Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Failed log/January 2011

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was not promoted by The Rambling Man 21:26, 31 January 2011 [1].

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List of Slipknot concert tours

Nominator(s): Nergaal (talk) 00:12, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I think it is close to passing the FL? criteria. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Nergaal (talk) 00:12, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

• Comment - I had no idea anyone had even edited this article since my last nomination. I'm sure it's really close to meeting the criteria, so I'll post some comments soon. CrowzRSA 06:08, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
• Another comment You are aware that you haven't listed this on the FLC page, and that's why it hasn't gotten any comments… CrowzRSA 19:01, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Oppose real quick overview...

• Image caption should not have a full stop.
• "After touring in Livin La Vida Loco.." unclear what this is, and our article calls it "Livin la Vida Loco".
• "first international tour, World Domination Tour. After a year-long tour" count the "tour"s. Poor prose, needs work.
• "of their second studio" - you've maintained Slipknot is singular up to this point.
• "During the tour, Slipknot performed...." replace Slipknot with "the band" for some change in prose.
• " All Hope Is Gone in 2008." comma missing before "in"
• "Slipknot toured in countries they had never performed in before..." again, Slipknot has become plural, and in any case, this would be "Slipknot toured countries in which they had never performed.."
• "drummer Joey Jordison broke one of his ankles and DJ Sid Wilson broke both of his ankles" repetitive and weak prose.
• Reference titles - avoid ALL CAPS and ensure all spaced hyphens are en-dashes.
• What makes genckolik.net a WP:RS?
• Ref 58 says [dead link].

The Rambling Man (talk) 21:37, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

It's been a week since I left these notes, and no work being done. I guess if nothing's done in the next few days I'll withdraw this nomination. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:15, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I did a few fixes. I started the nom, but I realized that the list requires more work and I decided not to submit it before I get to work on it. I did not submit it, so feel free to withdraw the nom. Nergaal (talk) 20:32, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

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The list was not promoted by Dabomb87 18:51, 26 January 2011 [2].

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Led Zeppelin discography

Nominators: ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:48, 17 January 2011 (UTC),

I am nominating this for featured list because it meets all the criteria. ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:48, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:46, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Oppose Please check WP:MOSNUM and confirm that the "26" in the opening sentence should be "twenty-six" per the fact all the other numbers are written out. I'm confused about numbers. A user said me, that all numbers over 9 should be written as numbers, below in words. It can be confusing but I tend to stick with one format or another within a single sentence. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC) Not sure you need to link London. I actually link every country, region or city. Delinked "sales certifications" link it? Linked "multi-platinum" vs "Multi-Platinum" - be consistent. Changed. Say what RIAA and CRIA are before you use the abbreviations. Changed. "compared to the Hard rock" Hard->hard. Oops. Changed. Hang on, Led Zep IV is "untitled" but the previous three were titled? Not sure about this. Changed. "a 23× Multi-Platinum certification" - prose, so "23-times platinum certification".. Changed but later reworded. Platinum is a proper noun. I don't think Platinum is a proper noun. you are right [3]. " Led Zeppelin's fifth album.." try mixing it up a bit with something like "The band's fifth album..." Changed. Another Multi-Platinum there needs fixing. Changed. "set-up" doesn't need a hyphen. Removed. The lead discusses nothing but the albums. I thought this was about the entire discog? I added the singles from Mothership and the first concert film, but that's all. I don't think it is useful to add singles each album have produced. In the tables "8× Platinum" why are the colours of certification capitalised here when they're generally not in the lead? I don't understand what you mean. Platinum should not be capitalised. If it is then all platinums (and gold/silver) should be capitalised. Internal consistency is needed. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC) [15][5] would be better in numerical order. Changed. Since this is about an English band, I would expect the predominant date format to be dmy, not mdy. I recently deleted it, because I thought it wasn't right. Changed. Where is "Candy Store Rock" referenced? I don't understand you. Added ref. You need a reference for the ↑ note. It wasn't written by me. I ask the editor where he found this information here. He said it is not notable. I deleted it. "The Song Remains the Same" table is incomplete. I added a notes column, but it was deleted. I added more videos, but it was deleted. Do you mean the videos itself or the table? That same video album was not released in 1976 on Bluray. It was changed by an ip-address. Changed. References have plenty of spaced hyphens instead of en-dashes per WP:DASH. I have replaced n-dashes with m-dashes. I hope you meant that. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:26, 19 January 2011 (UTC) Hello Rambling Man. I actually wrote the lead myself weeks earlier, but it was rewritten; I actually thought the same as you, but I didn't change it (90% of all mistakes above was not by me). However, I don't understand a few of your comments and I would be glad if you would write it more specific.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 12:48, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Oppose—Oddly enough, this article has gone worse since I last saw it only a few days back. I had told the nominator that he should hold off nominating it here, and still think so:

• The lead has gotten worse since I copy-edited it. For example, its fourth sentence has four five instances of the word "certification". While all their albums have only year of release mentioned, The Song Remains the Same (which also happens to appear un-chronologically) has its full release-date—twice. I also see many MOS inconsistencies such as both capitalised and uncapitalised "Multi-Platinum" (shouldn't it be uncapitalised throughout?).
  • I don't know what issues you have with that "certification". The Song Remains the Same: What do you mean with "twice" released, as VHS and as DVD? Done. No, Multi-Platinum is a proper noun.

• Repetitive word-usage doesn't make for good writing. Music recording sales certification uses small-case gold and platinum.—indopug (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• I don't know what you are referring to. Do you mean, I use "certification" too much. Well, then give me a synonym for that. If you are refering to the capitalizaion/lower casing of the words "Gold" and "Platinum"; that was already solved by rambling man above. Either I should capitalicize all platinums/golds or not. I decided to capitalicize them.

• "All of their original studio albums have reached the Top 10 on the Billboard album chart in the US, with six reaching number one spot." - this is redundant to the rest of the current lead.
  • deleted.
• The lead is missing some key info, in my opinion. Their fourth album was originally released without a title, as the band wanted to see how successful they'd be if they didn't use the Led Zeppelin label on it. Also, the band pioneered the concept of album-oriented rock, which is why they released so few singles.
  • added a sentence about album-oriented rock.
• (I've been wondering if an album-by-album discussion is the best way to go about the lead actually. Since practically all of them were chart-topping multi-platinum sellers, its a little repetitive right now.)
  • ok
• Have you searched for sales figures for individual albums? (I am sure newspaper articles, or newer books on the band might have some updated numbers)
  • no need.

• What do you mean? I think including the sales figures for individual albums would greatly increase the value of the article. If there is absolutely no data about individual albums, of course there's no problem. But a thorough search needs to be done first.—indopug (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• ... Please give me one featured disco that has books or worse newspaper as reliable source for charting!?

• What is the purpose of Note C? And why are these album-related notes in the singles table? What is "^ No commercial or promotional single was actually issued. Chart number represents radio airplay of album tracks" supposed to point to?
  • It wasn't written by me, only to clarify. C means, that the liner notes of Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 categorize Coda as a studio album.Done. Deleted ^ No commercial or promotional single was actually issued. Chart number represents radio airplay of album tracks
• Why is that image with Led Zep IV supposed to be? The note doesn't explain it.
  • I don't understand why not. Are liner notes not reliable?

• In the studio albums table, there is the pic of the four symbols (just under LZIV). I don't see an explanation for the picture anywhere.—indopug (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• Oh, I didn't understand you, sry. Deleted.

• Could you double-check your Billboard ref (#16)? Refs 8, 13–15, 28–30 go to different websites, but their citation info (apart from the language) is identical. Is MusicBrainz a reliable source?
  • What is wrong with 16? Yes they are going to different websites, but they are no dead links. I used brainz only to clarify that candy store rock is a single; in my opinion reliable.

• Why is the Billboard link pointing to the Billboard.com homepage instead of the specific LZ charts page? MusicBrainz is a "MusicBrainz is a user-maintained open community that collects, and makes available to the public, music metadata in the form of a relational database, so it cannot be reliable source. —indopug (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• This is an archivation of Billboard albums on/at Allmusic. I have replaced the link, that linked to the home page of Billboard. I don't know what source you want for that single, but musicbrainz seems to be the best. I hope you can make an exception?

• Are you sure the songs that charted from Mothership were singles? I thought they charted solely on the basis of iTunes downloads?
  • Changed.

• The table still lists them as singles, and single-count remains 26.—indopug (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• done, but I didn't separate the downloads from singles, but merged them together.

• Why is US the last country in the charts columns, but the first in the certifications?—indopug (talk) 13:41, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Alphabetically sorted.

• <nitpick> but now UK is at the start of the charts, and the middle of the certs.—indopug (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• Separate charts or territories should be represented by their own column; the artist or band's home country comes first, followed by an English-language alphabetical ordering of countries (with the option to prioritize English-speaking countries before others), then followed by international, multinational, or worldwide charts if available. In the case of multiple charts per country (such as the various Billboard charts), these should also be in alphabetical order of country-name then chart name. from Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies/style.

Thank you for your comments.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

I could go on nitpicking, but I simply don't think this article is nearly ready enough for a band of this stature. I suggest withdrawing this from FLC, so that you can work in leisure. A number of major questions need to be resolved—how to deal with their untitled fourth album; whether Coda is a studio album or a compilation; whether the band released music videos (none of which are mentioned here); how best to write the lead etc.—indopug (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry but I don't collect withdrawals. The thing with music videos I wrote you before seems to be resolved; the so-called music videos are just pieces from concerts (BTW I can't watch that video above); don't forget that this is a discography, not a videography. And that case with Coda was also resolved, here you can find the answer. I recently found a comment here; you asked there if Coda is a studio album or not, Scieberking gave you the link above. BTW: I requested a copy-edit yesterday and is now done.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:39, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Still opposing

• "It received several sales certifications, including an eight-times Multi-Platinum certification from the national American certification and a Diamond certification from the national Canadian certification"—um, what?
• Why are there two different notes named [A]? Why does clicking the [A] next to the Mothership songs lead to "The liner notes for the Led Zeppelin Box Set, Vol. 2..."?
• "Since their break-up, the band have released numerous compilation albums and live albums from older concerts, including the live album How the West Was Won, which peaked at number one on the Billboard charts, and the compilation album Mothership, which produces seven digital downloads and were released on the same day Led Zeppelin's entire catalog became available in digital stores, in the iTunes Store including."—prose issues aside, what other digital store features the Zep catalogue?
• "Led Zeppelin are one of the best-selling rock bands of all time."—cite?
• The numerous Hung Medien cites are formatted identically. Please add the name of the website/chart to the reference. For example, for the Dutch chart ref: "'Extended Search: Led Zeppelin' (in Dutch). DutchCharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-12-15."
• Have you double-checked all (any?) of the chart positions, certifications and references for comprehensiveness and accuracy?

