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List of mergers and acquisitions by Adobe Systems
This is my second list for the FLC Contest. Gary King (talk) 19:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Support - Either I'm blind or Gary has done another great list that I found no flaws in the prose nor in the list itself, great list good job.--SRX 21:30, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
- "The company has acquired 25 companies, purchased stakes in 5 companies, and divested 6 companies, with most of them being software companies." Don't use the with + -ing sentence structure.
- Could you spell out the country names, at least on their first appearances?
- "re-branded its FrameMaker software into Adobe FrameMaker." I think ""into"-->to.
- "with its most recent divestment made in August 1999 when" Comma after 1999.
- "Of the companies that Adobe Systems has acquired, 18 were based in the United States." This sentence would seem more complete if you restated the total number of acquisitions: "Of the 25 companies that Adobe Systems has acquired, 18 were based in the United States."
- The notes need references. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:12, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- All done. Comma is unnecessary for "August 1999 when"; sounds good when reading aloud. Each note uses the same reference that their row in the table uses. The notes are just info that belong in the table but isn't actually in there because it would be too long, so it's branched off into a note. It still uses the same reference. Gary King (talk) 03:13, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Sources look good. Try to link some of the publishers. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 13:10, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment "The company has acquired 25 companies, purchased stakes in 5 companies, and divested 6 companies, most which were software companies." I think the last part of this sentence is missing an "of" —Chris! ct 00:24, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment All of the other featured acquisition lists are named 'List of acquisitions by *company*'. Shouldn't this one be named similarly, something along the lines of 'List of mergers and acquisitions by Adobe Systems'? Silver Sonic Shadow (talk) 23:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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List of ISS spacewalks
I am re-submitting this list for FL status after addressing the issues that arose when it was reviewed earlier this year. The lead was re-written, layout cleaned up, sections for each year were added, and references for each EVA added, as well as expanding each spacewalk's note, and linking important components or equipment that have their own article. Additionally, a legend has been added to indicate from which docking compartment each EVA originated. And I'll be happy to fix any other issues anyone sees. Ariel♥Gold 22:56, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
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Is the only issue left that of the linking of names? One other question I have had in my own mind, also has to do with linking and overlinking. For instance, the parts of the station. While all are linked in first mention, some of the parts (trusses, airlocks, laboratories, modules, etc.) have work done years later, or are moved years later, and it would seem to me, that it would be helpful to link those as well, because I know from experience, that most people who refer to this list aren't reading it as an article, but are looking for a specific mission/task, and thus, if the station part isn't linked, they would also have to go search the whole list to find a link. The same could be said for the many acronyms used in the notes column. For instance, the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, which is linked and fully spelled out on first mention, but then years later, causes some major issues and multiple EVAs are done to evaluate and inspect it, and it is simply referred to as SARJ. People coming to see those EVA notes, may not know what it means. Should things such as that be fully spelled out, and linked, once per mission? Ariel♥Gold 00:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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- Comment Can you move the second image to the lead? It squeezes the first table at least on my browser. Otherwise, the list looks good. —Chris! ct 00:54, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, it makes the first table more narrow, but since the first table was short, I thought it gave it a variety, and really thought I should show an image of an actual EVA. As much as I hate left-alignment, I moved it into the lead, and left aligned it. Let me know how you think that looks, and thanks Chris! Ariel♥Gold 21:37, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks better now. I will support.—Chris! ct 01:54, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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All issues have been addressed and fixed. Table has been reformatted, thanks to suggestions from Gadget, and it looks much better, is not so long, and reads easier. I also added a four image gallery at the bottom, centered, to give other images. Any other issues? :) Ariel♥Gold 00:15, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments Looks good, just a couple of quibbles:
- I was wondering if you could separate each mission with a thicker black line or something. I like Gadget's design, but it sometimes looks like a blur of text, between missions 14 and 19, for example. Something like the purpley-blue lines, but thinner, perhaps?
Note: I looked into that, and it seems the code for separators can't go smaller than 1 pixel, which is quite thick, and would make the table look worse (IMO). See User:ArielGold/Sandbox for an example of what it would look like. That's setting the height at .2px, which obviously is the same as 1px. If anyone knows of another way to do it I would be more than happy to use that. (Just as a note, I see nothing visually different about missions 14-19 than any of the other sections?) Ariel♥Gold 03:39, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I've just put something together in your sandbox, it's the only way I can think of doing what I envision. Matthewedwards 03:50, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The key, for the ‡, †, etc appears in the 1998-1999 section only, but it applies to each section. Perhaps make a small table and stick it at the end of the Lede, before any sections?
