing statistics in the WSL,[8] her passing metrics, as well as "almost all of her metrics around attacking play", "dropped significantly" in the 2021–22 season. - removed the unneeded Man City ref from the "played Walsh differently" sentence and reorganised this to have the 'difference' mentioned earlier and to have the source-text integrity on when she played differently and what season the stats refer to. Having reviewed the Man City ref, Roebuck doesn't the quote used in the article; since it's in the headline of Man City's editorial, it looks like the club summarising the interview and other discussion in there. This may make the case of attribution more confusing, as we could say that neither of them said that (it's kind of done a Wikipedia film article job of summarising a review, just of football). While the quote is a good connection, it's probably not needed, and removal would solve that. Kingsif (talk) 02:22, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Nice work, much better content now  Done CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 13:23, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
"She was also important within the City side that won the 2014 League Cup" - WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV, "She was also considered important by the club in the side that won the 2014 League Cup"
"Walsh described as "unassuming" and "pivotal" in their success" - attribution to WSU, pivotal in their success in a strong claim.
"Said by the Manchester Evening News to be growing in confidence in her role, Walsh was considered the key player for City ahead of their attempt to win the league for the first time since their successful 2016 campaign," - the rest needs attributing to avoid confusion here, "Walsh was considered by the newspaper/outlet the key player for City...", as the comma strongly implies the end of attribution, regardless of ref placement.
"Absent again until January 2022, she returned with other players to help City to a comfortable win against Brighton in their first match of the new year." - "comfortable" is exactly what City would say. Maybe this word can just be removed to avoid attribution.
 Done above four
Barcelona
Question - will we be ok without a direct citation for "Though women's football rarely drew transfer fees,"? It's common knowledge for anyone that watches women's football regularly but I'm not sure if the GA standards will require us to verify that most transfers in women's football are fee free? Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 09:49, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
We could use this from BBC? Kingsif (talk) 14:54, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
That's perfect, thanks. I've added a link to that source. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:48, 24 February 2024 (UTC)  Done
"Walsh then qualified for the final of the Champions League for the first time after Barcelona defeated Chelsea 2–1 on aggregate." - Walsh unable to qualify for CL as it's reserved for football clubs, but as per source, it was her first CL final.
 Done
"Walsh started in the 2023 Champions League final, and was crucial in Barcelona mounting a 3–2 comeback to win the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League." - arguably attribution to Guardian journalist Suzanne Wrack required as "crucial" is a strong claim.
I considered different options for this one. I have put "crucial" in quotation marks at the moment, as the smallest change, and here are my other thoughts of how it could be written (from smallest to biggest change, relevant change highlighted):
Walsh started in the 2023 Champions League final, and was "crucial" in Barcelona mounting a 3–2 comeback to win the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League. (current)
Walsh started in the 2023 Champions League final, and was important in Barcelona mounting a 3–2 comeback to win the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Walsh started in the 2023 Champions League final, and, per Suzanne Wrack, was crucial in Barcelona mounting a 3–2 comeback to win the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Walsh started in the 2023 Champions League final, with Suzanne Wrack writing she was crucial to Barcelona mounting their 3–2 comeback to win the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Barcelona won the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League with a 3–2 comeback in the 2023 Champions League final; Walsh started in the final and Suzanne Wrack wrote that she was crucial to the victory.