• According to its Wiki article, Led Zeppelin Remasters was certified in a lot more territories than 4 currently mentioned. (Although you obviously don't need to include all of them, most of the studio albums have 6 certs., so I guess that is the limit?)
• From where do you get that SRTS charted at number 24 in the Netherlands?

• Are you sure three American charts are needed in the singles table? The band did chart in a number of other major territories. Also, why does Switzerland come after the US?
• Coda was released only on CD? And weren't albums since the 70s normally released on cassettes too? (I'm not sure, but it warrants investigating).

Again, these are just a sample of the issues I found in the article. Fixing just the above will not make this article FL-worthy; a thorough, top-to-bottom re-working is needed from you. FLC is not the place for that.—indopug (talk) 18:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

• Removed useless repeating
• Done
• Split long sentence into two sentences.
• Why if there's an article about the best-selling artists? However, I deleted it.
• Done
• OK, let's go (album)
  • UK → Checked √
  • AUS → Checked √
  • CAN → Checked √
  • FRA → A lot of false peak chart positions :/. Done √
  • GER → Same and replaced url. Done √
  • JAP → Ugh... will do tomorrow, hope my katakana helps here :/
  • NED → One was false. Done √
  • NZL → One was false. Done √
  • NOR → Checked √
  • and last but not least USA → Checked √
• (singles) will do tomorrow
• You are right. Deleted Billboard ref.
• Deleted 2 other refs
• Will search tomorrow

Thank you for more comments.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 20:08, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

• Only to clarify: the tables and its content was not made by me [4].-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 21:16, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

• That is completely irrelevant. If an article is brought to FLC, solely the content of the article is judged. When anybody points out shortcomings, they are just highlighting flaws in the article, and are not saying that you made those flaws.—indopug (talk) 14:36, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

• I will withdraw it, as I see issues with the english-speaking, chart positions, like Australia and UK, and will look into this list more deeply afterwards. Regards.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:54, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

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The list was not promoted by Dabomb87 22:55, 19 January 2011 [5].

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Melanie C discography

Nominator(s): Tsange ^►talk 18:36, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello all! I am nominating this for featured list for the second time as I have cleared up the issues given in the first nomination. Thanks! Tsange ^►talk 18:36, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

• Quick Comments:
  • EXTERNAL LINKS: Since the allmusic template is working (thank you cactusbot), you can add this template here.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 19:05, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

• Comments by JohnFromPinckney:
  • A link to "the issues given in the first nomination" might have been nice. ;-)
  • Should the lead sentence include a more explicit connection between "Melanie Chisolm" and "Melanie C"?
  • In "...producing nine number one singles...", hyphenate the adjective as "number-one singles".
  • In "...certified a triple platinum...", strike the "a".
  • In "over 3 million albums worldwide", change the numeral to a word, per WP:ORDINAL.
  • In "the number one spot", hyphenate the adjective as "the number-one spot".
  • In "one top ten singles", change to "one top-ten single".
  • The sentence "It reached number twenty four in the UK" needs its number hyphenated. I also wonder whether it might better be connected to the previous text as a compound sentence.
  • "Chisholm's is to release a her fifth solo album in 2010" needs rewriting (or something).
  • I'd like to see closer conformance to WP:DISCOGSTYLE, especially the headings and links on the Certifications column, and the hidden column-heading markup for WP:ACCESS.
  • The certs column should not include territories for which peak postitions are not already shown.
  • In the DVDs section, I think "Contained" should be "Contains". Anyone else?
  • In the DVDs section, a comma should come after "England" in both rows (unless there's some British English exception I don't know about).
  • The intro text "Songs written by Melanie C for other artists," needs different closing punctuation.
  • The infobox link to "As featured artist" needs fixing somehow.
  • The Swiss refs for this English article could be the English version (swisscharts.com) rather than the German version (hitparade.ch).

— JohnFromPinckney (talk) 19:51, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

• Afkatk's comments below reminded me to look at the refs, which I hadn't done. Besides the date formats, I notice that at least some of the titles are invented, and don't match the page titles on the resources referenced. — JohnFromPinckney (talk) 04:03, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

• Comments - The rowspan on Music videos just makes the table unsortable, this issue needs to be resolved. There are inconsistencies with the date format used in the References. What makes Sugobar.com and mvdbase.com reliable? Afro (Nice Beaver) 23:33, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

• Though I was asked to re-review a week ago I refrained from revisiting since I hoped my comments would eventually be replied to especially regarding the references. Afro (Talk) 08:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

• Comments:
  • Massimo Di Cataldo - Sulla mia strada and Holly Valance - Footprints (album) unreferenced
  • Publisher of AUS, AUT, IRE, NL, NZ and SWI should only be Hung Medien
  • Lead could be a little bit bigger and better
  • "Never Be the Same Again" in the cert column NZ not linked to Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

This is all I could find. Regards-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:55, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

• Counter-comments: The publisher for the NL Mega Single Top 100 refs (dutchchart.nl) should in fact be "Hung Medien / hitparade.ch". The publisher for the NL Dutch Top 40 refs (www.top40.nl) should be "Stichting Nederlandse Top 40". Neither NL publisher should be just "Hung Medien". The publisher for NZ ref #27 should not mention Hung Medien at all, as it's a page on the RIANZ site. (I can't even tell what was meant by the "Never Be the Same Again" note above.) Several of the Australian refs are really ARIA pages, so Hung Medien shouldn't be listed as publisher for them either. A better lead is always good, but it's not clear why it needs to be bigger. — JohnFromPinckney (talk) 00:04, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

• Can you tell me how you know what publisher that is? I thought all these certs in the rollback-bar have "Hung Medien" as publisher. Regards.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 20:13, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I can't understand your English. The publishers are evident from the referenced pages (often at the bottom of the page). I do not know what a "rollback-bar" bar is. I don't know why you mentioned WP:GOODCHARTS. — JohnFromPinckney (talk) 03:55, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I meant a drop-down list. I meant, that "NZ" in the 4th row of the "singles" section and in the certification column, "never be the same again", should be linked to [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]. Regards.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 09:53, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I see no drop-down lists in this article nor in WP:GOODCHARTS.

Be that as it may, the "NZ" in the Certs column for "I Turn to You" in the Singles table should be removed entirely and not linked to anything, as NZ is not a chart for which the table lists peaks, and consensus is not to list certs for such charts (per WP:INDISCRIMINATE). — JohnFromPinckney (talk) 05:08, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I have cleared up most of the issues given above. Tsange ^►talk 19:37, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

• Revisit by JohnFromPinckney:
  • In "known by here stage name" replace "here" with "her".
  • In "the group took a "indefinite hiatus" so members" the "a" should be "an". If the "indefinite hiatus" is a quote from somewhere, it should be attributed, and if not, the quotes (and probably "indefinite") should be removed.
    • The above item begs the question of whether we even need that second paragraph. What does it tell us about Melanie C's solo discography? Aww, mm, the more I think about this, I think it's not so bad. It points to the Spice Girls discog, which is proper, and leads us to the solo stuff quickly enough.
  • Some quantity still needs fixing in "produced one top-ten singles".
  • Last lead sentence "Chisholm was due to release her fifth solo album in 2010, this has now been put forward to sometime in 2011" is a run-on. Either replace the comma with a semicolon after "2010", or split into two sentences. Also, the sense seems reversed to me; **I would say "pushed back" or "delayed" rather than "put forward".
  • It seems that nothing has been done regarding conformance to WP:DISCOGSTYLE, especially the headings and links on the Certifications column, and the hidden column-heading markup for WP:ACCESS.
  • The certs listed for "Never Be the Same Again" would be better in the same order as for "I Turn to You", namely that of the charts in the columns.
  • The note at the bottom of the Music videos table looks funny with a bold C and a bullet. Also, its link up in the table would be better on the title "We Love To Entertain You", IMHO, instead of in empty space where the director is missing. And why is it "C" and not, say, "A"?
  • Comma still missing after "England" in DVDs table.
  • You've changed the Swiss refs to the English versions but the citations still say "(in German)".
  • The date formats for all of the references should be consistent. I see four formats in use right now, and I think one of them isn't even valid. You need to pick one and just use that.
  • Still: All of the references need review and correction where they are wrong. A large number of them appear to have made-up titles. The publisher for Ref #10 is still wrong. Ref #5 could mention the video itself.

— JohnFromPinckney (talk) 11:30, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello JohnFromPinckney I have fixed all the issues you mentioned above. Apart from the ones relating to WP:DISCOGSTYLE and WP:ACCESS as I am unsure what needs to be done. Also how is the publisher for ref 10 wrong as dutchcharts.nl is published by Hung Medien? Tsange ^►talk 19:58, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Tsange. For ref #10, if you look at the bottom of the dutchcharts.nl page, you see that the Dutch site (like the Belgian site) is an exception to the Hung Medien-is-the-publisher rule for these sites. For ref 10, the publisher should be "Hung Medien / hitparade.ch".

BTW, I see you've already changed some of the dates, but you still have a few in the form " 01 January 2011", with an extra zero.

Is "an hiatus" British English? As an AmE-speaker I'd say "a hiatus", but the article's in BrE.

The "sometime " at the end of the lead should be "some time".

Comma still missing after "England" in DVDs table.

That's all the time I have for a quick check now, but keep working on it. Good luck! — JohnFromPinckney (talk) 12:50, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Done! Im unsure whether it is "an" or "a" but I do agree that "a" does sound better so I have changed it. Tsange ^►talk 20:12, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

• Comment Have all reviewers been asked to revisit? Dabomb87 (talk) 23:58, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I have left messages on some of the reviewer talkpages. Tsange ^►talk 19:52, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

• Comment:A^ Video was a compilation of film/TV for Pro7 Starforce campaign in Germany. citation needed-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:22, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Oppose

• Comma needed before "better known.."
• What does "As featured artist" in the infobox refer to? Is it a "singles as a featured artist"?
• No need for "see Spice Girls discography" in the lead prose. That's what a See also section is for.
• The hiatus sentence needs reference. And "so members could" reads clumsily for me.
• "Canadian rocker" is not quite encyclopedic, Canadian is fine, but "rocker" is a bit tabloidy.
• You have "platinum" (uncapitalised) in the lead, but Platinum (capitalised) in the tables. Be consistent.
• Usually a good idea to link the first "platinum" or whatever to record certifications article.
• Odd one this, the article is called "Melanie C discography" but you continually refer to her as Chisholm throughout, even though you say she's better known as "Melanie C" in the opening sentence...
• "only one of which charting at number ten." do you mean "only one of which charted, at number ten"?
• And it's only true that it only charted at 10 in the UK, it appears to have charted elsewhere. And the other two charted outside the UK...
• In the albums section, you do certifications like this : "UK: Gold". In the singles section, you do it like this : "Gold (UK)" - be consistent.
• Where is Let's Love and Understand referenced? These didn't chart anywhere so the various chart references don't show them....
• Jamie Vickery is not referenced.
• Misc section, I see spaced hyphens which should be en-dashes per WP:DASH.
• Also need to fix hyphens in the titles of some references.

