Talk:Parramatta Eels

Parramatta Eels was one of the Sports and recreation good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 18, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
March 4, 2010	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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Players of Note

I've been working on expanding and improving this page over the past couple of days - not finished yet obviously but I'm getting there. One thing I'd like to get some input on is what defines a "Player of Note"? Have other RL club pages resolved a definition for them? Is it any representative player? Or is it a completely subjective concept?

I have issues with the current players that are listed under this heading (Tim Smith, Fui Fui Moi Moi, Dean Widders, etc.) as it seems wrong that they are listed alongside players who are widely considered to be significant players of their generation. Any thoughts? -- User:CumberlandsAshes81 - 14 July 2006

As an afterthought I guess the same goes for coaches of note as well. Is JT a 'coach of note'? Why not Cronin? If it's going to be just a list of coaches then it should be 'Coaches' along with their dates of tenure. If anyone feels like commenting on this go ahead -- User:CumberlandsAshes81 - 14 July 2006

I've been going through the "player of note" sections of several other clubs, and I came across similar problems: current players who have not achieved the same level as their predecessors do not deserve a spot on there. I've borrowed a template developed by Tiburon, and they look far neater. Perhaps "players of note" should include Test, state, and players with 200+ first grade appearances - what do you think?--Alexio 10:15, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. There should be some kind of threshold for who is a player of note. I think that players of note are Representative players (State of Origin, Internationals - though not City/Country). Generally, players who have played 200+ games have represented their State or Country? User:CumberlandsAshes81 - 22 August 2006

eels

THE EELS RULE!

Club Song

Sung to the tune of Australian folk song Click go the Shears, this Club song was written in 1974:

We Are The Eels

You'll hear a tremendous roar go up as Parra take the field

Just look at the blue and gold of the mighty Eels

They’re running out so big and strong and kicking up their heels

If you want to see how football's played then come and see the Eels.

Flick goes the ball from man to man

They're strong in the tackle and sure with their hands

They play it hard and fast, that's the only way to win

And when they post a try you should hear the fans all sing.

Good onya Parra you're brave and bold

You're fighting fit and true-blue and worth your weight in gold

And when we see the other side slowly start to yield

We raise our voices to the sky and glorify the Eels.

In the 1980s another song was recorded by Australian singer and Eels fan Jon English and We are the Eels fell into disuse. However, the original song was revived in the late 1990s and is now used as a victory song after home matches. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mdmanser (talk • contribs) 10:39, 3 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Where should this 'culture' content go? I note there's a seperate page for the Bulldogs song. There is another Eels song that can be added to go alongside this. CumberlandsAshes81 14:16, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA On Hold

There are several things this article is lacking at the moment with regards to GA criteria. First, inline citations are extremely sparse in most areas. The "Crest" section has but one, the "Stadium" section none, and many paragraphs containing significant detail in other sections are also wholly uncited. Second, the coverage of the Eels within the article and its layout is a bit confusing. While you have a good separate History of the Eels article, the current history section within the main article doesn't really summarize it and is quite disorganized by comparison to the History article. Perhaps a merge (the article wouldn't become that much larger) or a proper summary of the club's history in the main article would fix this? Similarly, coverage of the club's coaches is missing - they appear for some reason in the History article. Again, either the Coaches material should be merged in or somehow pointed to from the main article (this might be difficult as it's just a list). Finally, the last coverage issue is the lack of scoring records and actual statistics in the "Records and Statistic" section - How has this team done historically against its competitors (especially the eminent rivalries)? --Meowist 18:16, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Doing... SpecialWindler talk 06:14, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some things (I have put in a list so you can reply underneath each by using **)

Are there any more areas where you could see more citations.

Not presently. Meowist 18:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't personally think that there is anything wrong with the history section, comparing to other Good articles Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs. But if you see some weaknesses please tell. I don't think a merge would be necassary.

The other articles do indeed seem to have followed this trend...I'll lower my objection about the history section. Meowist 18:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The clubs coachs? I don't think that is notable enough to be mentioned on the main page. Maybe their first ever coach but ... none of them highlight a notable event under the main article. It is suitable for them to be in the History article. If you still disagree, please tell.