Kingsif (talk) 01:44, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
By default I'd go for attribution (to notable writer of women's football) with least wordiness (as we don't need to know if she wrote or said it) so the middle option looks best to me, but without the "UEFA Women's" part. Never seen the need to reference the organisers of such tournaments, like for Euros, World Cup or CL, nor remind the reader that Walsh plays in women's tournaments. Also baring in mind consistency based on the "2023 Champions league final" referenced. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 01:53, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
 Done Gone with 3, with the concision amendments to tournament name. Kingsif (talk) 02:22, 25 February 2024 (UTC)


#### International career
Based on discussion elsewhere, I have made amendments to the coverage (based on Guardian match report and later interview, sources already in article) of the 2019 World Cup:
...after the early weaker showing. Her performance in the semi-final against the United States, which England lost, however, was seen as strong –> after the early weaker showing, but she performed well in the semi-final against the United States, which England lost. (1) Besides moving the conjunction, the interview source mentions there being "irony" over the improved performance, which would justify it. (2) The new sentence order makes it easier to change the conjunction - e.g. after the early weaker showing. She then performed... (3) Based on the interview having praise (though framed as being more relaxed), and the match report using every superlative to talk about Walsh, I think "strong" in wikivoice would have been an acceptable summary, but the phrasing was just asking for a by whom tag; changing the phrasing and using "well" (fits the new phrasing better than "strongly") should make it watertight. Kingsif (talk) 02:59, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Makes sense, emphasis now better placed. The wording was never "wrong" based on correct use of English, only that there was a reasonable chance of misinterpretation based on the previous sentence structure.  Done CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 13:23, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
...sent a narrowly-saved "thunderbolt" strike... –> ...sent a narrowly-saved powerful strike.... Though not a word-quote that would ruffle feathers, there was a simple enough alternative.
Kingsif (talk) 02:59, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Much simpler  Done CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 13:23, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Note: If not obvious, many if not most of these suggestions can be ignored if preferred and not related to V/NPOV.

Youth
"Walsh was considered a key player in the 2013 season" - we could just say "named" here to avoid the "generically considered" rhetoric
"Fidler names England U17 squad for Euro Finals" - no cite data
"She scored their last spot kick in the 0(3)–0(4) third place play-off penalty shoot-out loss" - best to clarify the 0–0 draw and 3–4 penalties separately, I initially thought this was referencing aggregate, as not well versed in number of legs for 2013 U-17 Championship third-place play-offs.
"Walsh was then selected to the under-19 England squad, for which she was sometimes a striker, while still playing at under-17 club level. Called to training with the second team in January 2014, she made a competitive appearance for the first team a week later." - ideally this would clarify "U19 second team", as two teams have been listed in this sentence, so could be easily misinterpreted to mean u-19 as first and u-17 as second.
"When she was sixteen, coach Mo Marley told her that she needed to work harder; Walsh said missing out on selections at this age and Marley's warning, which she felt was tough love and indicative of Marley believing in her, " - the Walsh said should be moved to the start of the sentence for clarity, as is coming from Walsh, and to avoid the suggestion that she didn't say say "Mo Marley told her that she needed to work harder..."
 Done five above
"Realising she did not want to lose out on football, Walsh began to apply herself." - the implication that she wasn't applying herself isn't supported by the RS: "I wouldn’t have applied myself in the right way". Something like, "Walsh began to further apply herself and improved".
 Done, without "improved" because (while strongly implied) I couldn't see that in the source Kingsif (talk) 15:22, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
"wore the armband again after returning from injury for 2016 U19 Euro preparation matches in September and November 2015" - cite "Manchester City Women charge resulted from FA 'losing paperwork'" misplaced?
Probably, removed it. Kingsif (talk) 15:22, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Senior
As the longest section in this article, ideally it would have sub-headers, to maintain similar format length to other sections. Also, would the structure not make more sense with England and Great Britain as header3s, with Youth and Senior as header4 under England?

@CommunityNotesContributor: There are some tough questions here! There are some footballer bios with international careers broken down into sub-sections, but if looking at Lionel Messi, for example, each of those sub-sections is fairly long itself. There's also the question of what to title sub-sections that don't have a natural header (major tournaments). Football bios don't tend to have different structure of youth/senior, if just because most players only play for one country so there's no other headers. I think it's GB that's the question of what to do with it - usually if a player has represented multiple nations, it's at youth level, before they were cap-tied, (GB is an exception). Re-organising the headings levels might be unusual, but so is the case of GB, so I wouldn't object. Kingsif (talk) 15:31, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Taking Harry Kane for example, I think this is quite a convenient and simplist structure. Not necessary for GA, but a suggestion would be to split Senior career into two, where there is a distinct difference/change, notably going from struggling to success, with something like:
2009–2017: Youth level (U15 to U23)
2017–2022: Senior debut and first major tournaments
2022–present: Euro winner and World Cup runner-up
Alternatively, it might make sense to have more the context (that would also be a fair representation of content), for example:
2017–2022: First major tournaments and initial struggles
2022–present: Euros success and recognition as key player
I don't think that would be an issue with NPOV for sub-sections, as it would be an accurate reflection of RS. As well as the fact the two "points of view" are well attributed in the body, as well as contrasting. I'll leave it up to you to make any decision on sectioning, whether it be first suggestion, the second, a combination or the two, or neither. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 17:24, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Made this edit with a mix of both. Also provided the opportunity to move the paragraph (previously at the end) about her growing role since 2019 to the end of that sub-section, which might contextualise it better.  Done Kingsif (talk) 01:57, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
"During the campaign she was one of two senior Lionesses (with winner Beth Mead) to be nominated for the 2018 England Women's International Young Player of the Year award" - might make more sense to move this sentence to the end of the paragraph, as it's breaking the connection of "these qualifiers" with the sentence after "captained England for the first time during these qualifiers,", in case anyone thought "Young Player of the Year" requires qualification. It's also more of an additional piece of information which breaks the flow of the paragraph.