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:02, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I have fixed the issues you have mentioned above apart from two. I can't find a good enough reference for music video melt director. The only one I can find is this one [6], but it seems to be a fan-site. Also how can I find references for songs that didn't chart? I took a look some other featured discographies with this issue and none of them have references. Is it not ok to assume that if it isn't listed on music chart websites it didn't chart? Tsange ^►talk 19:41, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Also for the format of the certifications collums in singles & albums I followed WP:DISCOGSTYLE. Tsange ^►talk 19:46, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

As for the ref you suggested, a fansite is okay as long as it meets WP:RS but most won't. References for songs that didn't chart are needed and are present for recently promoted FLs. If you don't reference them, what actually proves they ever existed? As for the certification format and DISCOGSTYLE, that's crazy, why use two different ways of denoting certifications in different sections? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:26, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

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List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War

Nominator(s):Catalan (talk) 10:36, 10 December 2010 (UTC),Macarenses (talk) 10:19, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because the issues raised in the previous nomination have been dealt with. --Macarenses (talk) 10:19, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Of course, JonCatalan did virtually all the work on this list and i only added it because i stumbled across it, saw that the last review was going well but was halted by JonCatalan's wikibreak and after taking care of the very minor issues raised in that review (pp. instead of p. mostly) renominated it thinking no one will notice this very good list if i didn't. Any issues you find in the current review would probably be dealt by him since he is far more familiar with the list though i'll try to pitch in as well whenever i can.--Macarenses (talk) 06:10, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: As the previous nominator, and contributor of the content, is there anyway that I can co-nominate now? JonCatalán^(Talk) 18:50, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

I added myself as a co-nominator, because I will be the one to most likely have the information to deal with any issues which are brought up during the FLC. If there is a problem, please discuss. JonCatalán^(Talk) 20:37, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: I would recommend aligning the columns in the various sections for visual purposes (in other words, use the same column widths for the tables). --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:15, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Done. JonCatalán^(Talk) 03:18, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments

• I think the opening sentence could use some context of the Spanish Civil War before you say it was an opportunity for new technology to be tested out...
• The little template under the image, oddly, doesn't contain a link to the tank in the image above it. This is a little confusing. Is there not an image of a Spanish tank? Or should the template be moved?
• Trubia is not in that template, why not?
• "the shortcomings of tanks" such as?
• Are "Carro Trubia-Naval tanks " Spanish as well? They don't appear in the template.
• First and second tables should have cols the same width from table to table.
• I would avoid bold in the table, even if they are "headers" but that's just my opinion.;Done
• You link "Sant Sadurní d'Anoia" as a location but not Oviedo, Bilbao, Zaragoza, etc. Why not?;Done

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:10, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Taken care of the last two--Macarenses (talk) 19:31, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

The template deals with tanks manufactured in Spain. The FT-17 was a French tank exported to Spain between 1919 and the mid-1930s. I actually do not have an image of a Spanish tank. There is an image of the Trubia, but it's copyrighted and is presently being used under fair use rationale in the main article on Spanish tanks. Regarding tanks fabricated in Spain that are not included in the template, there simply is not enough information on them for stand alone articles. They are, however, covered in "Tanks in the Spanish Army" (this includes all tanks used by the Spanish Army, including the FT-17 in the image above the template). However, the Trubia does deserve its own stand alone article. Before I went on wikibreak I did not have any type of publication to justify a stand alone article, but I recently acquired the only book on the tank that I know of. At some point early next year (January), a stand alone article will be made for the Trubia, but for the purpose of this list it's not especially pertinent.

Regarding the opening sentence, I added a clause of context (years). It deserves more, and I will certainly add some more when I have time, but presently I am strapped for time. JonCatalán^(Talk) 01:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm not clear on what's been dealt with here and how, without re-reviewing the whole article. However, I would say the lead still needs more context, the template still seems to be missing Trubia tanks, regardless of whether there's an article for them or not, shortcomings have not been described, col widths of "Manufactured in Spain" section should be the same from subsection to subsection still. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:39, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

1. I have not yet expanded about the Spanish Civil War.
2. Why do I need to add Trubia to the template? There is no article for it. The template is a navigation templates between articles.

   If the template is about Spanish tanks, then all Spanish tanks should be in it, article or not. And I don't see why a stub, at the least, shouldn't be created, if these tanks are notable enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:50, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

1. Sorry, but this is non-sensical. It's a navigation template. If the tank doesn't have an article then there's no point to create a navigational link to it. JonCatalán^(Talk) 21:03, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

   Sorry, but create the article, or add it to the template to encourage someone else to do it. You are aware that many templates contain red links, right? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:18, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

1. Col. widths in the tables were set to equal each other, but then were changed by another editor yesterday to allow themselves to adjust. JonCatalán^(Talk) 22:11, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

• Sorry but oppose. I think there should be a mention of what happened with the tanks in the war. Ok, they existed, but what were they used for, or where (like battles). Also, this may be a case of wp:CFORK. I don't know why the name has "List of" in it since without it seems better. Nergaal (talk) 23:45, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Because it's a list of the tanks, not an explanation of where the tanks were used. It's a list of what tanks were controlled by what sides. It's an addition to the main article (which links to it) for clarification on that particular part of the subject, not for a re-representation of what was already covered. Should lists of football coaches explain every event the football coach undertook? No, because it's a list. It's a list of names, just like this is a list of names. JonCatalán^(Talk) 21:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Ok, but how is this list adding anything substantial that cannot be included in a collapsable table in Tanks_in_the_Spanish_Army#Tanks_during_the_Spanish_Civil_War:_1936.E2.80.931939? Nergaal (talk) 17:28, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

What does any child article add that couldn't be included in a more specific parent article? The parent article is at 82kB, and the child article is a list. I mean, the list of Nobel laureates in economics could just as well be included in the article on the Nobel memorial prize in economics, could it not? JonCatalán^(Talk) 16:07, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Nobles is a big enough topic that other issues than the list can be covered, including controversies. Nergaal (talk) 20:36, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't understand your comment. JonCatalán^(Talk) 19:58, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Nobel memorial prize in economics is a notable enough topic that can cover other issues than the list itself. In this case, I fail to see a significant amount of novel information that cannot be put into the lead article to create a stand-alone list. Nergaal (talk) 00:59, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

• Comment has this nomination stalled? My comments have been ignored and no work has been done on the article since Christmas. Has Nergaal been asked to come back to help explain the comments? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:06, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

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Russ Prize

Nominator(s): ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 09:17, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I think it meets all the criteria, maybe except 5b. ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 09:17, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose - It fails 2 as far as I'm aware, also I feel it could easily fail 3b as its comprehensiveness is a question I could see the award being part of the National Academy of Engineering article. Afro (Talk) 19:51, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

It isn't a "part". The NAE is a organisation, that awards three prizes for engineering, Russ Prize including.

• On the 3b issue I could easily see all 3 of the lists fitting like this in my Sandbox granted the others could be vastly expanded on. Afro (Talk) 22:22, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

• Nice for you, but it is not lucid and each awards haven't any lead and information. The prizes are all different, Russ Prize is for example awarded to Bioengeneering. So a merging is not really clever. I don't think it is a content-forking list, neither it is a non-stand-alone list. If the Academy Awards awarded every decade per category, would you say the same, only because of less awardees? BTW, there are 5 awards, not 3. I was going to promote all 5 awards to a FLC to get my first FT, but if you think so, I have no other choice to withdraw it.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 11:14, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

• I have added the Leads to the Sandbox to remove the fact neither of the 3 had much information, and its only a 4kb difference at 20kb, which if you pay attention to WP:SIZERULE it says "Length alone does not justify division" and if you pay attention to WP:SIZE it probably would give enough justification to divide up the Academy Awards. Afro (Talk) 12:22, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

• Comment - It should at the very least include the 2011 winner, [9]. ManfromButtonwillow (talk) 20:18, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

updated-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 20:34, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

• I've copy-edited a bit. You must give a reference for the claim that it's one of the prizes known as the "Nobel Prizes of Engineering". Referencing needs to be improved: in the lead, you mention the 2011 winner using this reference which doesn't mention him. I would have thought that there is more to be said about the prize than just the few sentences you currently have – what's said about it by sources other than the NAE, for instance? It's a bit thin at present. Bencherlite^Talk 13:47, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your CE. I will search for other sources, except NAE, that give more informations about this award. I can include, even if I am not sure if this is allowed because of copyright, some text from the nomination procedure.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:42, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't think copyright is an issue as long as you don't copy directly from the site.—Chris!_c/t 22:12, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

I added a section about the nomination. Hopefully it doesn't violate anything.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:56, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

• Looks like that the interest is as tiny as the list.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:15, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Oppose per Afkatk as I too think that this fails 3(b) of the criteria. The sandbox above shows that a section in the NAE article about the award would work fine; all that version needs is a couple of extra sentences about the history of the award. The nomination procedure, for example, is far too trivial to include either in this list or the main article (frankly, who cares that the application has to be typed, in English, and sent by email or fax with a CV of no more than two pages, etc?) One alternative might be a list giving details of all the prizes (five, you say?) awarded by the NAE, but five short lists is not a good route to 5 FLs and 1 FT. Bencherlite^Talk 11:32, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Well then I withdraw this list and see what I can do with the NAE article.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 12:15, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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List of awards and nominations received by Six Feet Under

Nominator(s): Thecheesykid (talk) 00:57, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this because it is a completed list of all the awards and nominations received by Six Feet Under. It is fully referenced, has an engaging lead, and is comprehensive in it's length. It also has easily navigable list sorts and Nominee templates to ease reading. Thecheesykid (talk) 00:57, 30 December 2010 (UTC) That Ol' Cheesy Dude, Talk to the hand!

