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Perhaps change "In high school, he was a 2013 Parade All-American, the 2013 Michigan Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year and the runner up in the 2013 Mr. Basketball of Michigan as a senior at Chandler Park Academy" to "His senior year of high school at Chandler Park Academy in 2013, he was a Parade All-American, the Michigan Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year and the runner-up for the Mr. Basketball of Michigan award"
Change "which won the 2013–14 Big Ten Conference regular-season championship outright" to "which won the Big Ten Conference regular-season championship outright" since 2013-14 is already established earlier in the sentence. Also, unlink "2013–14 Big Ten Conference" since it is linked earlier in the sentence.
"Big Ten Conference" is linked to "2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season" in the sentence "won the Big Ten Conference regular-season championship outright". Just wondering if you left it in intentionally. The 2013-14 article is linked earlier in the sentence.
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22:41, 29 November 2017 (UTC)reply
In the infobox, his all-state honors are listed but not written out in the article. (All-State 1st team (AP - Class B & Detroit News) (2013), All-State 1st team - Class B (AP, Detroit Free Press & Detroit News) (2012), All-State 1st team - Class B (AP) (2011) If they're in the infobox, they should probably be somewhere else in the article too. They also need sources.
Early life
Link "Detroit, Michigan" and "Chandler Park Academy"
"At Chandler Park Academy, he was 2013 Mr. Basketball of Michigan runner up by a 2,130–2,086 margin to Iowa State signee Monte Morris but had one more 1st place vote." Unlink Chandler Park Academy, change to "he was the runner-up for the 2013 Mr. Basketball of Michigan award by a 2,130–2,086 margin to Iowa State signee Monte Morris but had one more 1st place vote", link "Iowa State". Also, should we change "1st" to "first-place"
"He was a 2013 Parade All-American honoree and the Michigan Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year." The infobox says it was a first-team selection, that should probably be noted here. Also "Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year" is linked in the infobox. Perhaps it should be linked here too.
In the recruiting table, since "Chandler Park Academy" is linked again, maybe Detroit should be too.
"season against Morris' Iowa State Cyclones" I see "Iowa State Cyclones" is linked here. If you link it in the early life like I noted above, then maybe you should remove it here. But if you keep the link, then maybe you should link Morris again.
"any team has won three consecutive games all of which were against top 10 opponents" to "any team had won three consecutive games, all of which were against top 10 opponents" Also, "top ten" is written earlier in the sentence and "top 10" is written later. We should be consistent
"On February 11, Walton posted his first double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Ohio State helping Michigan win at Ohio State for the first time in 11 years." Link double-double and put a comma before helping
My comment below doesn't relate to this instance. The "career highs" is fine as you explained above. I guess that 4 could be written out as four though. Thanks.
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04:15, 8 December 2017 (UTC)reply
"On December 22, Walton posted a career high of 9 assists" career-high
The reasong for this specific one is "Adjacent quantities not comparable should usually be in different formats: twelve 90-minute volumes or 12 ninety-minute volumes, not 12 90-minute volumes or twelve ninety-minute volumes." (from
MOS:NUMNOTES) Yeah, the number guidelines are kind of confusing sometimes. It also says "Comparable quantities should be all spelled out or all in figures, even if one of the numbers would normally be written differently: five cats and thirty-two dogs, or 5 cats and 32 dogs, not five cats and 32 dogs" However, I've seen some people change something like "13 points and 3 rebounds" to "13 points and three rebounds". I guess it might be debatable whether or not those quantities are comparable.
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00:32, 7 December 2017 (UTC)reply
"On January 24, Walton scored a team-high 17 and hit a 3-pointer" Add "points" after 17. Also, "3-pointer" was written as "three pointers" in the previous sentence, so we should be consistent.
"On January 27 Walton was sidelined as Michigan defeated Nebraska, which began extended time out of the lineup. Walton missed the January 27 game against Nebraska and the final 12 games of the season due to a toe injury." Perhaps change to "On January 27, Walton was removed from the lineup prior to the game due to a sore toe as Michigan defeated Nebraska. He then missed the final 12 games of the season due to the toe injury"
The picture with the caption "Walton's season was cut short in January." has a period at the end of the sentence but the other picture with a full sentence ("When Walton and Caris LeVert ...") doesn't. I'm not sure if the caption needs to be a grammatical sentence for there to be a period but there should be consistency with the periods.
"Walton returned from an ankle injury that sidelined him for three games, and posted 16 points, one rebound, one assist and one steal" to "Walton returned from the ankle injury that had sidelined him for 3 games, and posted 16 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal"
"On March 18, Michigan lost to No. 6 seed Notre Dame, 63–70. Walton recorded a career-high six steals, along with 10 points, eight assists and four rebounds." We should mention that this happened during the
2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Also, change to "6 steals, along with 10 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds"
"seven three-point shots and scored 23, as Michigan" to "7 three-point shots and scored 23 points as Michigan". Also, not sure if a comma is needed before "as".
"Walton posted five points, five rebounds, and eight assists, becoming the first player in program history to eclipse 1,000-points, 500-rebounds and 400-assists"
MOS:NUMERAL says comparable quantities should be either spelled out or written numerically, so the first part could be changed to "5 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists"
"shooting 46.9% (15-of-32) field goal percentage" Unlink field goal percentage and link it in the senior season section at "shooting a 60.9 percent (14/23) field goal percentage" since that is the first mention. Also, these sentences should be written consistently. The % sign is used in one but not the other and the "15-of-32" and "14/23" is different
"By late December, Walton had used half of his allotment of NBA days while the Heat roster was enduring 6 concurrent injuries" The source says he has used 22 of 45 days, so that's not exactly half. Also, if he stays on the roster for a few more games, then this phrase is going to need to be updated to say "more than half" or something.
The source from the 19th says 22 of 45 possible days. He played in the game on the 20th so we know he was on the roster at least another day and I see no source claiming he has been sent back down yet, so it is a near certainty that he will be on the roster tomorrow the 22nd and 23rd. They are on a homestand of games 22nd, 23rd, 26th, and 29th. I would not be surprised if he soon exhausts his days given the Heat injury situation. That aside, the 20th takes us over half and he is likely to continue to be on the active roster for the Heat in the near future.--
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05:26, 22 December 2017 (UTC)reply
The article has been passed. Congratulations, @
TonyTheTiger:! Also, I removed the "first team" from the Parade All-American highlight in the infobox since I couldn't find a source for it. If you think that edit is wrong, feel free to undo it or discuss.
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03:28, 2 February 2018 (UTC)reply