 Done I have moved that sentence to the end, though I don't know if it improves flow. As you say it's an additional bit of information and coming at the end it seems somewhat clumsily tacked on. Not sure where else it would go, of course. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"After the match, Walsh and manager Phil Neville had a "really honest" discussion," - not quite accurate. Walsh was "really honest" and Neville was "honest", bit of a stretch to say it was mutually "really" honest. Can we just stick to "honest discussion"?
 Done
"her name was announced by DJ Monki as part of England's social-media facing squad announcement" - not convinced this is relevant at all, the only relevance to Walsh is that her name was said with a remix, which also isn't very relevant.
 Done and can I also say, thank you. That was a much larger part when I first started editing the article, and I only kept it because the social media campaign in question won an award; just to whine about something that can be annoying, but there are editors that see those announcements and rather than just use them to source a simple "X was selected to the squad" statement, they go to every player's article and add a whole paragraph with irrelevant detail. The same was also done with the overall England number (Walsh's being 200) - I trimmed that massively but you can see in the other 200+ articles that someone has added a whole paragraph to say that the FA uses legacy numbers (often treating it like the numbers were also randomly assigned for some reason?) - and the worst is the US women's team that won the World Cup in 2019. Each of those articles has a whole section to say that there was a public celebration for the team, and it's the same copy-paste on every article, no players mentioned at all (and ignoring that every team gets a public reception if they win). So yes, thank you for agreeing that some of these kinds of things are extraneous, despite so many users adding them. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Ha, yes, I've trimmed many of those legacy number sentences. Didn't take me long to realise it was a copy & paste job, especially with the explanation of "how" the numbers were denoted, which was clearly irrelevant. This example 100% reminded me of that. The "benefit" is, for those who engage is this "mass info" dissemination, they never come back to check progress of articles, so I've had no issues removing large chunks of the info. I otherwise agree these generic sentences applied to all related articles are never helpful, period. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:16, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"her game and her development" - grammar? "her game and development"
Well, that's a different grammatical question. If "game and development" is a single unit, that's fine, but separate possessives helps clarify if they are not (and it seems like they're not). Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Good point, let's ignore me on this one. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:16, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
" She considered quitting football because of it, working with sports psychologists to rebuild her enjoyment of the game" - is "sports psychologists" accurate? From a quick look, I only found psychologists referenced.
You're right about it not being in the three refs at that sentence, but a quick search shows "sports psychologist" in The Times, interview with Sky Sports, and FourFourTwo (twice). In a ref we have elsewhere (a Man City interview), Walsh mentions "the psychologists" in relation to Man City, so one would assume they are inherently sports psychologists. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 Done For want of not introducing too many refs, I've changed the article to just say "psychologists". This isn't inaccurate, so it should be fine. Kingsif (talk) 13:19, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Fair enough, it was good how it was then, even if the refs provided didn't specify this one. My only consideration was that she could have had sports psychologists, as well as personal psychologists, the latter being neutral and not affiliated for the club, which would also make a lot of sense in this case, and that's maybe why Walsh herself didn't reference that specific term. Probably taking Walsh's description makes most sense here, as RS are likely to attribute the latter term for contextual sake more than anything. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:23, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"She showed "classic understated dominance" - there's an argument for intext attribution here, especially since "understated" is a contradiction of the remaining RS in the sentence that highlights are key performance.