• Oppose Of the refs, not one is correctly done, and 48 are bare URL's. The scrollbar for refs should be removed per WP:ACEESS. Fix the refs, and I'll read the list. Courcelles 23:13, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose - Many reasons to oppose including Refs which has already been mentioned. Also to add is there a need for 3 Non-free images in the article? Afro (Talk) 23:00, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

No, there is not. Especially given none of the three has a rationale written for this article. Courcelles 23:26, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose First per Courcelles and Afro. Second, the numbers in the lead should probably be written out in prose per WP:ORDINAL. I think the page would look better if the tables widths were even and the drop down nominees section were removed. Is there a reason why the nominees are hidden like that? I've never seen it before, but (on my screen) it seems to be disrupting many of the tables (particularly the Grammy Awards). - JuneGloom Talk 00:10, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose Per above. Don't like the drop-down list. Only one pic is copyrighted, File:David and Keith's wedding (SFU - Everybody's Waiting 5X12).png haven't got any license and the other one is a screenshot, possibly taken from a TV.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 11:50, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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Foreign relations of Denmark

Nominator(s): Ahmetyal 14:55, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I nominated this, in August, but failed. Im trying again. Ahmetyal 14:55, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose - You have a number of blank cells in the "Formal Relations Began" row. The notes you frequently link to other articles and really how notable are articles like Denmark–Italy relations and Denmark – Hungary relations to begin with. The Lead is totally unsourced as well as other items on the list such as Ireland and most of the Middle eastern table. Also the dates in the "Formal Relations Began" row violate WP:DATESNO. Also a lot of the references are formatted incorrectly. Afro (Talk) 05:44, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose clearly below FL standards. The lead is completely unreferenced, and under the first section, the countries should not be in italics. Many of the relations links use a hyphen instead of an endash, "Disputes – International" should be "International disputes", "Formal Relations Began" should be "Formal relations began" (why should table column heads have caps?). More critically, I also fail to see what this is actually a list of. It lists a lot of countries, with a date relations began and a link to an article. I would expect at least an overview of where Denmark had embassies and consulates, and who had embassies in Denmark. It seems that embassies have been left out for countries in Europe, but included other places. The list is also incomplete, as many began dates are lacking. It is not appropriate to have many smaller tables, each for a continent or region, this makes it for instance impossible to sort the entire list by date. I don't understand how sorting the notes column is going to help the reader, and it looks weired with bullet points within the table. Some of the see also links are in the lead and/or the navbox. Many of the references are insufficiently/incorrectly formatted. There is a link that points back to the article and there is a dead link. Personally I would start from scratch and write an article, rather than a list, about the foreign relations of Denmark. The first section looks at various disputes; there have been many through the years, and I would expect this article to, among other things give an overview of all major issues, and overview of the foreign affairs services of Denmark, and overview of missions to Denmark (though not necessarily a complete list). The article should also look at international membership, such as EU, NATO, the Nordic Council, etc. Arsenikk ^(talk) 13:42, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Oppose for reasons that may overlap above:

• Unsourced claims in lead.
• Unsourced claims in "International disputes" section.
• Odd use of ISO dates in the table, why not human-readable?
• Notes seem to be just links out to other articles or dates of embassies (and I'd surprised that you don't include the embassy information for many countries if you do for, say, Austria).
• No clue as to why "Formal relations began" col may have entries with multiple dates.
• Some blank cells in that same column are unexplained.
• Costa Rica is out of initial order.
• Cols should be the same width from section to section.
• "Denmark-Thailand relations" hyphen - all the others have been spaced or unspaced en-dashes.
• References need full formatting.

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:27, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Oppose very impressive list, but still lacking a bit:

• The disputes section could use a bit of expansion since it is the most controversial part of the article. Also, I added a few citation needed tags there.
• Turkey being in Europe needs a citation.
• US does not have an embassy?
• The Iraq entry is a bit thin.
• How is Both countries are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean. relevant to Israel but not to the other 30 members?
• Jordan and many of the Middle East states?
• I would like to have a map of all the states that have embassies in Denmark, and Denmark has embassies there.

Nergaal (talk) 18:44, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm currently working on the notes, and when i'm done, the date and international disputes section will be improved. Ahmetyal(talk) 21:24, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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Timeline of the 2004 Pacific hurricane season

Nominator(s): Dylan620 ^{(t • c)}, Iune(talk), 01:06, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Completing a job started by User:Iune (with whom nomination credit is shared) back in August 2009; added sources, made tidy-ups to comply with modern TC season timeline standards, etc. Special thanks to User:Jason Rees for copyediting after the main body of cleanup efforts. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 01:06, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 02:06, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
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Comment – why is only one paragraph in the lede sourced/cited? StrPby (talk) 01:25, 18 November 2010 (UTC) Adding citations from monthly weather summaries to the lead; will finish tomorrow. --Dylan620 (t • c) 01:58, 18 November 2010 (UTC) Done. --Dylan620 (t • c) 00:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Comments: "Even though three storms affected land (Hurricane Javier, Tropical Storm Lester, and Tropical Depression Sixteen-E), impact from the season was minimal; in fact, the 2004 season was the first since 1990 not to produce any deaths." This line is still unsourced. Personally, I'm also unsure of the necessity of the "in fact" in that sentence. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 09:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Removed the whole line; coming to think about it, it's really just superfluous. --Dylan620 (t • c) 21:09, 20 November 2010 (UTC) "July was considerably more active" – "considerably" seems like an unnecessary buffer word here. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 09:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c) 21:09, 20 November 2010 (UTC) "(Hurricane Howard formed in August, but became a major hurricane in September.)" I would unparenthesise the sentence and re-write it to fit into the flow better. Suggest "Hurricane Howard, which had formed in August, only became a major hurricane in September." Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 09:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c) 21:09, 20 November 2010 (UTC) "1-minute peak sustained windspeeds" could do with some explanation, maybe as a footnote. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 09:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC Removed mention of minutes per Hurricanehink below. --Dylan620 (t • c) 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC) Maybe add a sentence to the lede about the two different warning centres and the areas they are responsible for? It's mentioned a lot in the timeline that the "NHC passe[d] the primary warning responsibility ... to the CPHC as [storm] crosses 140°W." Making this clear in the lede would be nice. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 09:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c) 21:09, 20 November 2010 (UTC) On that note, the first mentions of the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center need (NHC) and (CPHC) behind them as only the abbreviations are used in the rest of the article. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 09:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Added. --Dylan620 (t • c) 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC) Standardise the hurricane categories. They're either Category One, Two, Three; category one, two, three; or Category 1, 2, 3. As it stands there are all three versions in the article. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 09:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c) 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC) Can something weaken "into" an intensity rather than weaken "to" it? I can understand saying a hurricane has weakened into a tropical storm, but if you're using the word "intensity", it sounds weird. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 09:55, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c) 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Comments - All the refs need to follow the same date format. You don't source 2 items, in July 4 and July 28, any reason why these aren't source? Afro (Talk) 22:58, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
  • Done. The two missing citations were accidentally overlooked. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 00:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
    • All references should follow the same date format. Afro (Talk) 00:27, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Done, misunderstood the first comment. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 01:59, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
        • I have no issues with the article but as other editors seem to have extended issues with some of the content, I'm neutral until their problems are resolved. Afro (Nice Beaver) 02:00, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose on principle. It is a content fork of 2004 Pacific hurricane season.
  • If it's a content fork because it's a timeline, then wouldn't all the featured timelines also be forks? --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
    • Indeed. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:15, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
      • I maintain my oppose, as I don't feel it exemplifies Wikipedia's best work. It is essentially the same content as the 2004 Pacific hurricane season article, just in a slightly different format. Specifically, see WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:SIGCOV. There is a potential issue on significant independent sources, given that all sources in the article (but #3) stem from the warning center. If you look at this list on its own (and not even comparing it to others), is the timeline of the 2004 PHS actually notable? In my opinion, it is definitely not. The season was below-average, and there was nothing special about its timeline. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:42, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
• With the above issue notwithstanding, I have other concerns.
  • "Tropical Storm Agatha reaches its 1-minute peak sustained windspeeds of 60 mph (90 km/h)" - first, the grammar is poor. "Agatha reaches its windspeeds" is how it basically reads. Also, that is the only place in the article where you mention anything about minutes, so it has no context. Finally, 60 mph is not 90 km/h, that is incorrectly converted. Please fix all conversions in the article, if the article is even to stay.
    • Removed mention of minutes. My argument for that conversion staying is that 60 mph is a rounded estimate of the conversion from 50 knots, which converts into 90 km/h. If that's an insufficient argument, however, I would be glad to fix that conversion. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Well, 50 knots is 57.5 mph, which is 92.9 km/h, which is rounded to 95 km/h. Please be more careful. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:15, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
        • Fixed. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 21:46, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
• "Hurricane Darby intensifies into a Category 3 major hurricane and becomes the first Pacific major hurricane since Hurricane Kenna (2002)" - try rewording so the year isn't in parenthesis
  • Strange, I thought parentheses weren't there to begin with... oh well, fixed anyway. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
• Several of the storms don't have a location where they attained peak winds.
  • I don't remember this being consensus; could you please direct me to such a discussion that declared so? --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
    • Does there have to be a consensus? It doesn't do anything if a long-lived storm has a location where it formed, and there is no indication where it moved and where it peaked. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:15, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Noted, and added. (Note: the diff contains many other fixes as well.) --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 21:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
        • • I see you added lat/lon to several storms - that helps no one. You should say where the storm was in relation to some major city. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:42, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
            • That's only possible with Isis (1,260 nautical miles west Cabo San Lucas) and Javier (270 nautical miles south-southwest of Manzanillo), unless you want me to use the best tracks to give generic statements such as "south of Cabo San Lucas" or "offshore Mexico" without saying how far away in those directions. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 01:26, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
              • Well, I should add that you don't need to have peak intensity locations for every system, particularly when they are short-lived or don't move much. It's just that for the storms that last a few days, there is no indication where the storm went or what it did. Part of that is the reason I dislike the timeline articles, as they just repeat what is done in the storm section but with less information. But, if this were to stay, it should be deserving of its FL star. I think I'm mostly looking for locations of the peak for Javier, Isis, and Howard. Hurricanehink (talk) 02:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
                • I think this edit did the trick. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 03:42, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
                  • Nope. "Tropical Depression Three-E forms at 14.6°N, 105.5°W." --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:49, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
                    • Blas' TCR didn't give the formation of the storm in relation to any major city; the lat-long coordinates were all I could find in that case. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 20:55, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

