Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Ed Chynoweth Cup

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The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 02:04, 10 March 2009 [1].

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Ed Chynoweth Cup

Nominator(s): Resolute

So, yet another sports list. Having redesigned the table and added a history, I believe this article on the Western Hockey League's championship trophy now meets WP:WIAFL. Well sourced, appropriate lead image, straightforward table. I look forward to all feedback. Resolute 17:02, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Truco

Comments from Truco (talk · contribs) Lead The WHL champion earns a berth into the Memorial Cup tournament, Canada's Major-Junior championship. -- Major-Junior should be pipedlinked to Junior ice hockey#Major-Junior History In 1971, four years after the league's founding, the CAHA reorganized the top level of junior hockey into two tiers, sanctioning the WHL as the top league in western Canada and one of three leagues, along with the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), to form the "Major-Junior" tier. -- (1)IMO there is no need to state that it is 4 years after the league's founding (2) This would be better worded as 'In 1971, four years after the league's founding, the CAHA reorganized the top level of junior hockey into two tiers: the WHL was sanctioned as the top league in western Canada and as one of three leagues that formed the "Major-Junior" tier, the others being the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).' The 1971 champion Edmonton Oil Kings thus faced the Quebec Remparts in the 1972 Memorial Cup final, though it nearly failed to materialize as the OHA and QMJHL initially refused to face the western champion. -- Comma after though The Oil Kings ultimately did play Quebec in an abbreviated championship, losing the best-of-3 series in two games. -- (1) No need to word it as such since in the previous sentence its confirmed that they did play. Reword possibly to 'The Oil Kings defeated Quebec in an abbreviated championship, losing the best-of-3 series in two games.' (2)It should be explained as to what the best of 3 series means or how that process functions. A half-dozen years later, the 1981–82 Winter Hawks recorded numerous other firsts, becoming the first American team to win the President's Cup,[3] as well as the first American team to compete for the Memorial Cup. -- A half-dozen is very wordy, how about 'Six years later'? "You've got to perform." -- this just seems like a random quote, remove or integrate it better in the text. The Blazers dominated the WHL in the early 1990s, capturing four league championships between 1990 and 1995 and three Memorial Cups to cap a seven championships in nine year stretch for the WHL between 1987 and 1995. -- ..to cap a seven championships in nine year stretch --> "...to cap seven championships in a nine year stretch" Chynoweth had served as president of both the WHL from 1972 and the CHL from 1975 until leaving both posts in 1995 to form the Edmonton Ice. He remained with the franchise through its transfer to Kootenay until his death in 2008. -- This would be better worded as 'Chynoweth had served as president of both the WHL and CHL from 1972 and from 1975, respectively, until leaving both posts in 1995 to form the Edmonton Ice.' List of winners Bold denotes won Memorial Cup; number in parenthesis denotes total championships won to that point -- This would be better represented as a key in table form located at the top of the table. See also Some of the links located here were already mentioned in the text so they should be removed from this section, like the President's cup. Notes Brandon qualified for the 1995 Memorial Cup the losing finalist as Kamloops was both the host team and won the WHL title. -- The grammar structure of this sentence is unclear, it needs to be revised Portland qualified for the 1986 Memorial Cup as the host team after New Westminster withdrew as host -- From my view point, 'the' should be added before the last host--TRUCO 02:02, 27 February 2009 (UTC) Some excellent suggestions. I've changed all per your comments except for two: (1) I don't see a huge need for a tabled key to denote the use of bold text and the bracketed numbers, but I did move it to the top of the list. (2) There are no redundant links in the See also section that I could find. Somewhat confusingly, both the QMHJL and WHL used to call their championship trophy the President's Cup. The see also link refers to the QMJHL's trophy. I did remove the CHL awards link, however, as that is contained in the template. Thank you for the excellent review.Resolute The only thing I suggest is that you add "team" before won Memorial Cup in the note.--TRUCO 00:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Interesting idea. done. I also removed the bolding as it becomes redundant to the notes. Resolute 16:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Yeah it does since you mention it in the results column. Now, however, you should re-add the bullet point.--TRUCO 17:30, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Picky, picky.  ;) done. Resolute 17:39, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support -- Previous issues resolved to meet WP:WIAFL standards.--TRUCO 18:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs) "trophy that is awarded to" "first team with two victories winning the title,"-->in which the first team with two victories won the title, "American based team"-->American-based team "recorded numerous other firsts" "the first American team to win the President's Cup,[3] as well as the first American team to compete for the Memorial Cup." Comma not needed. "outside of Swift" Dabomb87 (talk) 03:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC) All six points addressed. Thanks, Resolute 16:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Rambo's Revenge (talk · contribs)

Oppose for now Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lists of works) says that items should be in chronological order, earliest first. Is there a reason for this not to be sortable. I guess "3–0–2" means 3 wins 0 losses 2 draws, otherwise it would be "3–2" if there were no draws, correct? You should make this explicit so idiots like me can figure out what is going on. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 16:01, 5 March 2009 (UTC) Reversed the table and added a note explaining the ties. I'm not at all sure that sortability is necessary, however I've added that as well. Resolute 20:09, 5 March 2009 (UTC) Good work, I now have no major issues with this. The comments below are all minor/picky things. I realise Junior ice hockey does it, but I don't think Major-Junior should be hyphenated, in fact I'm not sure it should even be capitalised.[2] I began capitalizing it in the past after a FAC commenter thought I was introducing POV by calling a certain league "major", rather than stating that this was the level of hockey. Changed back. "One year later, the Winter Hawks won the 1983 Memorial Cup, becoming? the first American champion" - missing word fixed "The community rallied around the team, ... etc.", firstly is this cited, secondly, meaning no disrespect to the victims of the crash, is the crash particularly relevent to the Ed Chynoweth Cup history? It is cited. The book references cover the entire paragraph. The statement about the crash attempts to set the tone for the team's victory three years later. The Broncos' 1989 championship is virtually always tied in with the crash in the histories I have. I'll attempt to improve the connection between the two. Okay that is fine if you haven't associated these two events yourself. I know it is named/linked in the lead, but for "The Blazers dominated the WHL in ...", it sounds like it is a team that has already been introduced. I'd be tempted to use the full name (and possibly link). I typically do just that. This was an oversight, fixed. "to cap seven championships in a nine year stretch for the WHL between 1987 and 1995", might be being thick but this seems a bit unclear. Clarified See also section. I realise the OHA became the OHL, but you haven't previously used OHL, so it should probably be spelled out. Corrected with a note in the article body. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 13:39, 8 March 2009 (UTC) Thanks! Resolute 15:33, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Support, my issues have been resolved. This looks good. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 16:37, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

• Support The prose is very well written (frankly, I was a bit surprised that I couldn't even add a comma or anything like that anywhere), the refs and list look excellent as well. Maxim_(talk) 13:01, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

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