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This article used to be a very good article. It was promoted on 31 January 2010 and demoted on 5 August 2011.
This means the community feels this article was written very well, but is not now.
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 Done - article has 7.17 Kb of text according to this as of 08:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC).

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Clarification

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This article need some work.

There has been some criticism of the Old Firm, due to the fact that they hold such a strong position in Scottish football.

This sentence is uncited, and is vague. Why is it a problem for them to hold such a strong position in football?

they still cannot compete with other leagues for players due to the financial position of the SPL

"Financial" is complex, and I'm not sure how to reword it. That particular line is also uncited. It seems like they have too much of a strong domestic league? That seems like a lot of money.

That was a quick run, i'll probably get more to it later. Cassandra 20:43, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. I have updated it a bit, added a source. :) ← κεηηε∂γ (talk) (wikiproject collaboration) 07:38, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PVGA comments

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All checked. Some wren't up to date. Others need refs. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 12:57, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The two links don't include that information. Needs a new ref. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 12:57, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do a more thorough review when these have been addressed. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks TRM, I've added some comments above and will look into the rest. Kennedy (talk • changes). 20:42, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
More from TRM

And fix the other issues I've already noted! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:45, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed most of these. Others coming up. Yotcmdr =talk= 11:04, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eptalon's review

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Blurb/Intro

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  • The second paragraph of the intro in its current form is incomprehensible, and should be reworded; First sentence seems to be about popularity, and really needs to be reworded. From the second sentence on, I don't understand it at all; "leagues" are rated based on the scores of perhaps 3 or 4 clubs' results (out of the 16 or so)?
  • Also make a difference between clubs from the league playing each other, and such clubs playing clubs which are not in the league.
     Fixed Pmlineditor ∞ 11:36, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

History

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  • Can we have a a neater separation into how it was before the change in 2000/2001 and afterwards.
     Not done Nothing about it on enwp, not much important either, imho.
  • For the sake of completeness, it would be good mentioning reasons for the redesign of the system.
     Done
  • The Winner of the first SPL...for Celtic) reads like a section of "fun facts"; if they stay they should probably be moved to a "(Sub)section of their own"
     Fixed Pmlineditor ∞ 11:40, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Competition format

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  • In League we learn that the season is from Oct. to May. In Winter break, it is said that the SPL decided to stop the Winter break, forcing players to play in January. Can we get this info perhaps a bit more compact, and not contradicting? ;)
    How is it contradicting? Pmlineditor ∞ 11:43, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Shouldn't third placed have a hyphen between the words?; In general for results: first number, space, hyphen, space, second number, forgetting one of the two spaces looks funny. Alternative would be first score, colon, second score (perhaps with space before and after the colon).
     Fixed Pmlineditor ∞ 11:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • To refer to the seasons, wouldn't 2005/06 look better than 2005-06?
    The latter is the approved form. Pmlineditor ∞ 11:43, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sponsorship

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Media coverage
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Teams
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  • Old Firm gets its own section, the others just get a list?
    Most important, influential. Pmlineditor ∞ 12:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Past teams: Can we get a table, perhaps with played from, to, and the reason for quitting?
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Varia

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That's about all I can think of, for the moment. Note: I am not into football, so don't ask me about the content. --Eptalon (talk) 16:16, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like I've done everything other than the redlinks. Pmlineditor ∞ 12:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redlinks  Fixed. Pmlineditor ∞ 12:23, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ref #2

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The claim that more % of the population watch football in Scotland than any other country in Europe, and its supporting ref, are ambiguous. Does it refer to the numbers standing on the terraces or the numbers watching on TV? The ref itself is a bit weak. Surely there must be statistics from the SFA that could be quoted? Macdonald-ross (talk) 17:16, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While we're here...

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Some notes that need to be addressed to ensure this keeps VGA...

 Done --Peterdownunder (talk) 23:38, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Need to be fixed, I'd hate to see this at WP:PAD. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:27, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to fix these (hopefully) with the help of other editors. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 17:40, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

'Split'

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The league split is where during the season the league is divided into two sections. This is controversial and very different from the English Premier League. It should have its own section, and be explained carefully. At present it is tucked away in the 'History' section. Macdonald-ross (talk) 18:12, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Its also explained in the 'League' bit, but I've started a small section to itself. Ydennek (talk) 12:22, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but it's not made clear why this issue is so important and controversial. It is an example of why the article is at present not VG, never mind VGA. Macdonald-ross (talk) 11:25, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redundent Page

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This page is an out of date copy of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Premiership much better page and should be removed. Eoghankll (talk) 11:27, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn’t matter. This is SIMPLE ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA, not ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA. Illusion Flame (talk) 11:36, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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