<--**You do realize there is such a thing as a latitude/longitude calculator, right? Just plop in the city's and storm's coordinates. For whenever the distance is needed, you always have the option of putting a location in. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:24, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I've added the relative location to Manzanillo, with a footnote (though that likely needs to be copyedited). --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 00:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

• There is an inconsistency between using miles and nautical miles - why?
  • Because there's also inconsistency between that information in sources. For instance, Blas' TCR doesn't use either for where it formed, so I had to use latitude and longitude. Also, the report on One-C gives the information in miles. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
    • You do know that nautical miles and miles can be easily converted, right? The project agreed that nautical miles shouldn't be used. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:15, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Fixed. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 21:46, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
        • No, not fixed. Check again. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:42, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
          • D'oh! Sorry, now it's fixed. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 01:26, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
            • Sure about that? Hurricanehink (talk) 02:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
• "Tropical Depression Eight-E becomes a tropical storm and is named Frank, one of the few times a storm has survived crossing from the Atlantic to the Pacific" - it didn't though
  • Maybe I'm interpreting incorrectly, but both the AMS annual summary and Frank's TCR say so. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
    • But Earl didn't actually survive crossing from Atlantic to the Pacific. It dissipated, and the wave crossed. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:15, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Fixed. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 21:46, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
• "Tropical Depression Ten-E forms about 525 nautical miles (972 km)" - why is it not rounded?
  • Fixed. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c)} 18:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Hurricanehink (talk) 04:36, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Comment I do not think this article is a content fork. They are slightly different. This has recently been a hot topic at WP:TROP and has added on to the drama issues there. Even so, any further discussion goes at WP:AFD. Once Hinks comments are addressed, ill support but for now I am neutral. YE ^{Tropical Cyclone} 15:33, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments "The timeline also includes ..." just "It also includes..." is fine. Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 02:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC) "information" appears three times in that sentence, reads very awkwardly to me. That was copied from another timeline I sent through FLC back in 2009 - Timeline of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. If necessary, how should I reword this. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 02:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC) Hurricane Darby can be linked in the lead. In fact, you could link all named hurricanes with articles. Done, obviously including Darby. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 02:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC) Graphical timeline needs en-dashes for the speed ranges. Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 01:40, 30 November 2010 (UTC) There seems to be two explanations in close proximity of the Saffir-Simpson scale (one in the timeline, one below the timeline) - are both needed? No; removed the one below the graph. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 02:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC) Agatha image caption needs no full stop. Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 01:40, 30 November 2010 (UTC) "1200 UTC" missing a colon. Fixed. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 01:40, 30 November 2010 (UTC) "1125 km" missing a comma. Fixed using {{convert}}. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 02:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC) No need to relink Cabo San Lucas. Fixed, and I did the same thing with the Baja California peninsula. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 02:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC) Avoid red links in See also sections. Fixed by User:TropicalAnalystwx13. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 02:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC) The Rambling Man (talk) 09:10, 25 November 2010 (UTC) Will see to the other concerns tomorrow. --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 01:40, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Quick comments –

• No need for two links of each hurricane center in the lead. One apiece will do just fine.
  • Fixed. --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 00:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
• The last See also link needs a dash in 2004-05. Oddly enough, an en dash is present in the link itself, just not in the piping. The 2003–04 link is exactly the opposite. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 16:38, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Fixed (I think?) --Dylan620 ^{(t • c • r)} 00:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

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List of Premiers of the Soviet Union

Nominator(s): --TIAYN (talk) 11:52, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

I believe this lists meets the FL criteria. --TIAYN (talk) 11:52, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Note: I removed this nomination as it contradicted the FLC instruction "Users should not add a second FL nomination until the first has gained substantial support and reviewers' concerns have been substantially addressed" (Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of leaders of the Soviet Union/archive2 had no such consensus at the time and had only been open 2 days). Rambo's Revenge (talk) 15:08, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

My other nominee has received support.. --TIAYN (talk) 05:24, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

• Quick comments:
  • Done Soviet Union not linked in introduction.
  • Done "Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1917–1946)" yet the first person listed took office in 1922. I understand the USSR was only formed in 1922, but some mention needs to be made about the 1917 bit.
  • Done The table makes no explanation of the extra cell below the term of office; I had to find one with a link to discover it meant the election.
  • I see no reason to include their birth/death dates. If people want to know, they can click through.

You are not suppose to need to click through when you read this article! It is staying. --TIAYN (talk) 18:45, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

You are supposed to need to click through for information not relevant to the list. Lifespans, hometowns, professions, etc. are not relevant to a list of office holders. --Golbez (talk) 04:43, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

• • Done The coloring also seems superfluous, since they were all the same, and party affiliation is only sparsely mentioned.
  • Done No reason for the dates to be small and separated from the years.
  • Done I'm guessing there was no method of automatic succession? Explaining why there was a delay between Lenin's death on January 21 and Rykov's succession on February 2.
  • Done Does not mention the ones that died in office.
    • Only one did, and that was Stalin. --TIAYN (talk) 21:28, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Lenin? --Golbez (talk) 21:34, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
    • I ment Lenin and Stalin, sorry for that one.. even so, it is already mentioned by including the birth death years. --TIAYN (talk) 21:36, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Not really. If someone died in November 1924 but left office in February 1924, it would say they died in 1924, and you wouldn't know if they died in office. --Golbez (talk) 21:42, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
  • Done Another date discrepancy: Stalin died on March 5 but his successor did not take office until March 6

No specific reasons. --TIAYN (talk) 18:45, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

• • Done Khruschchev left office on October 14, 1964, and his successor Kosygin took office ... eight months earlier?
  • Done Pavlov left office August 22, Silayev took office September 6?
    • Pavlov supported the August Coup of 1991, in its aftermath Gorbachev had a hard time finding his replacement. --TIAYN (talk) 21:28, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
  • Done A direct link to the relevant Soviet constitution(s) is needed in the references.

It is? --TIAYN (talk) 18:45, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

• • Done The introduction only mentions the 1977 constitution; you need to go in to how the previous constitutions and positions were handled.
    • No difference between, the exception is that the organisation the Premier headed was named something else. --TIAYN (talk) 18:45, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
  • Why are two different pictures of Stalin used?
    • One for him in the 1930s (commissars) and 1940s (ministers). --TIAYN (talk) 21:28, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
  • Done "Chairmens"
• That's all I see in a 5 minute skim. --Golbez (talk) 18:32, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
• Comments - Inconsistency with the date formats in the references (Ref 1 and 2 use D M Y. Ref 14, 16 use M D, Y). the dates violate MOS:TEXT as far as I'm aware in other words the small html tag shouldn't be used. Afro (Talk) 15:56, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 19:08, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments Done: "There have been thirteen premiers. Of the individuals appointed premiers, two of the seventeen premiers" reads odd. Perhaps "Thirteen individuals have been Premiers of the Soviet Union..."? Done: Seemingly inconsistent capitalised and uncapitalised premier/Premier in the lead... Done: I am mildly disoriented by the lead. It's not until the second para that I learn that the first premier appeared in 1922. I would suggest a reordering of the lead to introduce the subject of the list, then put it into context... Done: "the last four mentioned controlled " - the last four of whom... Done: And a citation? Done: Tenure dates should used spaced en-dashes (per WP:DASH) as opposed to unspaced ones. Done: Is it "Russian SFSR" or "RSFSR"? Done: What's CPSU? Done: Blank images could use an en-dash. Done: Notes 1 and 2 have spare .'s Whats a spare? --TIAYN (talk) 20:07, 12 December 2010 (UTC) Spare full stop. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:16, 12 December 2010 (UTC) Done: Ref 5 has a spare . Whats a spare? --TIAYN (talk) 20:07, 12 December 2010 (UTC) Spare full stop. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:16, 12 December 2010 (UTC) Explained: What make hrono.info a reliable source? They source their own statements, example they use the book История современной России: поиск и обретение свободы (English: The history of modern Russia: the search for and acquisition of freedom) to reference their statements about Ivan Silayev. --TIAYN (talk) 20:07, 12 December 2010 (UTC) Done: (removed bibliography section): Ulam's book could become a reference and the just refer to page numbers in the notes. Done: Ref 22 needs an en-dash for year range. Done: Ref 25 needs pp. Done: Page ranges are represented inconsistently, so 403–404 vs 128–29 vs 207–8. Done: Refs 37 and 38 need en-dashes for year ranges. Done: Ref 40 needs pp. Done: First bibliography doesn't need a page number because more than just p38 is used in the list. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:45, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

• In order for this to not be WP:CFORK, the "List of" should be dropped from the title and a section on the powers/role of the PM should be added (i.e. the list should cover the entire topic on Soviet PMs). Nergaal (talk) 00:08, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm gonna make a seperate article for powers, function and duties of the Premier. It's not WP:CFORK because it's a very notable topic and should have its own article. --TIAYN (talk) 08:51, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Oppose for now This is similar to Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Intercontinental Cup (football) winners/archive1 and other similar failed recent lists. A main article should be created first and only then content should be split if the main article is large enough (which in this case I am pretty sure it won't be the case). Nergaal (talk) 09:02, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Why shouldn't it be big enough? I have access to all the Soviet constitutions and constitutional amendments, so there is no reason for it not becoming big enough. This is pure ignorance WP:POV. The only thing i need to do is to merge the Council of People's Commissars, Council of Ministers (Soviet Union) and the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR in the Premier article, you know that right? --TIAYN (talk) 09:11, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

By all means, we don't even need to create a seperate article "Premier", seeing that all the power, functions, and responsibilities are discussed in the three mentioned articles above. --TIAYN (talk) 09:19, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Fine, you are right about those> Nevertheless, I started taking a closer look and I don't think this is ready. The list talks about premiers, but in the table there are four different titles. The intro does not go through this to explain the differences/transitions. The prose it quite weak also: There have been thirteen premiers. Thirteen individuals have been Premiers of the Soviet Union, two of the seventeen premiers. Also, the intro starts with the '77 constitution... but the list starts at 1920. I would suggest working on the intro significantly more. Also, there are only two distinct references in the intro. Nergaal (talk) 09:28, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Done I've explained further. I will get another editor to copyedit the article if the article in dire need of it. --TIAYN (talk) 10:09, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Looks much better now. Still, I would prefer a separate expanded summary section like in List of leaders of the Soviet Union before I support this. Nergaal (talk) 21:23, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

