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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 not promoted by The Rambling Man 09:23, 15 June 2012 [1].

List of SRI International people[edit]

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Nominator(s): Disavian (talk) 22:34, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it to fit the featured list criteria. I initially created it in order to clean up the people section of SRI International; I also created the relevant people category and did an extensive check of Special:WhatLinksHere/SRI International to ensure that the list and the category includes all prominent biographical articles about the subject. While there are surely other notable people that have worked for SRI, I believe that they will have to be added over time as relevant articles are created. I'm looking forward to your feedback on how I can improve this list. Thanks, Disavian (talk) 22:34, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from --GoPTCN 15:22, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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    • Why not merge every table into one, like eg here?
      • I'm not opposed to using that style... is that typical of more recently promoted featured lists? Disavian (talk) 03:48, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • The dynamic list template belongs to the very top.
    • Do not begin with "this is a list of"; instead introduce the subject.
    • "Of its researchers, many notable ones were involved" - why not simply "Many notable SRI researchers were involved..."?
    • I thought Engelbart invented the mouse?
    • How about an external link section?
    • --GoPTCN 15:42, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks for your comments. I'll look into implementing these in the next day or three. :) Disavian (talk) 13:07, 14 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose a few too many things to deal with right now...

  • Lead images are all very well but who are they and why are they so relevant that they appear in the lead? Useful captions would be good.
  • Any reason the Ref column is so wide in each table?
  • "SRI, based in Menlo Park, California, was established " would be better as "Based in Menlo Park, California, it was established .."
  • Explain AI.
  • "produced notable researchers and engineers long before computing was mainstream." prove it.
  • "produced notable names including" no it didn't. This is an encyclopaedic article, not tabloid junk.
  • Hate the fact you're using Carlson's image twice in quick succession.
    • Yeah, I don't like that either. Fixed. Disavian (talk) 02:01, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The "Notability" column really is more of a "notes" column. Also, check that you don't use periods for incomplete sentences.
  • Similarly check the image captions for incomplete sentences.
  • Harman has no reference. Check this and any others.
    • I have no idea how I missed that. I added one ref, and ideally I'll find at least one other. Disavian (talk) 02:34, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Avoid SHOUTING in the ref titles.
  • Author names in refs, is it first last or last, first? Be consistent.
  • Don't mix "Retrieved by" date formats in the refs.

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:56, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestions. I'll have a look at implementing some of these changes. Disavian (talk) 00:17, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry that I haven't gotten to these yet, I was at A-Kon this past weekend. Disavian (talk) 16:25, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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