Talk:Gus Mancuso

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March 10, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

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Reviewer: Secret (talk · contribs) 05:38, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nicely written article, I have some mostly minor concerns before it becomes an GA, if you can't find the information it's fine.

Lead should be expanded per WP:LEAD. Done
There's some info on his early life in the SABR article, one or two sentences should be added if possible. Done
"reserve catcher backing up Jimmie Wilson" backing up is redundant here, reserve is the same definition, so remove. Done
Also it should be mentioned that Mancuso was in the roster in 1930 primarily because of an contract dispute with Branch Rickey that made Baseball Commissioner Landis void Mancuso's minor league contract, according to the new Branch Rickey biography "Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman" pg. 197. Done

What happened to the 1934 season? Done
"When Harry Danning was taken into the United States Army", drafted would be a better word. Done
"future Hall of Fame member, Ernie Lombardi", the comment about him being a future Hall of Fame member isn't really needed, considering the wikilink next to it

I edit articles with the neophyte reader in mind, one who may have no idea who Ernie Lombardi is and who may have otherwise had no compulsion to click on the Wikilink. I felt the Hall of Fame reference might compel someone to click on the link. I can edit it if you feel it's a major sticking point.Orsoni (talk) 12:17, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"saw his career extended for another six years" should be four. Done
Any reason why he was released by the Giants the second time considering the lack of players during the war?

The newspaper article on his release only mentions his age (39) but doesn't specify it as the reason, although it most likely had something to do with the decision.

Some commentary about his playing skills would be nice. Playing with five different Hall of Fame pitchers, some of them should have left comments regarding his catching skills and so forth, especially Dean who was involved in sports journalism, and wrote a few autobiographies prior to his death, and Hubbell who lived to be 88. Done
Cause of death should be mentioned, like in the SABR article. Done
Image copyright is confirmed to be in the public domain.
A random source glance, including the main SABR source comes up with no issues regarding close paraphrase.
With sources from SABR, it's considered by the baseball wikiproject to be hit and miss, and it isn't really recommended by the project. Some SABR authors are among the most respected historians and experts in the baseball fields, while others are local amateur writers who are poor researchers and extremely biased in their writing. I've seen some wonderful content in their website and with books they have written (like the Lefty Grove biography) and I've seen horrible articles which I couldn't confirm half of what they wrote (like their Bing Miller online biography). I'll consider Warren Corbett to be an acceptable SABR expert. He has wrote an nicely researched book of Paul Richards (which I read) for a major university printing press company, plus I've seen some of his work mostly involving Orioles history so he's reliable. But still try to see if you could replace a few of the sources if possible.
Can be an helpful source Done
Do you have any access to the Paper of Record Sporting News internet archives, as there is lots of content of players from Mancuso era that is helpful for this article? It's now a paywall site because Google took over the PoR website unfortuantly, but older users were grandfathered in I believe. I no longer have access, but I think many other editors from the Baseball Wikiproject do. If you don't, it's not really needed so it's not a big deal.

No, I don't have access.Orsoni (talk) 12:17, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There's also some mentions about Mancuso in Google Books, but many of the books I don't own, the ones I do don't really expand on the subject well. Bill James named Mancuso the 74th best catcher of all time, should be mentioned somewhere. Done

On hold Secret ^account 05:38, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok my main concerns been fixed. Passed Secret ^account 22:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!Orsoni (talk) 03:48, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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