Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Steve Dalkowski/Old Nom

Steve Dalkowski
Mainly a self nomination. Has passed through peer review already and I feel is ready for FAC status. Further criticism is welcomed. :) Zerbey 23:54, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Need to change that "As of 2003". RickK 00:33, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Is the current revision an improvement? Zerbey 01:06, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Erg. I guess.  I'd still rather not see a year in there at all, but at least it's updated.  RickK 01:12, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll bow to experience :-D I removed the year entirely. Zerbey 01:17, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comment This may not be a reason to deny featured status, but the article is not very long.Jeff8765 01:50, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's grown a bit, what do you think can be done to make it better? Zerbey 01:18, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Object. 1) The quality of the picture is very low. 2) I'm not that happy with the trivia section, but I suppose it could stay. I'd rather see most of the trivia in the main article. 3) His career statistics are briefly mentioned, but I think a table is more suited for this. Mabye season-by-season stats are also useful there. 4) He is introduced as a Minor League player, but he played in the majors too. 5) More needs to be said on his throwing speed. 100 mph is mentioned - how was this estimated? 6) Are there any offline references or further reading? 7) All American units should be accompanied by metric units (e.g. 100 mph (160 km/h)). Jeronimo 08:47, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Trying to find a better picture but there's not many. I have written to the Orioles about it and am waiting for a reply (hopefully soon). 2) Could be done, but we would run the risk of creating an article full of anecdotes (which wouldn't be fair on him IMHO).  I'll think on that one. 3) Yes, will do this . 4) Nope, he only played during one game in spring training (as mentioned), he spent the rest of the season on the injured list before being released. 5) Will research, haven't found any solid evidence of his 100mph other than third party accounts, this is discussed in the article. 6) Yes, will add these. 7) Will convert (was done for the French version) . Zerbey 01:03, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * How is this picture? Zerbey 00:44, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Still not good, I think you'd probably have a better chance calling up Topps or one of the other baseball card companies and seeing if they would gift Wikipedia with a scan/copy of the image on his card.  ALKIVAR &trade;[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 18:24, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Working on that, the only other picture is from a sports magazine so that's copyrighted. Someone must have a decent free picture! Zerbey 18:37, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)