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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 promoted by User:Matthewedwards 20:13, 1 November 2008 [1].

List of Oklahoma City Thunder head coaches[edit]

I am nominating this list because I think it fulfills the featured list criteria.—Chris! ct 18:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:51, 20 October 2008 (UTC) [reply]
Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

  • "There have been 16 head coaches for the Oklahoma City Thunder franchise, known as the Seattle SuperSonics from 1967 to 2008." The links to the seasons are misleading because they look like solitary year links. I would recommend unlinking them, since they are linked in the table.
  • In the table, add a note in the key that says the year links lead to individual NBA seasons, as in List of Nashville Sounds managers.
  • "Seattle sued Bennett's group in order to enforce the lease that required the team to stay until 2010."
  • "The franchise won their first and only NBA championship in the 1979 NBA Finals"
  • "Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once." Comma after "Thus".
  • "However, the two sides reached a $45 million settlement to pay off the team's lease with KeyArena in July 2008." How does this sentence contradict the previous.
  • "The Thunder is currently owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC and coached by P. J. Carlesimo with Sam Presti as the general manager."-->As of October 2008, the Thunder is owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC and coached by P. J. Carlesimo, with Sam Presti as the general manager.
  • Reference 3 needs a date of publication. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:48, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fix all except point 2. I am a little hesitant to do it because every other NBA coach lists don't have a note like that. I can still do that if you want.—Chris! ct 20:40, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do it, then be bold and change the other articles. Other editors won't oppose you; there is no reason to. Another reason: If you don't, I probably will later :D Dabomb87 (talk) 21:37, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just a question. What is the reason of adding that note? I don't understand.—Chris! ct 23:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When readers look at the column; they see what looks like a column of low-value links to solitary years when those years are actually valuable season links. These kind of "easter egg" links are discouraged; see Wikipedia:OVERLINK#Dates. Adding a note about these dates tells the reader that these links are relevant to the article and not an arbitary 4 digit year with square brackets around it. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from SrX
Comments
  • The team will play its home games at the Ford Center beginning in the 2008–09 NBA season.[1] As of October 2008, the Thunder is currently owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC and coached by P. J. Carlesimo with Sam Presti as the general manager. - its -->it's. Wouldn't it be the Professional Basketball Club LLC? Also, comma after Carlesimo.
  • The team, previously named the Seattle SuperSonics, was formed in 1967. - you already stated that they were the SuperSonics.
  • 1 Championship (1979) (in the table) - Wouldn't this be the NBA Championship?
  • The lead to me is boring, can't something else be said to make it more interesting, plus the three little paragraphs make's it seem boring, how about merging them into one or two, or expand the three.
  • Images?--SRX 01:26, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. I will try to add to the lead and find an image.—Chris! ct 03:52, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I added an image, but I couldn't find additional info to add to the lead.—Chris! ct 04:03, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - my comments were resolved to meet WP:WIAFL.--SRX 00:01, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed —Chris! ct 06:26, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "National Basketball Association.com." --> "NBA.com".
See comment by User:Juliancolton—Chris! ct 04:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed—Chris! ct 04:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • No pictures of any of the coaches?
No—Chris! ct 04:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done—Chris! ct 04:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think you should change the fonts of the row, "Oklahoma City Thunder", to match the template's fonts. Just a suggestion.-- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 08:00, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure what you mean. The fonts are the same.—Chris!ct 04:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I meant change it to light blue background and orange font. Just a sugestion as I know you know like it like that. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 04:29, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed—Chris! ct 22:20, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I don't think it is a good idea since tables on other NBA coach articles aren't sortable.—Chris! ct 05:08, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed—Chris! ct 22:20, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Killervogel5
Comments from Killervogel5
  • Per WP:ACCESS, avoid color combinations that are difficult to read, such as the colors you have chosen for the Oklahoma City Thunder row. Something easier to read would be much more welcome.
  • For all references to basketball-reference.com, the website is the work, not the publisher. Sports Reference LLC is the publisher. All related references should be fixed.
  • "who purchased the team back in 2006" - Back in 2006 sounds unprofessional. Remove "back".
  • "currently owned by the Professional Basketball Club LLC" - remove "the", it's an ownership entity, not an object.
  • "The franchise won their only NBA championship in the 1979 NBA Finals as the SuperSonics" - their should be "its", franchise is singular; also, you already said that they were the Sonics then, so "as the SuperSonics is redundant.
  • I would use en-dashes for the repeated coaches (but not for the playoffs) instead of em-dashes.
  • Achievement sections should read as such: "1 championship" (no caps) and "One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history" (proper caps)

Hope this helps. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 01:44, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All done —Chris! ct 02:13, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Made some minor fixes to complete this. Support from KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on!
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