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2011 Novak Djokovic tennis season

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It could be an early request but I would appreciate guidance to a good article promotion. We tried to cover every criteria and aspects for such an article to reach the standards since no article of this kind is promoted (yet). Any feedback is welcome on it as a whole or just on a part of it.

Thanks, Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 14:46, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have to say that on first read I was very impressed. I had fixed a few ambiguous words but it's thorough, it's readable, and easy on my eyes. There is not an overflow of photos as some articles like to do and I don't see any blatant errors like tiebreaks in prose. We are actually supposed to try and keep all scores in prose to a minimum and this article is one of the few to do so. I like it. Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:55, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Brianboulton comments: I have not been able to find out from your userpage whether English is your first language. I am inclined to think that it is not, because although the tables of information look first class, the prose is full of errors. I have only been able to go through the lead in detail, though a quick glance indicates that the rest of the prose is similarly suspect:

Lead

Dodgy title: There is no such thing as a "2011 Novak Djokovic tennis season", any more than there is, say, a "2011 Tiger Woods Golf Season". "Novak Djokovic's 2011 tennis season" would be an acceptable form.
This can't be helped, since if I recall properly, it's part of our guidelines to list all individual seasons this way...year first. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:11, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dodgy first sentence: This is an encyclopedia, not a fan magazine, and the tone needs to be neutral and generally restrained. I suggest you combine the first two sentences as follows: "In the 2011 tennis season, Novak Djokovic won ten tournaments".
Clarify what you mean by "biggest victories". Do you mean most important, or are you referring to winning margins?
Terms such as "Grand Slam" and the names of tournaments need to be wikilinked in the lead. They should also be linked on first mention in the article, which generally you appear to have done. Note that "Masters series 1000" links to ATP World Tour Masters 1000.
"He has beaten..." → "He beat..."
"The Australian Open was won in the final over Andy Murray..." - aren't all tournaments won in the final? Reword, e.g. "In the Australian Open final Djokovic defeated Andy Murray..."
What is a "500 level event"? And a "250 level event"?
This sentence: "Also, Djokovic won a 500 level event on the hard courts in Dubai over Roger Federer and another win at the 250 level clay court tournament the Serbia Open over Feliciano Lopez" needs attention for grammar and punctuation. Comma after "Federer", and insert the word achieved" before "another win"
Link "Davis Cup" in lead
Comma after "Davis Cup tie with Argentina", and "by a retirement" rather than "in".
Per MOS, "4 July" (or July 4 if American dating convention used), not "the fourth of July"
"ranked number one" → "ranked World number 1"
World No. 1 is a ranking, not a title. I find the second part of this sentence confusing: "and he has held that title for the rest of the season, which he clinched year-end World No. 1." I believe you mean, simply, "and held this ranking for the rest of the season".
No it's two different things, but I will clarify that. Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 19:27, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"yearly unbeaten streak"? Why are we talking about the "year", rather than the "season"? "Yearly" isn't the right sense anyway; in English, yearly means "once a year", e.g. a yearly visit to the dentist.
More rewording required here: "...ended at the French Open to Federer in the semifinal round, which was the first final of the year that he missed in a tournament he played". The prose is presently in knots here.
"He has currently won..." As the season has ended, why "currently"? Reword along the lines "His $10.6 million prize money for the season is a record", or some such.

Other issues

Why is no date information given in the text for any of the tournaments? I know the information is there in the tables, but readers should not have to move around the article to get this information
There are confusing or clumsy sentences in nearly every section, e.g. "Novak Djokovic faced in the first Round Robin tie in Group A with Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan in the second rubber." Or "Djokovic took on the four-time and reigning champion at the event in Swiss Roger Federer." I could go on... May I suggest that, if you are serious about taking this article to GAN, you try to work with a fellow-editor with a thorough working knowledge of the English language. In that way, the text could be made to match the undoubted quality of the statistical information.

As I am not able to watch individual peer reviews, please call me on my talkpage if you wish to discuss further any issues arising from this review. Brianboulton (talk) 18:41, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your efforts I will contact you as soon as we get these things straight. I will try and get more editors involved. Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 19:31, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]