Is it contradictory? Being important (key/dominance) and not making a big show of it (understated) seems to be what her whole style of play is about. But yes, I'll see how to work an attribution into it and come up with options again. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 Done "what Jonathan Liew described as"
To me, the "understated" is in relation to how others perceive her role, as an adjective, but I now see how this could be read as the subtle presentation of her role, using the verb. I guess it comes down to whether it was meant as "classic understated-dominance", or as "classic and understated dominance". Personally I read it as the latter, but all good now. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:34, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"defeating Copa América champions Brazil on penalties to win 1(4)–1(2), with Walsh being named player of the match" going to suggest again "defeating Copa América champions Brazil 4–2 on penalties, after the 1–1 draw, with Walsh being named player of the match
Could call it  Done - before I saw this, I edited it to be consistent with the notation format used in the youth section, so it's now 1–1 (4–2 (p)), with the "p" wikilinked to penalty shoot-out. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
That's simple and perfect. Sorry for being a pain with these minor things, I'm aware the original is the correct format for match results, I just think in other articles specifying these things makes sense. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:38, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"rather than try to replace her, England drastically and successfully changed formation for their next match" - technically they did replace her with another player; "rather than try to directly replace her", "rather than try to replace her role within the team"
 Done
"She suffered ligament damage, though not an ACL injury as many feared," - not seeing fear in the sources, "as many speculated"? not convinced we can attribute shock of an audience to fear of a specific injury. also not doubting there was significant concern over this.
 Done - changed to "speculated", would also suggest "were concerned" as an alternative if you're thinking that. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Either is fine here, had also thought concerned would be accurate. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:39, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"She was more confident and influential in the quarter- and semi-final wins over Colombia and Australia" - commanding would be more accurate here, rather than confident that isn't referenced; "She was more commanding and influential"
 Done
"In the final they lost 0–1 to Spain – Walsh suffered against Spain's creative midfield, her performance described in The Telegraph as "very poor ... by her standards" – to earn the silver medal" - I'm just hoping with this sentence that no-one could reasonably misinterpret that her poor performance earned her a silver medal. A suggested better structure though; "In the final they lost 0–1 to Spain, with Walsh earning a silver medal. She suffered against the oppositions creative midfield, her performance described in The Telegraph as "very poor ... by her standards"."
 Done You'll be glad you weren't on social media, then, because some likely upset England fans did call the Barcelona players traitors. As for the text, I've done an edit similar to your suggestion, just made it two sentences. Although, this does make reading the end of this paragraph into the next one rather jarring, going from a kind of 'action' (performance description) to talking about another competition. I'll try to think of a way to fix that, perhaps by moving the injury mention earlier in the next paragraph to lead out. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
To be particularly annoying here, "to earn the silver medal." is in reference to Lionesses not Walsh, so needs to be plural "to earn silver medals" or otherwise something like "become runners-up". Much clearer to me now though. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:46, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Done "to win silver", short and sweet. Kingsif (talk) 02:23, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
"Walsh was not included in the team for the first two matches due to an ongoing injury, though one Wiegman said was unrelated to the World Cup injury." - "one Wiegman" part reads awkwardly, "though Wiegman said it was unrelated to the World Cup injury" would read better I think
I can't lie, your suggestion is what reads awkwardly to me, because it has a different sentence subject. "...an ongoing injury; Wiegman said this was unrelated... injury, however." might read better, but (as I mention directly above), I am thinking about restructuring the opening of this paragraph so I won't edit it for now, but keep this in mind. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Consider it  Done through paragraph restructure. I think the edits also re-centre the 'intro' about the Nations League to be about the article subject, so should be an improvement all around. Kingsif (talk) 13:09, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Ah yes, mine wasn't much better. The whole paragraph reads much better now though. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:50, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"England had lost midfield control without Walsh; she brought this and launched England's attacks when playing the remainder of their group matches" - "she brought this" doesn't make sense, is there a word missing?
