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La Masia

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I've listed this article for peer review. I have substantially added stuff about this honed academy. Do copyedit! Sandman888 (talk) ^{Latest FLC} 14:21, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Finetooth comments: The idea of a special academy for football is interesting, but this article needs a lot of work. It badly needs copyediting and proofreading. Much more in the way of background would help readers unfamiliar with football leagues to understand exactly what this academy is and does and how it might be special. Finally, the article as it stands is a kind of puff piece for the academy. Is nothing about it controversial? Is everybody happy with it? Does it have no problems? Here are a few more comments:

• It would be helpful to readers unfamiliar with football to include some background material explaining what a youth academy is, how it functions, what it does for the youths, who pays for it, and so on. Does every team in the league have a similar academy? Is this one special in some way? Do the players study academic subjects (math, science, languages) here as well as football?

Lead

• The lead should summarize the whole article and should include nothing important that is not mentioned in the main text. The existing lead is not a summary of the article that follows and includes important material such as the 1702 date that does not appear in the main text. Please see WP:LEAD.

History

• This section begins with "at first", but the building clearly pre-dates 1957. What is its history before that?
  • included

• Date formatting should be consistent.
  • done

• "Starting in the first side" - Link or explain "side".
  • side -> team

• "one of the first graduates during Johan Cruyffs management" - Cruyff's.
  • check

• "Guardiola would later be a source of inspiration for Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta and Cesc Fàbregas.[4] with Xavi later reporting that he considered transferring abroad due to the pressure to fill Guardiolas role in the midfield." - This does not make sense as written. I'll stop pointing out these proofing errors. There are lots more.
  • ce'd...

Organization

• "there are 12 teams that count on more than 300 players and 24 coaches" - In what sense do they count on them?
  • -on

• What are the meanings of the squad names such as "Alevi A"?
  • included

Other

• The dab tool finds two links that go to disambiguation pages instead of their intended targets.
  • check

I hope these suggestions prove helpful. If so, please consider reviewing another article, especially one from the PR backlog at WP:PR. That is where I found this one. I don't generally check corrections after my reviews because it's too time-consuming. Please ping me on my talk page if my comments are unclear or if questions arise. Finetooth (talk) 18:12, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch for the review! Sandman888 (talk) ^{Latest FLC} 21:07, 9 August 2010 (UTC)