There is a difference in the layout. In this list all premier's have their own short summary of their tenure in the "wikitable". In the List of leaders of the Soviet Union I didn't have enough space in the table to write short summaries of the leaders, and their leadership, in the table. That's why I created the summary section. This list, however, has summaries for the respective premiers in the table. There is simply no need. --TIAYN (talk) 08:49, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: I would prefer the first paragraph to briefly tell me what the Premier is, not how they left office. Reywas92^Talk 17:31, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm working on it. --TIAYN (talk) 08:49, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Done --TIAYN (talk) 12:42, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:51, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Quick comments – Done At the start of the article, shouldn't the bolded Premiers be singular, unless the title literally was Premiers of the Soviet Union? Done "the Council of People's Commissars were transformed into the Council of Ministers...". "were" → "was". Done In the last sentence of the lead, either make the em dash unspaced or change it to a smaller en dash. The spaced em dash goes against the Manual of Style. Done Nikolai Bulganin: "While being a strong supporter of Khrushchev at first, he starting doubting some of his more radical policies...". "starting" → "started". Done Nikolai Tikhonov: Missing "of" in "leader the Soviet Union"? Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:42, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

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List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches

Nominator(s): Jweiss11 (talk) 13:39, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because it's an excellent, well formatted and sourced list. Its structure differs, but may be superior in some ways, to similar featured lists such as List of Oklahoma Sooners head football coaches. Jweiss11 (talk) 13:39, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Comments from WFC:

• The prose below the table is a good addition, and really enhances the list IMO. Nonetheless, the lead needs to be longer, so as to provide a summary of the rest of the list.
• Don't really see the point of the "#" column; it's redundant to the date column.
• Schembechler's profile is noticeably short.
• I had to remove the unsourced Rodriguez info per BLP policy. If the material can be reliably sourced, it might be worthy of re-inclusion, although beware of making that section disproportionately large.
• Ninety years of Hall of Fame inductees is in a somewhat random place.
• It's not obvious at a glance, what is sourcing the table itself? I'm not suggesting that everything in the table needs inline citation, but I can't see any referencing in the Coaches section.

The above points notwithstanding, this does look promising. —WFC— 15:16, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Comments

• WFC makes good points, and I won't review the list in detail quite yet.
• My instinct is that instead of 18 sub-sections "profiling" the coaches, these should be incorporated into a lead section, and I would look at List of Manchester City F.C. managers for inspiration.
• I'm not sure I need the statistical lead section as I can sort the table for myself. Is there anything there which isn't in the list?

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:58, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

• Comments - Ref 51, 52 don't use {{Cite web}}. also you overuse align=center in the table coding, it'd be better to add style="text-align:center" in the table head. Bit confused also as to why there were no coaches from 1879-1890, a note wouldn't hurt. Afro (Talk) 23:29, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

• I fixed the refs that weren't using a citation template. Looks like it was actually #50 and #51. I also fixed the style="text-align:center issue. This looks like code that was pulled over from featured lists of the same type like the List of Oklahoma Sooners head football coaches. I suppose those should all be updated. I'm going to work on something regarding a note for no coaches before 1891. This was typical of college football teams in the early days before the 1890s. I think the explanation is something along the lines that football in those days was more of an ad hoc student activity as opposed to a fully sanctioned and budgeted university program. Many coaches in the late 1800s and early 1900s were unpaid, often students or recent graduates who had, perhaps, played on the team the year before. The editor who created this list (User:Cbl62) has done a ton of research on this era of football and can probably explain this best. Jweiss11 (talk) 00:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

The idea of professional football coaches did not gain wide traction until after 1900. In writings from that time, it appears that the notion was frowned upon as something inconsistent with the nature of collegiate sports. In the early days, teams did select a captain and there was also a student manager. It appears that the captain and manager performed many of the functions (including developing game strategy and arranging for practice sessions) that would later be considered "coaching" duties, but historical sources do not treat captains and managers as being equivalent to coaches. Cbl62 (talk) 19:03, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

This type of information needs to be made available somewhere in the article for the average reader who might stumble across this. Afro (Talk)

• Oppose - I'm going to oppose as no progress has been made to address any problems within this article, almost seems that the nominator is just content on updating the list. Afro (Talk) 23:20, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Just made a little progress and will keep at it! Jweiss11 (talk) 00:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

• I'll strike it until further notice. Afro (Talk) 10:18, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose – As far as I can tell, the table isn't being cited by anything. Is the external link meant to be a general reference for the table? If so, you'd be better off to format it as such. If the references used in the prose section are meant to also cite the table, it would be wise to include them there in a seperate Ref. row. In addition, I think the lead should be longer than it currently is, especially for a list of this length. I was looking forward to reading the profiles of the coaches (unique for lists of this type), but until these basics issues are resolved I don't feel comfortable reviewing further either. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:34, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
  • I have added a general reference for the table in line with what has been done for List of Oklahoma Sooners head football coaches. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:57, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
    • Switching to weak oppose for now. While I'm happy to see that the table now has a general reference, the size of the lead still concerns me. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 00:04, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand why we want a big lead for lists. The meat and potatoes of these list articles are the tables, aren't they? Jweiss11 (talk) 01:54, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, one of the criteria for FLs is that lists should have "an engaging lead", and I'm not sure a five-line lead can be said to be that engaging. Just look at the lead for the Sooners list you linked at the top. It's not a huge lead, but it serves its purpose as a nice introduction. That list and the other similar featured coach lists (of which there are many in the various sports) are good models for what to place in the lead. Perhaps some basic details from the coach summaries, such as national championship-winning coaches, could be added. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 21:42, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I've expanded the lead. How's it look now? Jweiss11 (talk) 22:30, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Better. I've striken the oppose above until I can return and offer a more thorough review. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 23:05, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

I haven't fully reviewed my original comments but one of my suggestions remain, that you take this list and treat it more like a good article with a featured list framework like the List of Manchester City F.C. managers. This list is currently not quite what I'd expect to see as our "finest work". The Rambling Man (talk) 21:46, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

• The article needs to employ the {{fix bunching}} templates.
• You might want to link team season articles in the WP:CAPTIONs.
• You should reformat the Statistical leaders section in two or three columns. Try the {{Div col}} template.

done, reformatted into two columns Jweiss11 (talk) 03:32, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

• I can not support an article with a lot of one line sections. They will need to be expanded or the article will have to be reformatted.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:29, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Giants2008 (27 and counting) 20:06, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments – Finally am back to offer a prose review. Spell out NCAA in the first sentence. done Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC) Pretty sure the 1200 should have a comma in it. done, added comma Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC) The sentence about their wins and winning percentage being national records needs a cite, unless it happens to be cited later. done, citation added to lead Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• In the coach profiles, the part about Frank Crawford coaching at three other schools and the last couple sentences of William McCauley's summary appear uncited as well.

Citations added for Crawford coaching at others schools. Citation for McCauley moved; can also cover loss to Harvard. Still need a citation for "the 1895 Wolverines laid claim to Michigan's first Western football championship." Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• Gustave Ferbert: Typo hidden in "The 1898 team coached by Ferbert finished with a perfrect 10–0 record...".

done, typo fixed Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• Harry G. Kipke: "the Wolverines finished in an eighth place tie in Big Ten...". Add "the" before conference name?

done, missing word added Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• Bennie Oosterbaan: Missing word in "Crisler retired as head coach after the 1947 to become...".

done, missing word added Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• The bit about him coaching other Michigan teams needs a citation.

done, relevant citation pulled from article on Oosterbaan and added Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• The general reference should be bulleted.

done Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• All the reference publisher that are newspapers should be italicized; right now several aren't. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:27, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

done Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• Comment Have all previous reviewers been asked to revisit? Dabomb87 (talk) 23:23, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Given Rich Rodriguez's firing today, this article could be a little unstable for a bit. Things should settle down when a new coach is named. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:49, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

May I suggest you withdraw the nomination until such a time that we know what's going on? You will be more than welcome to renominate once the list is updated to reflect current affairs, of course. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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Santana discography

Nominator(s): ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:23, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this discography for the second time, after I took an intensive clean-up. It will be the first discography that could be a FL by a mexian artist and the first in the portal. ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:23, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose I'm sorry, but there are still many basic issues with this article. If they are addressed I am very willing to reconsider, I'm fair don't worry.

• Numbers in the lead are supposed to be spelled out, you have them in numerical form.
  • Think it's ok now.
• Your confusing RIAA shipments with sales
  • Is it k now?
• Only countries that are listed in the columns are supposed to be introduced or mentioned in the body or certifications. It adds unnecessary bulk. We know Supernatural was very successful.
  • done
• Allot of the certifications are wrong. I don't see any 4x Platinum in France.
  • It's because I was confused with the french site. I firstly thought I should sum all certs. Done.
• The lead could use better writing.
  • Hope its k now.
• Allot of the sources are missing "works" and/or "publishers", allot of them.
  • I only found one, the santana official site, with not publisher. What do you exactly mean? I replaced "work" with "publisher", think you meant this.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:55, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
• --AlastorMoody (talk) 16:01, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Thank you for your comments but giving an oppose was a little bit too strict ^^.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:55, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose: This is Santana's (the band) discography, not Carlos Santana's discography.. Create a separate article for the Carlos Santana discography page. --TIAYN (talk) 16:27, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  • User:Brianboulton requested a merge proposal, which took place here. So your oppose is false. And I also marked Santanas (a band with one definite member (Carlos Santana) and members see here) album and Carlos Santana (just a few) albums. I think you didn't watch more intensive.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:04, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

• I do agree with him to an extent, as for the the Merge proposal there doesn't seem to be much of a discussion and a lack of consensus regarding the subject. Afro (Nice Beaver) 02:59, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

I can't split off this disco into two. The Carlos Santana disco will be very, very short and not really necessery. And as I said, Carlos Santana's albums are actually the same as Santana's album, because only Carlos Santana was a constitutive member in the band and the band's members were non-session musicians. But albums marked with Carlos Santana are albums within the band, but other musicians (not session members, sorry made a mistake above) like John McLaughlin. You can compare this with Nine Inch Nails, a band with varying members again and again, except Trent Reznor certainly. And if I didn't convinced you, then I have to split this list into two lists, whereby one is a joke-list and huge non-sense and the other a good one. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:30, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

I don't think the article qualifies for FL because it includes uneeded information. Second, Carlos Santana has released ten music records, and has probably released some singles for his unsuccessful albums. There seems to be no reason not to create another article! There are ten items, her some possible singles which are missing. A seperate article would meet the unofficial requirement for a list. --TIAYN (talk) 22:37, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Neither singles nor albums are missing here. A separation is useless per above and below.

