It is likely that with Bellingham’s transfer to Madrid (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65836734) this page is going to become very popular in coming days. Thus, I want to make some suggestions of what we, as Wikipedia editors, need to do to improve this page.
1. The Birmingham City section needs to be based more on facts. It is generally good however.
2. The Borussia Dortmund section needs lots of improvement:
• This section (“It had long become obvious that Bellingham would leave Birmingham, and it was reported that he and his father had visited several major clubs, of which Manchester United and Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund were the favourites. Impressed by Dortmund's record of including young players as regulars in the first team, as evidenced by the likes of Jadon Sancho, that became his destination of choice. He flew to Germany for a medical, and the transfer was confirmed on 20 July 2020: he would join after Birmingham's last match of the season. The undisclosed fee was understood by Sky Sports to be an initial £25 million – making him the most expensive 17-year-old in history – plus "several million more" dependent on performance-related criteria.”) is not well sourced and the language used should be more encyclopaedic.
• Many paragraphs have little reference to dates (specifically months and days) and so this needs to be added.
• There is a long gap in time at the time of me writing this (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jude_Bellingham&oldid=1158989997) between the last two paragraphs, and more needs to be added to detail Bellingham’s near miss on the league title. Detail about the run-in and the awards Bellingham received after the end of the season should also be recorded. Preferably we could split up each of Bellingham’s three seasons at the club using sub-headings.
3. If a phrase such as this (see below, copied from talk message above) is to be used in the lede (and I believe it should be), then a ‘Style of play’ section detailing Bellingham’s technical game and attributes, as well as the reception towards him, should be created. If there is enough content for this next action to be justified, this section could be renamed ‘Player profile’ and could be split using the subheadings ‘Style of play’ and ‘Reception’.
- Considered one of the best midfielders in the world, he is renowned for his technicality, playmaking and exceptional vision.[1][2][3]
These changes can be made quickly, if we all try.
Thank you. Scientelensia (talk) 15:10, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
