Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/LeBron James/archive1


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

The article was not promoted by User:GrahamColm 10:03, 5 July 2013 (UTC).

LeBron James

 * Nominator(s): Ktmartell (talk) 20:36, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because LeBron James is a great basketball player, and as such deserves a great article. I believe it meets the nomination criteria. Ktmartell (talk) 20:36, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment It might be a good idea to suspend this until the playoffs are over, since the article will probably require a number of updates, no matter what happens. Zagal e jo^^^ 05:36, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Agree, the 2013 NBA Finals will be over in only a couple of weeks. There will surely be a lot of post-mortem analysis, which we might as well wait for before finalizing this FAC.—Bagumba (talk) 06:46, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

For disclosure, I am among one of the article's more frequent editors. I do not currently plan on doing a complete review here.
 * Comments from Bagumba
 * 1) Under "Player profile", his clutch play seems incomplete without mention of his 2012 Finals and Olympic performance improving the perception of his dominance. The effects of his 2012 feats probably should have some mention in "Public image". It seems that fallout from "The Decision" should receive some mention in "Public image" regarding its impact. —Bagumba (talk) 03:13, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The Decision backlash was already mentioned in the article. Striking that part above.—Bagumba (talk) 03:52, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) There's some inconsistently formatted references that list website first and use "accessed" instead of "retrieved" like: "nba.com, James, Cavs Top Mavs To Clinch Playoff Berth, accessed May 1, 2007."—Bagumba (talk) 00:49, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) While it's good that opinions are attributed in the article, attributions to somewhat obscure writers like Ryan Jones, Kirk Goldsberry, and Rob Mahoney might be better attributed to their more recognizable publications (e.g. SLAM Magazine, Grantland, etc).—Bagumba (talk) 22:16, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

I am hoping elevated editorial activity will die down within a day or two. Still waiting for days with less than three edits before I begin to comment.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:31, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Comments – These are just some general points from a light reading; I haven't gone into detail on this one either.
 * High school career: There are quite a few areas here where St. Vincent-St. Mary's needs an en dash to replace the hyphen.
 * Rookie season: "becoming the youngest player in league history to score at least 40 points in a game at 19 years." Feels like it's missing "old" at the end of the sentence.
 * Same goes for the first paragraph of Rise to superstardom.
 * 42-40 needs an en dash.
 * Same for 66-16 in the most recent season, and 2-3.
 * I'm not convinced that the Vogue cover or King Kong poster can be justified by WP:NFCC. Do we really need the images to understand why an issue was raised?
 * Not sure how reliable a YouTube link is (reference 59).
 * Refs 113, 128, and 135 need further formatting.
 * All caps in ref 213 should be removed.
 * Bare links exist in refs 199, 203, and 249. These should be fixed as well. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 02:42, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * It's been about a week and we haven't had any responses at FAC on these or Tony's comments below, and I still see some of these issues in the article. With FAC as busy as it is, I don't think this should be kept here much longer if nobody is going to address the items raised. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 00:10, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Comments from TonyTheTiger
 * WP:LEAD
 * Prior to the last week the LEAD was stable with references to his H.S. National player of the year. Now it says some vague stuff: "James played high school basketball at St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, where he was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar. "
 * Highly promoted????--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:26, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Add back the List of U.S. high school basketball national player of the year awards link from before.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:26, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Why is the 2013 Finals link under "second consecutive title" rather than 2013?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:26, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Why are 2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season and 2011–12 Oklahoma City Thunder season linked but not the 2012-13 Spurs?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:26, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Career
 * Please check all the content that has been removed since the championship. Youngest to 10K, 15K, 20K points and such should be restored.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:55, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I concur with above.  This nomination should be closed. If this is renominated, the offseason is preferable.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:38, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Graham Colm (talk) 19:31, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
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