Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Grade I listed buildings in Coventry/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 NapHit 17:30, 21 October 2012.

Grade I listed buildings in Coventry

 * Nominator(s): HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  18:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Another labour of love of mine, but not one quite so extensive as the field marshals who passed FLC last month. The list is actually a bi-product of the target list I dre up for "Wikipedia Takes Coventry", a photography contest held in the city at the beginning of September. Coventry is oft thought of as a concrete jungle, but it has a rich and fascinating history. Hopefully this list will go some way towards changing that perception. Any comments or constructive criticisms are most welcome, but it may take me a few days to reply. If I seem to have neglected something, please do ping my talk page. Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  18:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Just a quick comment on the gallery - it would be good to add another image to balance the two rows rather than have the white space on second row. Keith D (talk) 18:48, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I was slightly afraid of adding that gallery for precisely this reason. All the images are on row on my screen (a 17 inch laptop), but I know the appearance of the gallery will change with screen size. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  19:19, 24 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Support TBrandley 22:56, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  17:41, 26 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Support after checking these and others as above.  Hassocks  5489 (Floreat Hova!)  22:07, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  10:13, 17 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Comments (but leaning towards Support) What a vast improvement since the initial nomination! At that time it was an OK list, with nothing special about it to take it into the featured category.  I did not oppose at the time because I also had a list nominated, and did not wish to seem to be in any sort of competition.  But Hassock's suggestions, and your implementation of them, have made all the difference (Hassocks has been a mentor to me too).  Just a few queries for my own interest, which are not likely to make any difference to my giving support.
 * Why have a separate column for Refs? They are not that important, and could easily follow the text in the Description column (this was asked of me in one of my nominations, and I now do this)
 * I was also advised to centre the date column, (I guess to make it look more elegant).
 * Why do you use GRs rather than coordinates? The latter seem to be more the standard way to give locations in WP; they are also more understandable to non-UK readers. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 11:26, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments. I dislike replying inline and making a mess of a relatively short list of queries so I'll address them here:
 * The refs are in a separate column because it's not just the text that's being referenced, it's the entire row—the date of construction, the location, the grid reference, and the very fact the building is Grade I listed. It's also more aesthetically pleasing, at least in my opinion.
 * I centred the date column, though the difference is almost imperceptible.
 * OS Grid references are more commons in the UK, and are used in official contexts, such as by the Ordnance Survey. They're also documented on the National Heritage List for England entries, so there's no guesswork or original research involved in pinning down coordinates. By highlighting a square, rather than a specific point, grid references avoid the problem of having coordinates that point to an arbitrary location or, for example, the centre of a large property. And I don't think latitude and longitude means anything more to the average reader than a grid reference—the main benefit of including either (imo) is for the clickthrough to the GeoHack tool, which actually turns the string of characters into a location on a map. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  17:46, 15 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Support --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 08:26, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  10:13, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
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