Fixed Moved the legend into the lead section. Ariel♥Gold 03:39, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- {{reflist|2}} max, please, per WP:FOOT#Listing footnotes at the end of the article: using .3Creferences .2F.3E or .7B.7Breflist.7D.7D and Template:Reflist#Multiple_columns
Fixed Changed to two column reflist. Ariel♥Gold 03:39, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Matthewedwards 23:03, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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United States Academic Decathlon National Championships
I've recently moved this list to its own article. Previously, it had been embedded in the USAD article. I think it meets all of the criteria. It definitely is comprehensive. I will leave it up to you to decide whether it passes the other criteria. - Yohhans talk 16:23, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment Not much to say. The prose is pretty good. Gary King (talk) 21:10, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Minor comment: What Honors, Scholastic and Varsity are not ever really explained, but the article does take some time to go into the different scoring awards for each of them. It might be worth adding a sentence about them equaling A Team, B Team, and C Team. Other than that, it looks good :) NuclearWarfare contact meMy work 19:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply] |
Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
- "Established in 1981, the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) National Championship has the winning school from each competing state pitted against each other for an overall title." The winning school of what? The first paragraph needs more context. Explain what the Decathlon is before explaining how the medal system works.
- I've added an introductory paragraph explaining what the academic decathlon is. Hopefully this clears up yours and NuclearWarfare's concerns on this matter. - Yohhans talk 18:57, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I still don't understand what the "winning schools" won. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:40, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I was trying to convey the fact that the state champions compete at nationals. How about changing it to, "has the state winners pitted against each other for an overall title."? Does that make it clearer? - Yohhans talk 16:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- But what competition? Unless it uses the same name. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:54, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Do you mean changing it to, "has the state Academic Decathlon winners pitted against each other for an overall title."? Because that seems redundant to me. - Yohhans talk 01:04, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I just want to know the name of the competition that the winning school from each state wins before the Nationals. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:07, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It's just the USAD state championship. There are three rounds of competition in USAD: local/county, state and national. It's all the same competition and the same format, just at different levels. To get to state, you must pass local/county and to get to nationals you must win state. It's probably because I am way too close to the competition and know too much about it, but I'm failing to see where there's confusion regarding this statement. - Yohhans talk 01:52, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't think you need to add more information, I think the sentence needs to be recasted. The lead sentence needs to be an accessible, direct definition of the topic. Something like this: "the United States Academic Decathlon which is the premier scholastic competition for students in America from both public and private high schools. " [4] Dabomb87 (talk) 02:41, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Ok, I finally get what you're saying. I've changed it to, "The United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is one of the premier academic competitions for high school students in the United States. The National Championship, first held in 1982, pits state winners against each other for a national title." What do you think? - Yohhans talk 23:36, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't think you need to add more information, I think the sentence needs to be recasted. The lead sentence needs to be an accessible, direct definition of the topic. Something like this: "the United States Academic Decathlon which is the premier scholastic competition for students in America from both public and private high schools. " [4] Dabomb87 (talk) 02:41, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It's just the USAD state championship. There are three rounds of competition in USAD: local/county, state and national. It's all the same competition and the same format, just at different levels. To get to state, you must pass local/county and to get to nationals you must win state. It's probably because I am way too close to the competition and know too much about it, but I'm failing to see where there's confusion regarding this statement. - Yohhans talk 01:52, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I just want to know the name of the competition that the winning school from each state wins before the Nationals. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:07, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Do you mean changing it to, "has the state Academic Decathlon winners pitted against each other for an overall title."? Because that seems redundant to me. - Yohhans talk 01:04, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- But what competition? Unless it uses the same name. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:54, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I was trying to convey the fact that the state champions compete at nationals. How about changing it to, "has the state winners pitted against each other for an overall title."? Does that make it clearer? - Yohhans talk 16:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I still don't understand what the "winning schools" won. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:40, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I've added an introductory paragraph explaining what the academic decathlon is. Hopefully this clears up yours and NuclearWarfare's concerns on this matter. - Yohhans talk 18:57, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- (outdent) Good, except what makes the Decathlon a "premier" competition? