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Nominator: Flibirigit (talk · contribs) 01:30, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: MediaKyle (talk · contribs) 15:55, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'll be reviewing this article against the good article criteria today. If I make any suggestions that are not related to the good article criteria, I will clearly mark them with (Optional). Please respond to actionable suggestions with a separate inline comment. MediaKyle (talk) 15:55, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• (Optional) He worked 45 years for The Hamilton Spectator as a columnist... would read better as He worked for The Hamilton Spectator for 45 years as a columnist... MediaKyle (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• He lost only game that season, and won the 1920 Ontario Baseball Association championship with the Plowites. Missing a word here? Lost only one game I'm guessing? MediaKyle (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• signing a contract offered by professional Buffalo's by manager Hooks Wiltse "Buffalo's" is incorrect here; I think this should be written as signing a contract offered by Buffalo manager Hooks Wiltse. The whole sentence is a bit long winded as well: He began ..., waiting ..., signing. This could be restructured for flow and clarity. MediaKyle (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Reporting to Portsmouth's player-manager was Jim Viox, I'm not sure what this means exactly, could you clarify? MediaKyle (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• He was known as a hardworking journalist with a positive attitude, and work ethic to write seven days and nights per week should be and a work ethic that enabled him to write MediaKyle (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• His writing style was described as "factual, tolerant, broad-minded, and absent of discrimination", and that he followed the creed, "if you can't boost, don't knock". This sentence is a bit awkward, because "and that he followed the creed" is not coordinated with the first part of the sentence. I would likely separate this into two sentences, or adjust it to something like "and he was said to follow the creed". MediaKyle (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• In 1963, Hamilton was given the privilege of establishing a Canadian Football Hall of Fame. It seems a tad subjective to call it a "privilege" - I would change this to simply In 1963, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame was established in Hamilton. MediaKyle (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• GAC1 requires compliance with MOS:LEAD, and I believe the lead here falls short on MOS:BIOFIRSTSENTENCE.
  • Currently: James Ivan Miller (December 31, 1898 – June 2, 1967) was a Canadian journalist and sportscaster.
  • Becomes something like: James Ivan Miller (December 31, 1898 – June 2, 1967) was a Canadian journalist and sportscaster from Ontario, known for / who ... MediaKyle (talk) 16:48, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Spot check performed as of this diff
• Sources checked: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 19, 23, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 37, 42, 45, 53, 56, 57, 60, 62
• All information present in this article is accurate and verifiable compared to the sources based on my spot check. No discrepancies to note. Reference layout is good. MediaKyle (talk) 17:31, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• The article seems to cover all of the main aspects of the subject, discussing all the highlights of his career. Nowhere in the article do I feel there's an unnecessary amount of detail. No issues for GAC3. MediaKyle (talk) 17:10, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• (Optional) The article mentions his wife under "Early life", and then mentions his children under "Personal life" but doesn't specify with whom he had those children. If the sources allow, I think the personal life section would benefit from mentioning the wife in the context of his children. MediaKyle (talk) 16:41, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• (Optional) Suggestion: add |via=Newspapers.com to all applicable references. (WP:NEWSPAPERS) -- MediaKyle (talk) 17:13, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• In my experience, multiple editors have pushed back and repeatedly removed instances of |via=Newspapers.com and/or {{free access}}, hence why I never use them anymore. Flibirigit (talk) 20:38, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• The images in this article are all relevant and appropriately licensed per GAC6. The captions could be improved: for example, instead of the caption The Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum, c. 2007 I would use something like Miller was the inaugural curator of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame to establish the image's relevance to the article and provide context (see WP:CAPTION). MediaKyle (talk) 15:55, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Earwig highlighted a 23% similarity with a source from the Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame, but this is a false positive as a result of a quote and repetition of names. MediaKyle (talk) 15:55, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Overall, this article is well-written and appropriately sourced, with no major issues found. I'd say this should be good to go after some prose polishing and adjustments to the lead and image captions as outlined above. Feel free to push back on anything if you think I'm being unreasonable... Shoot me a ping when you're satisfied with your changes and I'll give the article another read. Great job on this one. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 17:47, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the review, but the timing is unfortunate as I am preparing for vacation, and will have minimal internet time for a couple weeks. My response time will be slow. Flibirigit (talk) 05:30, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. There's no deadline, so I'll just leave this open and you can get to it whenever. If you don't get to it within say a month I'll just close it and we'll come back to it later. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 10:54, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MediaKyle:, I believe I have addressed all concerns. I am now on vacation, so response time will be much slower. Flibirigit (talk) 18:44, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry it took me so long to promote this, I could have swore I did before. The article looks great, no more outstanding issues. Great job on this one! MediaKyle (talk) 11:05, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]