Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2007 World Series of Poker results/archive1


 * 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 Scorpion0422 22:54, 6 June 2009.

2007 World Series of Poker results

 * Nominator(s): --- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 07:17, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

NOTE: I will be travelling from Wednesday through Saturday and will have limited internet access. If there are any open issues at that time, I will try to address them when I return. I ask that this not be closed as a failure if on Saturday if there are open issues.--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 19:29, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

WP:POKER is proud to bring the 2007 WSOP results to be considered for a FL. I think I've prepared this per the guidelines that have been used in previous Poker FL's.--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 07:17, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Support from KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 00:45, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:14, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:07, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Just returned from vacation where I had internet connectivity issues, will try to resolve these tonight or tomorrow.--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 01:08, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Comments –
 * "Most of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas hold 'em. Hold 'em...". For better flow, I recommend merging this part, in the form of "Texas hold 'em, a community card game...". Be warned that this would make the sentence very long, so it might be wise to split the variants into their own sentence.
 * reworked--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 02:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * "and the players own two hole cards to make a poker hand" → "and the player's own two hole cards to make a poker hand."
 * reworked--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 02:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * "Another poker variant played is Omaha. Omaha is a version of poker...". This is a similar situation as in my first comment, and I recommend a similar solution.
 * reworked--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 02:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * "a tournament might be described as no limit, limit or pot-limit." Comma after "limit".
 * done--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 02:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comma after "chop the prize money". Also, Bennett can be linked in the lead.
 * done--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 02:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * "Hal Lubasrsky, a blind man, finished in 198th place." Could you please clarify that this was the Main Event?
 * done--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 02:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Major issue I just noticed: if memory serves me right, the November final table started in 2008, not 2007.
 * OMG, you are right! How did I mess that one up!--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 02:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The main event champion should be somewhere in the lead, along with the massive amount of money that he won.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 15:27, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * done--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 02:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Review by 
 * Lead
 * 'As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners receives a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money.' -- 'receives' should be singular
 * Done--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 23:09, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 'The victor receives a multi-million dollar prize.' -- This sentence links United States dollar but it should be linked earlier in the first mention when used with the $ symbol.
 * Done--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 23:09, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The rest of the article looks fine, good work.-- T ru  c o   15:59, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Although I see that other prose issues were found, I think they have been addressed (as were mine), so the list should meet WP:FL? now.-- T ru  c o   18:44, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Reference 4 is broken.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 21:10, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * fixed--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 21:38, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm still uneasy about supporting this. Besides another error I caught (according to the source, Lubarsky finished 193rd and not 197th), the last paragraph has some new problems. The prize/glory dichomoty is only sourced in regards to Korfman and Bennett, not the field in general. Also, the source for Yang's Main Event win doesn't say anything about how money was important to him, and doesn't indicate that he quit his job.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 23:37, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 197th was the official standing, added link to that. The first ref is good because it talks about the disability.  I'll look at the other issues later this evening.--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 00:00, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * As for the money/bracelets debate, that is a common theme among poker players. Michael Mizrachi is known for his mantra of "Money over Bracelets."  David Rheem similarly makes no bones about it.  Many of the first timers are just hoping to make it big.  Phil Gordon and many of the big names talk more about winning the bracelet than the money.  I could give example after example on both sides that it isn't even funny.
 * As for Yang, expanded section... I wish I could find the quote, "I would say the money. The bracelet to me is a title where you get the notoriety. However, with the money, you can do a lot of good. You can help a lot of people." In a more reliable source.--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 04:33, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment The dead-link checker shows that several links are having trouble with their connections. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:23, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * From what I saw, apparently the software doesn't like the WSOP cite.--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 23:30, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
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