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:33, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:COLORS, use a symbol such as an asterisk or pound sign along with the colors for accessibility."However, Dr. Peterson's vision was bigger than just a national event." "bigger"-->more."This goal was realized at the 1984 Nationals which drew teams from 32 states and four countries"—Comma after Nationals. Per MOSNUM, comparative quantities need to either be both written out "thirty-two states and four countries" or both written in digits "32 states and 4 countries". Wouldn't it be five countries?- Fixed the comma. Also, good catch on the MOSNUM issue. I hadn't seen that one before. I changed the sentence to, "This goal was realized at the 1984 Nationals, which drew teams from thirty-two states and four foreign countries: Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and South Korea." - Yohhans talk 18:57, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"The inclusion of foreign countries has not been a regular occurrence however." Do foreign countries have to be invited to participate or do they decide for themselves whether they want to compete?- I reworded things here to, "However, the inclusion of foreign countries has not been a regular occurrence. Schools outside the United States are recruited by USAD to compete;[2] the next occurrence of an international presence was at the 1989 Nationals, when teams from Northern Ireland and Rio de Janeiro competed.[3]" Is that clearer? I think it's worded better and flows a bit more smoothly. - Yohhans talk 18:57, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Unfortunately, the sentence now contains two different ideas. I have two suggestions: However, although schools outside the United States are recruited by the USAD to compete, foreign countries have not participated regularly. After the 1984 Nationals, the next occurrence of an international presence was at the 1989 Nationals, when teams from Northern Ireland and Rio de Janeiro competed. or
- However, the international competion in the 1984 Nationals was an unusually large compared to the other Championships; since then, international competition has been minimal despite USAD recruitment. After the 1984 Nationals, the next occurrence of an international presence was at the 1989 Nationals, when teams from Northern Ireland and Rio de Janeiro competed. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:40, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I reworded things here to, "However, the inclusion of foreign countries has not been a regular occurrence. Schools outside the United States are recruited by USAD to compete;[2] the next occurrence of an international presence was at the 1989 Nationals, when teams from Northern Ireland and Rio de Janeiro competed.[3]" Is that clearer? I think it's worded better and flows a bit more smoothly. - Yohhans talk 18:57, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"The next occurrence of international participation was at the 1989 national competition when teams from Northern Ireland and Rio de Janeiro competed." Comma after competition.- Changed to, "The next occurrence of an international presence was at the 1989 Nationals, when teams from Northern Ireland and Rio de Janeiro competed." - Yohhans talk 18:57, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Since then, a school from British Columbia, Canada is the only foreign competitor to have made a grab for the national title, having unsuccessfully done so in 2004." "made a grab"-->compete."These twoseparatecontests"In sortable tables, all items need to be linked.Dabomb87 (talk) 12:45, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]"Established in 1981, the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) National Championship has the winning school from each competing state pitted against each other for an overall title." Is there a different type of title besides "overall"? Even so, wouldn't it make more sense as "national title"?- That is a better wording for it; I'll use that instead. The entire sentence (with previously mentioned changes) now reads, "Established in 1981, the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) National Championship has the state winners pitted against each other for a national title." - Yohhans talk 16:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"The Academic Decathlon consists 10 events"—Missing a word."Super Quiz takes the place of Science or Social Science each year" You might mention that this happens alternately (I assume).- Good point; changed to, "Super Quiz alternates between Science and Social Science each year".
"The Academic Decathlon is unique" Unique as compared to what?Dabomb87 (talk) 00:40, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]- Well, I suppose I could cite all the other academic competitions where the other competitors are largely 4.0 students, but that would just create extra length and fluff. Instead, I've just removed the phrase entirely. It now reads, "The Academic Decathlon requires participation from students of all levels of academic ability." - Yohhans talk 16:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Sources look good. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 15:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'll leave this up to debate, but I feel that the introductory section is too long in relation to the rest of the article. Does anyone else agree that the article might be better if either the format or history of the national championships had its own section in the article? -- CB (ö) 20:52, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I wondered about this myself actually. The only thing I can think of to do is maybe remove the second paragraph. The first is necessary to provide context, and third lays out the history of the competition a little. However, I suppose another possibility is to axe the inclusion of information about foreign competitors. This would cut down on length quite a bit. Also, the fourth paragraph is necessary to explain the virtual competitions. Suggestions on what route to take would be fantastic. :) - Yohhans talk 16:40, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
- Lists should be presented in chronological order, per WP:LISTS#Organization and WP:SAL#Chronological ordering
- The 2009 and 2010 events haven't occurred and should be removed
- I agree that the Lede is a little too long. Perhaps move the final paragraph to the Virtual section to serve as an intro to those tables?