• Carlos Santana released no singles himself, but only 7 studio and 3 live albums.
• Neither of them, except Love Devotino Surrender, received certs.
• The band is full of session members, are not constant members
• Most of the certs and sales publisher don't find any differences between him and the band, so as the books mentioned in the merge proposal.
• As a solo-artist, half of the albums he collaborated with other musicians:
  • Love Devotion Surrender': With John McLaughlin
  • Illuminations': with Alice Coltrane
  • Oneness: alone (as Devadip Carlos Santana)
  • Swing of Delight: alon (as " )
  • Havanna Moon: alone
  • Blues for Salvador: alone
  • Santana Brothers: with his nephew and brother
  • Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles: with Buddy Miles
  • Carlos Santana Live: alone
  • Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter: with Wayne Shorter

So thats 5/5; because he didn't released singles as a solo-artist and only with the band, the split lost, so no need to separate it.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 11:30, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

• Ok an alternative: I will split this disco into two discos off. If this will pass the FLC, I will propose a merger. Agreed?-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 13:54, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

According to webpage Allmusic Carlos Santana has released three compilation albums and two video albums under his name, this means he has released a total of 13 records 2 video albums = 15 releases. Even if he collaborates with other artists it doesn't make it less his! What you are saying about Santana might be true, but it is another entity than Carlos Santana's solo work. --TIAYN (talk) 15:27, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• Comment - It's a bit beyond my expertise to vote on whether this should be a Featured List, but I can point out that the OPPOSE vote from TIAYN above is a procedural error and therefore illegitimate. As others have discussed, separate discogs for Santana vs. Carlos Santana are not viable and it makes logical sense to have one comprehensive discog. Since that already exists as the item in the present discussion, TIAYN should vote on whether or not the existing article qualifies as an FL, which should be a decision based on article quality. A split proposal is a different process. --DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 15:14, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Afro (Talk) 06:14, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

*Oppose as of now - Just making an official note regarding my comments. You already cover the small in the coding no need to include the html in the Singles header. Since its an extended discography I would suggest adding style="text-align:center" to the start of the coding for the tables, to remove the excessive use of align="center". All refs need to be in alphabetical order and there are few with spaces after the last character before the ref begins. You use SUI and SWI to define Switzerland, pick one and stick with it. How reliable is infodisc.fr, basic errors with the refs also Ref 21, 54 is a footnote, Ref 3 has no retrieval date, Ref 31-46, 48-52, 62-69 have no publishers also I can't work out if Refs 55-60 are footnotes or WP:CIRCULAR. Like on the previous nomination of this article I'll bring up the fact that the Videos section is a See also to elaborate this conflicts with the use of {{Main}} and also leaves an empty section, 2 choices expand on the section describing the history of the videos or create a see also section. Afro (Talk) 04:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Thank you for your great comments. OK let's begin: This will take me hours to delete this aligns. I really see no problems with this alignment. SUI -> SWI see here Confusing with footnotes and refs (don't know where to start) Videos -> See also User:CactusBot added the updated template Allmusic and replaced ref citing allmusic with his. I did everything except this with 55-60. Hope you will help me more. Regards.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 09:24, 17 December 2010 (UTC) I still seem to have comments which haven't been addressed. Afro (Talk) 18:48, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Mh, let's pass one more time: You already cover the small in the coding no need to include the html in the Singles header. Since its an extended discography I would suggest adding style="text-align:center" to the start of the coding for the tables, to remove the excessive use of align="center". yes, done You still include the html tags in the header for the singles discog. My suggestion regarding the style code and align code seems to of been pushed aside, I only raise the issue of coding regarding the article size of over 70k in an effort to reduce space and loading time. Afro (Talk) 20:26, 17 December 2010 (UTC) That's strange, because User:Rambo's Revenge commented to this list in the first archive, but he mentioned that the singles inline-citations should be in the header. So it isn't really necessary to do this, because the album citations and the single citations in the header aren't the same. Regarding to that point of alignment and styling: Yes, it will reduce the loading time, but it is indifferent regarding to nominate an article. Most of the discos use the same alignment as me. So again, I see no problems with that. I'm not addressing inline citations regarding this comment. Its strictly regarding the coding, recently promoted Mariah Carey singles discography does not use excessive coding. Afro (Talk) 23:37, 17 December 2010 (UTC) OK, let's be quite clear: I don't know where you brought this suggestion with the alignment (maybe you contrived it yourself). And if you brought it somewhere, you didn't cite any sources which states that this is not allowed (e.g. from discussion pages). Also I couldn't find any proof, that it is recommend (Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies/style). There, at the bottom, it says: Every artist is different, and therefore no two discographies will be exactly the same. Therefore, if there is a reasonable justification for deviating from the above guidelines to most accurately or appropriately document an artist's body of work, then ignore all the rules and go with what's best for the article. It is our goal to provide information in the best way possible, so a strict adherence to the guidelines listed above may not always be the best way to accomplish our goals. In an ideal situation however, any deviations from the guidelines should be with a clear purpose that is unique to the particular artist and situation in question. See WP:IAR for more information on ignoring the rules. I found many of the discogs which use this format as me, and they are all featured! A justifications like "article size of over 70k in an effort to reduce space and loading time" isn't really well-conceived. Yes it is true that it increases the size, but the problem is, that I edited discogs with this format since I joined wikipedia! I also plan to nominate more discogs with the same format. And changing this only because it increases size is not fair. This is my opinion.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:55, 18 December 2010 (UTC) I really don't buy the it's not fair approach, WP:LENGTH#Exceptions: Lists, Tables states "the list or table should nonetheless be kept as short as feasible." if it means cutting a few lines of coding I don't see what the problem is, I'll do it myself if you're having trouble. Afro (Talk) 11:19, 18 December 2010 (UTC) If you will do that, you might not remove your oppose. I also found a disco, similar to that mariah carey: Madonna albums discography, here the format is the same as mine. Is it really a must-do to change this alignment?-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 11:34, 18 December 2010 (UTC) I assure you being smarter with the coding helps with the loading time for users and when editing. it wont help shake my oppose as there are still somewhat unaddressed concerns regarding the references. Afro (Talk) 11:55, 18 December 2010 (UTC) All refs need to be in alphabetical order and there are few with spaces after the last character before the ref begins. Oh, forgot to delete this spaces before the refs, sry! Done You still haven't placed the references numerically (sorry used wrong word before). Afro (Talk) 20:26, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Ok placed it in numerical order You use SUI and SWI to define Switzerland, pick one and stick with it. yes, done How reliable is infodisc.fr, basic errors with the refs also Ref 21, 54 is a footnote, Ref 3 has no retrieval date, Ref 31-46, 48-52, 62-69 have no publishers also I can't work out if Refs 55-60 are footnotes or WP:CIRCULAR ref 3 done, infodisc reliable (number 3), the refs with allmusic template I explained above, ref 21, 54, 55-60 are footnotes and I see no problems with that. Infodisc seems nothing but a fansite by the Contact info, As for the bot changing the template I see no reason why a publisher parameter can't be present. There needs to be a clear distinction between your sources (eg AllMusic) and your notes (eg Ref 54-60). Afro (Talk) 20:26, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Replaced it with reliable source. Please see the Allmusic template, you can't add the publisher (take your time and think about it, why not) {{Allmusic}} is within the {{Cite web}} I did look at the coding when I first thought of bringing up this issue you know. The Chris Brown discography FLC although not promoted still implements the publisher and work. Also I don't appreciate snide comments, and please remember to sign your comments. Afro (Talk) 13:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC) done. I added "work=Allmusic" and "publisher="Rovi Corporation". Hope it is correct now. Like on the previous nomination of this article I'll bring up the fact that the Videos section is a See also to elaborate this conflicts with the use of {{Main}} and also leaves an empty section, 2 choices expand on the section describing the history of the videos or create a see also section yes, done Regards-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T20:03, 17 December 2010 (UTC) There are also other issues regarding the use of small html tags as an example ""While My Guitar Gently Weeps (feat. India.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma)"[59]". Afro (Talk) 20:26, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Isn't that allowed? If so I'll remove them.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 12:01, 18 December 2010 (UTC) MOS:TEXT "Increased and decreased font size should primarily be produced through automated facilities such as headings or through carefully designed templates.". Afro (Talk) 13:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC) done Question: What are the publisher of the refs 8,9,11,12,13,14,15? Is it Hung Medien or is it correct now? Please reply.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:40, 17 December 2010 (UTC) I will change that. If it is incorret, write it here.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:42, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Did you just answer your own question? Afro (Talk) 20:26, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Why? I didnt' answered. Thank you for this comments! Thanks also to help with the alignment. Hope everything was done. Regards.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 13:55, 18 December 2010 (UTC) I'll have a look at the article again when I get to a computer next and make some new comments if need be. Afro (Talk) 14:05, 18 December 2010 (UTC) One of my big issues is still with the lack of separation between your notes and inline citations. Examples of this are Ref 21 and I'm now assuming 54-60. Also you only cite the German row which leaves a ton of uncited material. Afro (Talk) 17:37, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

• Replaced link. I don't know if this should be split from each other, too.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:16, 20 December 2010 (UTC) This took place here and forgot to change. I hope it is k so.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:20, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

• I would think the stars need to be sourced in the Singles table. Also the language in the language parameters should have capital letters. Afro (Talk) 06:14, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

• done-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:21, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

• by looking at this Template:Note, I will do that in several minutes. Regards.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:25, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
  • done-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:45, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

To clarify my position regarding the list, I shall remain neutral until the present issues presented by other editors are resolved. Afro (Talk) 15:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:04, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Oppose – Many issues currently exist with the writing in the lead. Copy-editing would be helpful. "The discography of the latin band formed by the Mexican-American rock guitarist Carlos Santana". First, I thought Latin was usually capitalized. Second, there's a comma directly following this which throws off the flow of the sentence. Either remove it or add another before "formed". done Why is "currently" used in this sentence? It seems like an unneeded word to me. If it wasn't current, it would concern me. If it becomes outdated, just update it. They are going to release more comps, so I thought I should add "currently". However, I removed it. Tense conflict here: "Their breakthrough began two years after its foundation." The group is treated as a singular (its) and plural (their) in the same sentence. Pick one for the whole lead and be consistent with it. Singularized "legendary Woodstock Festival" sounds POV to me. And why does this say "established in 1969"? It was the only one, not a continuing series. It was not the only one but also not a continued series of live concerts. Removed. "and released their debut album with the same name." This is confusing, especially since the last thing mentioned is Columbia, not the band's name. How about "their self-titled debut album", without the italics (they're not actually in an album title)? Reworded "Santana released on September, 1970...". Should be "Santana released their second album, Abraxas, on September (date), 1970,". If the date is unknown, say "in September 1970". Reworded "This album has been sold nearly 27 million copies worldwide." Remove "been". But it might selling more. Removed. "which only one of them, his debut album Love Devotion Surrender with John McLaughlin, receiving a certification." "which" → "with". Reworded "such as Chad Kroeger or Steven Tyler". "or" → "and". Changed "whilst diversifying into other genres." "while" would be a bit less overly formal than "whilst". Changed Why is the Supernatural sales information repeated? The first mention was about the certification, and the second about the sales. Reference 6 needs an access date. Added Reference 65 needs a publisher. Added Why are two sections entitled References? Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:31, 20 December 2010 (UTC) Oops, changed. Thank you for your great comments!-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:40, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

