Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C.


 * 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 promoted 03:17, 24 January 2008.

Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C.


Self nomination I've spent quite a bit of time knocking this article into shape, following the model of existings FAs Margate F.C. and Leek Town F.C. and I now think it's ready for FA status....... ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note the team group photo has been flagged up as possibly unfree as, although it is tagged

, it can also be found on the supporters' club website. I've sent an email to the supporters' club's contact address requesting confirmation that that they did indeed upload it themselves and do hold the copyright but if confirmation can't be obtained then I will remove the image, I don't believe this would significantly detract from the quality of the article...... ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Speaking of images, the line art in this article (team logos and graphs) was uploaded in the JPEG format, which makes it look bad and scale worse. I've tagged the affected ones with BadJPEG. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 14:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not very good with image formats - what would be the best format for them to be in.......? ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * SVG would be ideal, because they could then be scaled to any size. This should be possible for the graphs since you created them, but it is sometimes hard to find vector versions of copyrighted/trademarked artwork. For those, PNG is usually best if a vector version can't be found. It's important that you don't simply convert the JPEGs into these formats, though; Preparing images for upload is a good page to read for the pros and cons of the various image formats. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 21:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Given that the only image manipulation software I have on either my home or work PCs is MS Paint, all of the above could prove quite tricky, but I'll try and find someone who has access to something more sophisticated...... ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * After much aggro all "bad" JPGs have now been replaced with PNGs/SVGs ChrisTheDude (talk) 22:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment Most of it seems great. The only thing I'd say is the lead only refers to what is mentioned in the history section but nothing else. Once that and the images are sorted out I can't see anything to stop me supporting it. Peanut4 (talk) 00:26, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've made some changes and the lead now covers the history, colours, stadium, statistics and honours sections. Players and managers are probably too transitory to mention in the lead so I think that's probably everything covered - what do you think?  As and when I can get the images sorted out (with a bit of luck a friend of mine can sort this out for me over the weekend......) I'll let you know ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:06, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Support, I really like this article. I think it's ready. Great job ChrisTheDude, JACO  PLANE  &bull; 2008-01-5 22:38


 * Comment the reference for the ground capacity says 3,500. Yet the article says 3,000. Is there a reason for the difference or is it simply an oversight? Peanut4 (talk) 16:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Just a typo on my part, now corrected ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:51, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support With all those tiny things amended this is a nice little entry. Well referenced, good images and concise and thorough in its detail. Peanut4 (talk) 09:55, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - I've made a number of comments on the article's talk page which I'd like to see resolved (or at least discussed!) before I can support. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support all my issues addressed, good work Chris. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support tweaked a bit. over the line. goal. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - doing a mild copyedit. Please add details about ground capacity to the section about the Stadium. --Dweller (talk) 13:29, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * C-e complete. Support --Dweller (talk) 13:45, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments Ah... two more things. There's an inconsistency between the team nickname being "The Steels" or "Steels". If both are acceptable, just say so. Which leads me to suggest that the nickname is dealt with in the main text, not just the infobox. Also, the image of trophies is somewhat puzzling - the article records only 1 trophy won by the club that season, so what are all of the others? --Dweller (talk) 15:03, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The other trophies are youth/reserve cups. I'll change the image caption to make this clear, and also address the nickname issue.... ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ I've referenced the team's nickname being given both with and without the definite article in the "colours and crest" section because, erm, I couldn't think of any other section it would fit into..... ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Looks good, follows the general conventions of FOOTY. The prose is good, and seems to be well referenced. The dead external link needs to be sorted though; Woody (talk) 23:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * NB It's currently working for me. Though I do remember one not working all the time when I read thru last week or so, which may have been this one. Peanut4 (talk) 23:22, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * How bizarre, it is fine now. Earlier it said access forbidden on this server. Probably a bandwidth issue. In that case, my full support is offered. Woody (talk) 23:33, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support yet another great work by ChrisTheDude. Well-referenced, correctly styled and with nicely readable prose. In my opinion, ready for promotion. --Angelo (talk) 16:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. 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.