- That is how I originally had it, but looking at other featured lists, many of them did not have prose beyond the lead. I just assumed that this how lists ought to be structured, so I moved the small school description to the lead before I submitted it to FLC. It's now back to how I had it originally. - Yohhans talk 04:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Clarify in the table header that "Winner" is "Winning high school". I thought JJ Pearce, WH Taft, J Frank Dobbie and James E. Taylor were winning students or something
- Consider moving the references out of the year column into the notes column
- Could you link the locations?
- Please use a less bright green. See WP:COLOUR for standard WP used colours.
Nice otherwise. Matthewedwards 22:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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List of Oklahoma City Thunder head coaches
I am nominating this list because I think it fulfills the featured list criteria.—Chris! ct 18:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:51, 20 October 2008 (UTC) [reply]Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
- "There have been 16 head coaches for the Oklahoma City Thunder franchise, known as the Seattle SuperSonics from 1967 to 2008." The links to the seasons are misleading because they look like solitary year links. I would recommend unlinking them, since they are linked in the table.
- In the table, add a note in the key that says the year links lead to individual NBA seasons, as in List of Nashville Sounds managers.
- "Seattle sued Bennett's group
in orderto enforce the lease that required the team to stay until 2010." - "The franchise won their
first andonly NBA championship in the 1979 NBA Finals" - "Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once." Comma after "Thus".
- "However, the two sides reached a $45 million settlement to pay off the team's lease with KeyArena in July 2008." How does this sentence contradict the previous.
- "The Thunder is currently owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC and coached by P. J. Carlesimo with Sam Presti as the general manager."-->As of October 2008, the Thunder is owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC and coached by P. J. Carlesimo, with Sam Presti as the general manager.
- Reference 3 needs a date of publication. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:48, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Fix all except point 2. I am a little hesitant to do it because every other NBA coach lists don't have a note like that. I can still do that if you want.—Chris! ct 20:40, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Do it, then be bold and change the other articles. Other editors won't oppose you; there is no reason to. Another reason: If you don't, I probably will later :D Dabomb87 (talk) 21:37, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Just a question. What is the reason of adding that note? I don't understand.—Chris! ct 23:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- When readers look at the column; they see what looks like a column of low-value links to solitary years when those years are actually valuable season links. These kind of "easter egg" links are discouraged; see Wikipedia:OVERLINK#Dates. Adding a note about these dates tells the reader that these links are relevant to the article and not an arbitary 4 digit year with square brackets around it. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Just a question. What is the reason of adding that note? I don't understand.—Chris! ct 23:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Do it, then be bold and change the other articles. Other editors won't oppose you; there is no reason to. Another reason: If you don't, I probably will later :D Dabomb87 (talk) 21:37, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Fix all except point 2. I am a little hesitant to do it because every other NBA coach lists don't have a note like that. I can still do that if you want.—Chris! ct 20:40, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comments
- The team will play its home games at the Ford Center beginning in the 2008–09 NBA season.[1] As of October 2008, the Thunder is currently owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC and coached by P. J. Carlesimo with Sam Presti as the general manager. - its -->it's. Wouldn't it be the Professional Basketball Club LLC? Also, comma after Carlesimo.
- The team, previously named the Seattle SuperSonics, was formed in 1967. - you already stated that they were the SuperSonics.
- 1 Championship (1979) (in the table) - Wouldn't this be the NBA Championship?
- The lead to me is boring, can't something else be said to make it more interesting, plus the three little paragraphs make's it seem boring, how about merging them into one or two, or expand the three.
- Images?--SRX 01:26, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Sources look good. It would be nice if "NBA" was spelled out in ref #10, though. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 15:32, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comments
- "National Basketball Association.com." --> "NBA.com".
- See comment by User:Juliancolton—Chris! ct 04:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- No pictures of any of the coaches?
- Link Championship to Championship.
- I think you should change the fonts of the row, "Oklahoma City Thunder", to match the template's fonts. Just a suggestion.-- SRE.K.A
nnoyomous.L.24[c] 08:00, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Just a suggestion, but you might want to sort the table, like the sorting on List of Toronto Blue Jays managers. -- SRE.K.A
nnoyomous.L.24[c] 04:32, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Seattle, Washington --> Seattle, Washington. -- SRE.K.A
nnoyomous.L.24[c] 05:27, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comments from Killervogel5
- Per WP:ACCESS, avoid color combinations that are difficult to read, such as the colors you have chosen for the Oklahoma City Thunder row. Something easier to read would be much more welcome.