The subject is "midfield control", "this" refers back to it. Subject pronoun replacement is not just common but grammatically encouraged; it'd read awkward repeating it in such close proximity. Could use "such control" if you think necessary. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 Done within the edits to the paragraph mentioned above.
I was reading the subject as "lost midfield control" rather than "midfield control", that's where I had gone wrong I think. Emphasising the control rather than loss definitely helps here thanks. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:54, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"England failed to advance to the Nations League finals by one goal of goal difference." - wordiness: "England failed to advance to the Nations League finals by one goal of difference."
Goal difference is not goals scored, your suggestion is factually inaccurate. (At least, if I'm reading what you intended, since "goal of difference" isn't correct/how one would say it, either.) I.e. there was 'one goal difference' - England scored one more goal than the Netherlands - but the Netherlands went through instead because of one goal of goal difference, the tiebreaker calculation. Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
You're right, had completely overlooked that. That's another ignore. Sometimes I forget word repetition is necessary. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:58, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
"an automatic starter for England, a name on the teamsheet that is never questioned" - bold claim, especially reads as puff that's completely untrue as I've just questioned. Attribution please.
Bold, but having only missed games through illness or injury in the relevant period, not untrue at all ("questioning", as I read it, is referring to managers questioning adding the name to the teamsheet, not normal people questioning if a journalist talking about the permanence is being bold). I'll see about how to get "per The Offside Rule" into a clause non-awkwardly. Perhaps breaking the quote into two chunks (Since 2019, Walsh has been "an automatic starter for England," said by The Offside Rule to be "a name on the teamsheet that is never questioned", or similar.) Kingsif (talk) 00:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
That's perfect. The fact and opinion separated with attribution, much much better. I'm pretty sure they meant generically questioned, given that (as we know) it's not just managers that question team-sheet decisions. We've also got to consider context for NPOV here, given "England fans were heavily critical of her continued selection after the early weaker showing". The claim is purposefully open to interpretation, and more relevantly it doesn't stand up to scrutiny. If anything, the first half of the sentence doesn't need quotations if re-worded, as is a factual non-contentious statement to me. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 15:10, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 Done with the phrasing mentioned
"with media feeling the over-reliance gave opponents a target to subdue" - "media believing" rather than feeling
 Done


#### Style of play, popular culture, personal life
Had a good look through claims & sources here, really nothing much I can seriously critique.

"since 2022, she has used tackling more frequently" - not finding the specific claim "since 2022" in the sources (namely pressing matters), forgive me if I missed it, I am skimming through searching keywords. It seems like it needs another source (prior to 2022) that describes her as non-frequent tackler, that I think exists, in order to combine the two claims of "since 2022" and "tacking frequently".
Presumably the source attached to "more likely to intercept than tackle" is pre-2022 (it is), I recently added the since 2022 part and picked the year she moved to Barcelona as that is what the Pressing Matters source is discussing. (And since the other one is 2023 World Cup, the focus of the coverage of the tackling is in line with the time frame and shouldn't need another source.) This part might warrant rephrasing (rather than my kinda clumsy addition), if the more-tackling is sustained enough now (2 years, so presumably). Kingsif (talk) 15:50, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
I am going to change how this is phrased (right now, if the internet sticks), seeing as interceptions are also mentioned later. Kingsif (talk) 13:23, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 Done
"Having been described as an artist in the game" - which game? best not to assume readers wouldn't go directly to this section.