• Comment Has AlastorMoody been asked to revisit? Dabomb87 (talk) 23:27, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
  • I recently looked at his contribs; his last edit was 12 December... I don't think he will come today, but maybe in a few weeks.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 08:49, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

• I think it is useless to wait one or more weeks until he will address his comments. Therefore I decided to wait till tomorrow, 20.15 P.M. If I see that he didn't address, then I have to withdraw this nomination. Yes, it is sad, but I have no alternative.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 20:54, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

• There are still comments which haven't been addressed from TIAYN regarding the split of this page, its not just AlistorMoody. Afro (Talk) 18:18, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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List of Chicago Bears first-round draft picks

Nominator(s): Happyman22 (talk) 17:08, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

I am nominating this list for feature status because it is one of the few remaining Draft Pick lists in the NFL that has not reached feature status. Other lists such as List of Baltimore Ravens first-round draft picks, List of Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks, List of Green Bay Packers first-round draft picks, etc. have reached feature list status and in my opinion meet the same criteria as this list. Let me know what everyone thinks! Thanks! Happyman22 (talk) 17:08, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

• Comments - The general references have no publisher and neither does Ref 5-9, 12-18, 20 and 21. Ref 19 and 22 appear to be dead. For consistency the dates in Ref 1, 2, 10, 11, 24 should be in the same format as the others. Note u is unreferenced, and the last line of Note v seem to be unreferenced. Afro (Talk) 01:10, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the rule is one FLC at a time, so this one or the other would have to be removed for a couple weeks. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 01:13, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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The class the stars fell on

Nominator(s): Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:10, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because... West Point's class of 1915 was so sucessful they gave it a name. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:10, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Quick comments

• Not sure about the capitalisation (or lack of) in the title. Doesn't seem consistent with the sources.
  • Per the MOS, the initial word only is capitalized. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Well presumably if this is commonly referred to with capitals, then WP:COMMONNAME comes into play? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
      • COMMONNAME refers to the wording of teh title, not the capitalization. If we decide that the nickname qualifies as a proper noun, then Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) states that capitalization would be appropriate. bahamut0013^words_deeds 15:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
        • Well it seems to be capitalised in the majority of the sources. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
• This list appears to be incomplete, with only the Generals of the class the stars fell on listed.
  • Yes. The others could be listed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Either they should or shouldn't and some explanation as to why they're not provided. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
      • I'd suggest not attempting to list them. The referencing would be a nightmare, and the notability of the Class of 1915 is the generals, not the remaining officers. I don't think the list would be worse off for not having thier names listed. bahamut0013^words_deeds 15:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
        • Per my earlier comment, then reasoning and explanation should be given as to why this isn't the "class the stars fell on" it's a subset of the class. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
• Lead is a little short.
• I would prefer one large table with the ranks added in as a column, and then the whole thing made sortable. This would also have the benefit of consistent column widths as you'd only have one table, and the images currently squashing just the first three tables would squash the whole new table consistently.
  • It would have some serious drawbacks though. We'd lose the photographs, and the sort would have to be on a hidden field. But most importantly, we would have to change the mem template, and I'm not going to do that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
    • I would avoid using the template, this list can easily and happily standalone without reference to a template. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Sorry, I can't see what template you're referring to. There's no "mem" template as far as I can see. You're just using a bunch of individual tables, so merging should be trivial. You wouldn't lose the photos, sorting should use regular sorting templates, some may be hidden, but there's no problem with that. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:36, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
      • Changed to a new version that does that. Figured out how to sort on a hidden field. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
• The images are portraits so could use the upright parameter.
  • Done Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
• Any reason why Vernon Evans is not linked at all in that sea of red links in the Major Generals section?
  • Yes. There is another, more famous, Vernon Evans, who already has a page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
    • So create a page which is disambiguated from the extant Vernon Evans... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
• Note 2 (which is a reference) is a deadlink.
  • Links change over time. Corrected this one. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
• Ref 13 has no publisher information.
  • Done Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
• Ref 79 is a deadlink for me.
  • Hmmm dead link. Fortunately, it has an access date on it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Yes, but it can't be used to verify what it's being used to verify. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
      • It was an obituary notice. It was used to verify the date "1951" which of course was not in Callum (1950). I'm sure I can find it somewhere else. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
• Second general ref needs an en-dash for the year range in its title.
• What direct relevance do the "papers of..." have to this list (in the External links section)?
  • Deleted section. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

The Rambling Man (talk) 13:29, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments

• I too would prefer just one table, sortable by name and rank. It would mean an extra column, but you could perhaps lose the "references" column, adding the citations to the previous ("notability") column, which allow more space.
  • No, it would mean a lot more than that. You would need to change the standard template. This would affect many other articles. It was adopted after a discussion. Another discussion would be required to change it. It is used by a number of other featured lists. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:46, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
• The opening sentence could be a little clearer for people not familiar with the topic. I found the list interesting, but on initially reading the first sentence, I was none the wiser as to what it was all about. "West Point class of 1915" doesn't mean much to me. It would perhaps be clearer to spell out United States Military Academy at West Point, and explain a bit about what it is.
• The lead could be expanded. Is it known where the expression originated (as in, who started using it)?
• I'm not sure about the column heading "Notability". It's a bit of a Wikipedia buzzword, but I'm not sure it works well here. Perhaps it would be better as "notes" or "details" or "career details" or something.
• I'm not sure that the external links included are that relevant. They would be better on the article page for each individual (if there is one).
  • Removed external refs. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
• Although I'm not sure there are any affected dates in the article, it's unclear why {{Use dmy dates}} is used. Is that correct for this article?
  • Yes, articles on the US Military use this form, as per WP:STRONGNAT Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:39, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Well that is odd since that very link suggests articles with strong US ties should use mdy dates. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:38, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
      • You mean the bit where it says: Sometimes the customary format differs from the usual national one: for example, articles on the modern US military use day before month, in accordance with military usage? Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
        • Oh yeah, that bit'! Live and learn. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:32, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
• "...the most of any class in the history of the United States Military Academy..." - needs a citation
  • Citation added. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
• More images? There are other PD images available that could be used in the list.
  • Added one. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

--BelovedFreak 15:03, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose lead is way too short. It could contain more about the teachers or the specific training that they had to go through. It could have a bit more detail on the career of the most successful members. It could talk about the rest of the top of the class not included here (i.e. #2 and #3: what happened to them?). Nergaal (talk) 23:50, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose - I'll oppose solely on the lead as it doesn't cover the subject to the extent I think it should be covered to. Afro (Talk) 10:51, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Further comments

• Now I see rank has been changed into a load of graphics which are unexplained and meaningless to a non-expert.
  • But they are explained in the text at the top. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
• If you insist on separate tables for the rank, then why have rank as sortable?
  • So I can merge them later. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
• In Firefox, the first image now appears on top of the right-hand side of the table.
  • Strange.. I looks good on that browser on my machine. Obviously an artefact of the loss of the template. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
• I'm not sure if the column you say "Notability" should be called that. Perhaps just Notes, because it shouldn't be down to you to decide what makes these individuals "notable".
  • Changed to "Notes" Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:36, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

The Rambling Man (talk) 10:33, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Comment

• The images now used to represent the ranks are not only confusing to a non-expert, they're also a bit of an accessibility issue. For example, with images turned off, one of the ranks reads "US-O9 insignia.svg".BelovedFreak 15:44, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
  • It is explained in the article. Alt text added. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:36, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Comments

• Lots of folks have mentioned the lead being insufficient, and I agree. If you can find any references about the promotion rate of other classes to compare, that would be a good way to fill it out. You could also reference the attrition rate for the class as well (i.e. how many didn't make it), or if anything else was unique about the class (maybe the training schedule as WWI ramped up?).
• The alt text seems a bit thin, and could be more descriptive. A good example would be List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War (I think Kumioko went a bit overboard, but trending in that direction would be good).
• Per Rambling Man and BelovedFreak, the graphics-only rank column is a bit unclear to some readers. I would prefer to see the actual names of the ranks (i.e. Lieutenant general) with the image. If the text isn't included, then the alt text for the rank insignia should definately be changed to the name of the rank, because "x-star" is unclear and informal.
• Redlinks vs. unlinked: you will want to be consistant, one way or the other. I'd suggest removing the redlinks for individuals whose biographies aren't likely to be created by the close of the FLC; but the best solution would be to find more refs and make a bunch of articles (even if most of them wound up being stubs).
• In the Notes section, sometimes the wording doesn't make a whole lot of sense. For example, Omar Bradley's states "Commanded 82nd Infantry Division (1942), 28th Infantry Division (1942), II Corps (1943), First Army (1944), Twelfth Army Group (1944–1945) Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1948–1949), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1949–1953)"... but you don't command being the Chief of Staff or Chairman. I'd clarify it to "Commanded 82nd Infantry Division (1942), 28th Infantry Division (1942), II Corps (1943), First Army (1944), Twelfth Army Group (1944–1945), and served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1948–1949), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1949–1953)" [bold added for illustration]. I'd also be interested to see notes about any that had post-military notability (like politicians or astronauts or something), and if any were killed in action (since most saw combat in WWII and Korea, and probably some in WWI that never made general).
• You lean very heavily on two sources. Nothing really wrong with that, and I would certainly never oppose for that, but I like to see a greater variety of references. You could try stealing borrowing references from the biography articles for those individuals that have them.

At a minimum, I'd have to see the lead expanded before I could support. bahamut0013^words_deeds 15:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Comment is this nomination still active? The article hasn't been modified since 23 December. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:01, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

• I've been working on it, but the amount of work required is very large. I think it would be best to withdraw the nomination and re-nominate it in a few months time. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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