- For all references to basketball-reference.com, the website is the work, not the publisher. Sports Reference LLC is the publisher. All related references should be fixed.
- "who purchased the team back in 2006" - Back in 2006 sounds unprofessional. Remove "back".
- "currently owned by the Professional Basketball Club LLC" - remove "the", it's an ownership entity, not an object.
- "The franchise won their only NBA championship in the 1979 NBA Finals as the SuperSonics" - their should be "its", franchise is singular; also, you already said that they were the Sonics then, so "as the SuperSonics is redundant.
- I would use en-dashes for the repeated coaches (but not for the playoffs) instead of em-dashes.
- Achievement sections should read as such: "1 championship" (no caps) and "One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history" (proper caps)
Hope this helps. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 01:44, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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List of Nobel Laureates affiliated with the City University of New York
Another Nobel laureate list. — sephiroth bcr (converse) 06:55, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
Link all items in sortable columns.Add a sentence describing the relationship of Hunter College and Brooklyn College to CUNY.Dabomb87 (talk) 19:13, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]- Both done. — sephiroth bcr (converse) 23:27, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Aumann-1080b.jpg needs an English translation of the source.Dabomb87 (talk) 18:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- As far as I can see, it's a picture the uploader took himself/herself. I don't think an English translation is needed because the image is on Commons (which is open to all languages). — sephiroth bcr (converse) 03:54, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Sources look good. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 16:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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List of Nobel Laureates affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis
And a list for the university I had interest in for a couple months, but then lost it. — sephiroth bcr (converse) 01:12, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Surely there is a category you could put the article in. -- Scorpion0422 01:14, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Was adding them in as you were commenting. :) — sephiroth bcr (converse) 01:19, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
Link everything in the category column since it is sortable.Convert hyphens to dashes in all the year ranges.Dabomb87 (talk) 18:26, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Both fixed. — sephiroth bcr (converse) 23:15, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Images: A couple of them need authors and dates.Dabomb87 (talk) 18:49, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]- Authors and dates don't exist in the sources for a lot of them. I believe if it is adequately proven that the images are provided by the government (which a large majority are, whether it is NASA, the National Library of Medicine, etc.), then it's fine. — sephiroth bcr (converse) 20:30, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comments Sources look good. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 16:22, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Nobel Laureates affiliated with Princeton University
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List of Carnivàle awards and nominations
previous FLC (15:45, 17 September 2008)
The first FLC was unsuccessful last month, criticism was already addressed during that time, and I am trying again. – sgeureka t•c 16:28, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Need to say in the references when the source is not in English (current ref 5)http://www.castingsociety.com/artios/winners deadlinks
- Otherwise sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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- Created by Daniel Knauf, the show is set in the United States Dust Bowl during the Great Depression and traces the disparate storylines of a young carnival worker named Ben Hawkins (played by Nick Stahl) and a preacher in California named Brother Justin Crowe (Clancy Brown). The Dust Bowl was a period of time, not a place, if you want to say the place, then it should be the Great Plains. Better as ..set in the Great Plains of the United States during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
- Carnivàle garnered numerous awards and nominations and was nominated for seven Emmy Awards in its inaugural season, winning five in creative arts categories. ---> Carnivàle garnered numerous awards and nominations, which included seven Emmy Awards in its inaugural season, winning five in the creative arts categories. (bolded changed content).
- The second season received eight further Emmy nominations in 2005 without a win. - how about, The second season received eight further Emmy nominations in 2005, but did not win one.
- Nominations for two Golden Reel Awards, four Satellite Awards and two Saturn Awards did not result in a win. - in the previous sentence it is stated that one of the actors won an award, so which is this, the actor or the series itself?
- For the satellite awards under nominee, wouldn't the dash be better as having the name of the series, since that is what it was nominated for, right?
- Satellite awards: Carnivàle was nominated in two categories in 2004 but failed to win in either. - comma after 2004.