I doubt people, even those skipping sections, are going to be reading the article without knowing it's football, but I haven't changed this because of phrasing. So, yes, "the game" is one way to refer to football, but that's not what's being done here. "Artist in the game" is kind of a standard phrase (with 'game' meaning the relevant industry, sports or otherwise - you hear it about rappers - like "changing the game"/"top of their game"), and so changing it to "artist in the game of football" would be a bit of a butchering of English, removing the associated meaning of the phrase, and (the real reason) unnecessary. I.e. it doesn't matter what the 'game' is, it's generic to be said to be "an artist in the game" of your industry. Not to mention, the rest of the sentence refers to "ball skills", which should make it clear for those who missed the football memo. Kingsif (talk) 15:50, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Based on below, as well, I'll probably be re-writing this paragraph in a little bit, and checking what phrasing the sources use to see if there's something consistent we can quote. Kingsif (talk) 13:25, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Based on your explanation, this seems fine. I hadn't considered the phrasing element, so I wouldn't worry about it. The reader will either "get it" or not, and if they don't (it went over my head a bit), then there is nothing to misinterpret incorrectly most importantly. I don't think there's a way to contextualise this differently without it losing it's meaning, but you're welcome to try! Only thought is for it not be the opening line, and tagged onto something else in that first paragraph that's describing her notability "within the game". CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 15:29, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
On reflection, opening with the context of viral clips might make more sense here, regarding "popular culture", which can definitely be attributed to viral clips. Ie "modern world syndrome", something that is unlikely to go out of fashion any time soon. Whereas being "an artist in the game", while useful context for the section, isn't necessarily contributing directly to culture. I understand the concept of opening with a brief description of her role in popular culture, but simply being an "artist in the game" isn't inherently contributing to that, unless elaborated upon. Again, I leave it to your fingers to decide. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 17:34, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 Done See edits (and replies below). Kingsif (talk) 13:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
"video clips of some of Walsh's ball skills have gone viral. A long-range pass she made in the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, taking eight Japan players out of the game to provide the assist, was popular"." - have moved refs to correct positions, but still major issues with this. 1) The highlights video only received 30K, from a quick search of the event there is no viral video, so blackburn rovers' "viral claim" is clearly exaggerated as per not an WP:IS. 2) Maybe we can focus on it being considered "pass of the tournament", with attribution to BBC, rather than this viral claim? --- "Footage of Walsh in a 2022 England training session, in which she scored a solo goal after creatively evading the members of the opposition five-a-side team, was also shared widely" - this we can definitely say went viral, as per GiveMeSport RS, as well as YT video viewership.
To be fair, I have seen a clip of that SheBelieves cup assist going around Twitter occasionally, though usually official accounts with their "remember this cool [x]" tweets when engagement is low, rather than common users. But it might have been a clip like that, in 2019, that was viral. You make a good point about pass of the tournament, though, I wonder if that might be better moved to the international career and leaving "viral" to the 2022 goal. Kingsif (talk) 15:50, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
If there is a link for this video going viral, then that'd be fine I think, I checked YT but found nothing. All it needs is the specific clip of that pass that gained traction to back up rovers ref, not much else imo, as my breaking up of the links (trying to attribute refs to claims), has effectively made things worse I realise. The "was popular" refs clearly don't support the claim for example, it's just a reference to the highlights rather than the pass itself. Otherwise I agree, pass of the tournament could certainly go to career, was thinking that as well, here's an RS I found for you [1] (while searching for a viral video). CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 15:42, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Found a ref for "viral" pass from RS, will add CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 15:43, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Just a thought, "was popular" could be changed to something like "quickly shared online" for context sake. I otherwise removed the rovers ref, as seems unnecessary when supported by secondary source, and left "England profile" ref as this is needed for "assist". The multiref of the viral video could be split up if you include content to career, taking the BBC ref with you for the "pass of the tournament" quote and leaving the youtube video for context. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 15:58, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Done the "quickly shared online". I'll look at the sources now; I think there should be some mention in career given there is mention of a similar pass at the Euro, but then shouldn't be excessive coverage there. Kingsif (talk) 02:23, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Done some more of this, including moving around some of the other "In popular culture" paragraphs to try and give it a better sense of prominence and connection. Kingsif (talk) 13:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
"She is nicknamed "WonderWalsh"," - this is a clear "has been" rather than "is". have checked and there are no RS referencing this recently.
 Done


### Career statistics
Tell me if I'm missing somewhere here on totals. Cup (31) + League Cup (39) = 70. Let's take 1 off Blackburn Rovers (not referenced by Soccerway) to make it 69 for accuracy. Soccerway's domestic cup totals = 46. Where is the difference of 23 (69-46) coming from, and is there a source we should be adding to include it if this difference exists?