The GA articles don't have such a table either. I was basing my comparison of this article to the All Blacks, which did have notable coachs. I retract this objection too. Meowist 18:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a table, is that enough... There probably more room for improvement. Stuff like, vs. each oppenent, Thats what the List of Parramatta Records is for, when its made.

Yeah, it looks good. Meowist 18:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SpecialWindler talk 05:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm passing it --Meowist 18:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Run-on side

moved to 2007 page Londo06 20:30, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Billy Rayner

Can someone figure out how to include Billy Rayner into this article so the orphan tag can be removed from the Billy Rayner article? Kingturtle (talk) 15:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done.--Jeff79 (talk) 16:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History

Something has to be done about this section's ridiculous sub-headings. Yes?--Jeff79 (talk) 08:11, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Like what? They may be a tad cliche, but the sub-headings are a decent one- or two-word summary of how the season in question went. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hybridtheory92 (talk • contribs) 11:20, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a bad novel. Why is there a year by year - unreferenced - summary anyway? Don't most club articles have a general history section in the main article and separate season articles for tables, results, etc? florrie 03:30, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of clubs' articles need to be re-worked. We've come accross this problem with the Broncos already about how to divide the information up between the main article's history section, the History of the Brisbane Broncos and the individual season articles. I don't think a clear and satisfactory solution was reached about how to avoid duplication. If the history section of club articles are to be divided into sub-headings at all it should just be by decade. The history articles themselves could be divided up more finely as they'll be more detailed. Or a better idea might be a general history section in the main article that's not divided into sub-headings but links to the Main History of the "club" article; the history article divided into decades and the yearly season articles the place where each season is dealt with one by one. I've made my thoughs on the dramatic heading "titles" clear. They have to go.--Jeff79 (talk) 03:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well the sub-headers are easily fixed. florrie 04:28, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually yeah that's fair enough. I'm happy with the way it is now. Without the dramatic headings, but still a decent year-by-year summary. With this, the Eels page looks much more organised, systematic and reliable than a lot of the other messy pages of NRL teams.--Hybridtheory92

Ideally those year-by-year summaries would be incorporated into individual season articles and the history section condensed into a summary of all of them as would befit an article entitled so generally as "Parramarra Eels". The History of the Parramatta Eels is another article altogether and is the place for more details.--Jeff79 (talk) 15:17, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Parramatta Eels/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, listed below. I will check back in seven days. If these issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far.

GA review (see here for criteria):

The article is well written, with a fair amount of references, but there's a big issue with structuring. The history section is cursory up until 1998, after which each season is treated separately with box scores. This gives the article a heavy presentist slant. The box scores should not interrupt the text; much better would be a separate article with season-by-season statistics, going all the way back to the beginning. As for the prose, it covers the results but says vary little about important players, transfers and other things. Worst of all, this part is virtually unreferenced.

Also, the second paragraph of "2007" is virtually unreadable, but I assume this has been added later. The same is probably the case with the last line of "Emblem", which should be incorporated into the rest of the text and sourced. The lower part of the article - below the history section - generally looks quite good. There were a few dead links, but I think I managed to track down replacements. The above issues will have to be addressed, however, for the article to remain a GA. Lampman (talk) 16:46, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since no changes have been made to address the concerns raised in the review, I am now delisting the article. Lampman (talk) 00:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Robinson

Tim Robinson's Name in the current Squad currently links to the wrong person, a cricketer, because he doesn't have an article... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.149.51.113 (talk) 13:54, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Luke Burt

Why isn't luke burt in the most played, considering he has played (according to his page Link Here) 238 games? Is this an error or is there another reason? 134.148.4.14 (talk) 05:49, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Contribution wiki" wrote

"Over the years the fans have been lining up to watch Parramatta play"...indeed they have...at the turnstiles, and to get a hot-dog, I bet there's even a cue of cars to get out of the car-park ! -Sticks66 13:39, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not only that. He edit-warred over its removal. Gotta love RL contributors.--Jeff79 (talk) 00:10, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Not the most recent “three-peat”

Today (1 oct 2023) the mighty Penrith panthers achieved a "three-peat". Gerbs77 (talk) 13:46, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]