- Is there an image of the show on common or a logo for free use?SRX 20:32, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Everything addressed, or at least tried to do so. I rewrote the intro almost completely as I just couldn't make your suggestions work the way I wanted to (thanks for pointing out the Dust Bowl time-place issue, of which I was unaware). In the last FLC, someone objected to the title card image in the infobox although the FUR said that "Carnivàle's main title design won an Emmy", so I took it out. I may be able to get possibly-free images, but I'd have to read up on Canadian Panoramafreiheit rulings (if there any) and then ask many involved parties, which I consider a little out-of-proportion for the gain to pursue at the moment. – sgeureka t•c 11:36, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I would rename the article "List of awards and nominations received by Carnivàle" to match the current format. See Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Ludacris for the discussion."The inaugural season of Carnivàle garnered numerous awards and nominations including five Emmy Awards and two Emmy nominations in the creative arts categories." Comma after "nominations".Dabomb87 (talk) 18:51, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]- I added the comma. But although I have no attachment to the name of this list (feel free to change it), it could be argued that Carnivàle didn't receive the awards but mostly people for Carnivàle. The current naming follows the TV series format of List of Lost awards and nominations (formerly List of awards and nominations for Lost), List of Passions (TV series) awards and nominations, and List of 30 Rock awards and nominations; there is also List of awards won by The Simpsons that is intentionally incomplete and therefore named differently. I hope that we'll have settled on a one-size-fits-all naming format in a year or two. – sgeureka t•c 19:11, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I see what you're saying. This is different from music group award pages. But explain why the infobox says "List of awards won by Carnivàle". Dabomb87 (talk) 20:02, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- You got me. Stupid copy-paste mistake on my part. I changed it to "Awards and nominations for Carnivàle", as "Carnivàle awards and nominations" sounds too much like "MTV Awards". (I am seeing the point of a list renaming more and more...) – sgeureka t•c 21:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- See also Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions#Naming conventions for lists. Matthewedwards 07:23, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- You got me. Stupid copy-paste mistake on my part. I changed it to "Awards and nominations for Carnivàle", as "Carnivàle awards and nominations" sounds too much like "MTV Awards". (I am seeing the point of a list renaming more and more...) – sgeureka t•c 21:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I see what you're saying. This is different from music group award pages. But explain why the infobox says "List of awards won by Carnivàle". Dabomb87 (talk) 20:02, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I added the comma. But although I have no attachment to the name of this list (feel free to change it), it could be argued that Carnivàle didn't receive the awards but mostly people for Carnivàle. The current naming follows the TV series format of List of Lost awards and nominations (formerly List of awards and nominations for Lost), List of Passions (TV series) awards and nominations, and List of 30 Rock awards and nominations; there is also List of awards won by The Simpsons that is intentionally incomplete and therefore named differently. I hope that we'll have settled on a one-size-fits-all naming format in a year or two. – sgeureka t•c 19:11, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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The infobox totals do not add up. For instance, Emmy awards shows 5 wins, and 10 nominations, yet it was actually nominated for 15 awards, and won 5 of those. I think it's a little misleading. Matthewedwards 19:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Nevermind, I did this cause I was bored.
- Costume Designers Guild Awards -- The category, according to the article, is "Excellence in Period or Fantasy Costume Design for Television Series"
- Satellite Awards is "Best Television Drama Series", not "Best Series - Drama"; "Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television", not "Best Supporting Actress - Drama Series"
- Check out all the other award categories for each Award ceremony to make sure WP calls them what they do.
Matthewedwards 22:12, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I've copypasted the names now that the official sites give. In several cases, IMDb calls them differently, and wikipedia has a third name for them. E.g. per the official site, the name for the Costume Designers Guild Awards is "Excellence in Period / Fantasy Design for Televsio" [sic] and "Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series", per IMDb it's "Excellence in Costume Design for Television - Period/Fantasy" and "Outstanding Costume Design for Television Series - Period/Fantasy", and wikipedia combines them under Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Costume Design - Period or Fantasy TV Series. The article starter must have used the names from a fourth website. It looks a little inconstant now, and I was unsure what to do with the Golden Reel Award, the Artios Award and the Satellite Award naming (the Satellite Award website gives different names than what you said). – sgeureka t•c 18:32, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It looks inconsistent amongst the different award giving bodies, but at least it's correct now; however, the standard rule in the English language is to capitalize words that are the first or the last word in the title and those that are not coordinating conjunctions (for, and, or), prepositions (in), articles (an, a, the), or the word to when used to form an infinitive. Be careful with "Single-camera" and "Single-Camera", especially from the same people (as at the Emmys). Matthewedwards 07:23, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I am unsure if your last comment was intended as an explanation or as a request to go over the titles again. Do I read this right that "for, and, or" etc. aren't capitalized? Is "Single-camera" or "Single-Camera" correct? – sgeureka t•c 18:03, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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