Soccerway looks to not include domestic cup appearances before the WSL season format change in its overall count (kinda makes sense, for year overlap), does that account for the difference? We could add back the Man City statistics ref, that'll be correct for those. Kingsif (talk) 16:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Added back the Man City ref. Kingsif (talk) 23:37, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
There's still a major issue here, the archive doesn't work for bringing up Walsh's stats (as it's a form of interactive page), so best removed. Check yourself ideally, as well as other archived versions if possible, but I had no luck with getting any data out of it. I otherwise had a dig into this issue yesterday, and it's a bit more problematic than I initially thought:
The original page hasn't been migrated from fawsl.com to womenscompetitions.thefa.com (see redirect), instead it seems to have been replaced with https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/PlayerStats, but this excludes the FA Cup, the data we need. I even tried manipulating the url in order to land myself onto a redirected page, but had no luck.
fulltime.thefa.com stats doesn't include appearances for individual competitions, only overall stats.
The strange/annoying thing is most stats websites have all the league & league cup appearences back to 2014, but for whatever reason, haven't included FA Cup (possibly due to aforementioned inaccessibility of data).
My only consideration thus far is to use fulltime.thefa totals, subtracted by the league/league cup appearances to check over the stats, as there doesn't appear to be any record of these stats on their own.
In the meantime, the womenscompeitiotns.thefa link should probably go in, as well as fulltime.fa.
Basically, the FA Cup appearences on this page look like the only existing public archive of information, which is an issue, so any suggestions/ideas appreciated here. My only idea so far is a note to be included to explain how to verify the data. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 16:23, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
At this point, and since there aren't that many FA Cup appearances to account for, we could just look through match reports of Man City's FA Cup games and manually count. Hopefully, they are archived appropriately. Kingsif (talk) 00:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Just looking through 2021–22 Women's FA Cup, City only played 5 games, so how Walsh could've played 10 is... a question. Based on match reports, she played 4 of them. Even if the two 2020–21 W FA Cup matches postponed and played during the 2021–22 season have been counted for the following season (IMHO, they should be kept the season they apply, no matter when played, with notes where needed), that would still only make six.
FA Cup stats:
2014: Blackburn Rovers: 1 appearance (per source in table/article) Man City: 0 - they were knocked out before she joined, and she would be cup-tied anyway
Man City:
2015: at least 1 appearance (the 2014-15 W FA Cup, but all matches correspond to the 2015 season)
2016: 0 appearances (injury - the 2015-16 W FA Cup, but all matches correspond to the 2016 season)
2017: 4 appearances (the 2016-17 W FA Cup, but all matches correspond to the 2017 "Spring Series")
2017–18: at least 3 appearances
2018–19: 5 appearances + 1 goal
2019–20: 5 appearances, including 3 played during the 2020–21 season
2020–21: 4 appearances, including 2 played during the 2021–22 season
2021–22: 4 appearances
Total: Blackburn Rovers: 1 appearance, Man City: 26 (at least, possibly 27/28) appearances + 1 goal, by my count based on what team sheets are available. Kingsif (talk) 01:35, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@CommunityNotesContributor: Based on this, the table is uncomfortably wrong for FA Cup, at least the earlier years and 21-22. Kingsif (talk) 01:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Nice work, also agree matches played are based on season, not when they are played (this is probably where 10 came from). Can we add a summarised version of these notes to article and be done? For example under note b for FA Cup; 2014,[ref][ref][ref][ref], 2015[ref][ref], etc, or otherwise the notes/refs within a single ref note for verifiability. The videos need an explanation as you provided to me, to clarify why they count. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:22, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 Done Added a mighty ref bundle to note b. Kingsif (talk) 03:20, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Nor does it help that the stats on Man City season articles here on Wikipedia are hit and miss in terms of accuracy. Kingsif (talk) 05:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
May also be some inaccuracies in other early matches. It had 3 appearances in the League Cup in 2015, while City archives show 4 appearances (Sunderland as a sub, Everton, Liverpool, Arsenal). Going to check the rest. Kingsif (talk) 03:30, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Now checked the matches for all the single year seasons (2014, 15, 16, 17), and they're all correct at this article. Kingsif (talk) 06:00, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Checked all the Man City matches. Should be fully correct at this article. Knowing the effort of filling in all the Barcelona season articles with player stats, I can't say I will personally be up for going around fixing all the City ones, too. Kingsif (talk) 02:27, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
I'm under the impression the the 4 appearances in the Women's International Champions Cup should be included under "Other" section for completeness, as it is a competitive competition, . Should I not be?
Great question. It probably should, but the coverage of it outside of the USA is negligible (not that there's that much in the USA, either), which is probably why it's not included (for seemingly any of the players in any of the teams) - nor mentioned in career, for that matter. Lack of sources means it probably isn't DUE in career section, but as a fully competitive event there's no reason not to add it to the stats. Although maybe because it's an invitational from a private company (not recognised by a federation), would be a reason. Hmm, if Man City said when she left that she had 211 appearances and the stats add up without including it, that means they don't seem to count them. I might have to think about it for longer. Kingsif (talk) 16:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Was going to say ignore this given the above, but you've it added I see, so all good  Done CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 16:25, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Have removed, based on City's reports. Kingsif (talk) 03:20, 29 February 2024 (UTC)


### Discussion
### References
{{reflist|group=a}} is not a note list and should be placed in References section where it belongs, as they are links to references not notes. Ideally these would be in a H:CITEMERGE based WP:CITEBUNDLE, but at minimum citations need to be placed in the references section, if there is no note to reference. As pedanntic as it may sound, this is a basic requirement for GA status based on MOS:REFERENCES, even if the style you chose is entirely up to you. Personally, I find multiref2 is a relatively easy and straightforward way to do this, and more relevantly is convenient for the reader to access.
Ignore this, in hindsight pretty much any notes/reference format is OK it seems, as long as it's established and consistent.

@CommunityNotesContributor: The best format for the information/reader could be discussed if you have ideas. Kingsif (talk) 00:29, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Best format is the one that exists  Done CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 06:22, 24 February 2024 (UTC)


### Sources
### Conclusion
This article undoubtedly meets all the criteria for GA standard after considerable work. I believe it to be not just "good enough" for GA, but simply a good article, if not great. Credit to main contributor @Kingsif for being patient with me, as well as support from nominee @Spiderone.

This is great news! Thank you so much for the review and thank you so much to Kingsif for essentially turning a mediocre article into what it is today, which no doubt took hours. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:22, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for doing gnomish cite data work! Honestly, mediocre is easier to make good than some better-looking articles that need a whole lot of V checks and making sure everything that was there already is balanced (see: the article for Alexia Putellas - my mission to raise the standards of all of Barça Femení's articles is going to take a while). Kingsif (talk) 03:22, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
How's Lucy Bronze fairing for quality? I see you're main contrib there. Happy to review if you'd like, my current remit is generally England women's national team, under-23s and WSL players. Far from Barça, but there's an overlap here, and most importantly I'm not a contributor to that article. I recently assumed it could be GA class [3] (with some work and verification I imagine), and otherwise get the impression that you've recognised that many of my critics or suggestions can be boldly ignored, if indeed not a required for GA. Food for thought. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 16:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
I'm happy to help with anything and collaborate in the future, especially on the more mundane stuff as I'm better at the admin and consistency stuff rather than trying to build my own sentences. Most of the articles that I've got to GA already had solid prose and structure before I started working on them. I'm particularly keen on getting more articles relating to Spanish women's football up to GA - Putellas, Bonmatí and Bronze certainly look like they are not that far off GA and their articles are a really useful resource for football fans. I particularly like how most Spanish news sites don't have any paywalls as well, which makes article improvement so much easier than with, say, German women's football. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 19:55, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
@CommunityNotesContributor and Spiderone: Yeah, Bronze and Putellas' articles are ones that were bigger when I started working on them, so there's even more source-article text integrity checks that I would like to make sure get done. And, especially with the Putellas one, there are sections nearly bare and some that have intense detail, so focus issues I'm trying to smooth over. They're what I meant with some of the better-looking articles having things that at least need a thorough check, so overall harder to improve. As those players also have a very big profile and have been touted as the best ever, managing coverage of that is also complex - any contributions appreciated! Kingsif (talk) 22:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)