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Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year

 * Nominator(s): The Rambling Man (talk) 22:08, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

We're nearly there! This one has suffered the benefit of all the preceding FLCs so I'm hopeful that there's not much to do here. Naturally I will work until my typing fingers are raw to fix any issues that are brought up, and I thank you all, each and every one, for your time and and effort in showing even the slightest interest in this candidate. Happy New Year! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:08, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Honestly all I got. Great job bringing this series to featured! Can't wait for the next one! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 15:45, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comments from BeatlesLedTV
 * "Ref(s)" → "Refs"
 * Link websites in refs (their first appearances) such as CNN, BBC Sport, ESPN, Reuters, etc.
 * , I think I got them all. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:55, 2 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support – Looks good to me. Great job! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 20:11, 2 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support Great job ! Looking forward to reviewing the final two to complete the series. Cheers – Ianblair23 (talk) 22:54, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Support Comments by JennyOz


 * Infobox awarded for - Laureus website now says: Awarded to the sportsman who best demonstrates supreme athletic performance and achievement - such as consecutive or multiple world, continental, international or national and major championship titles or the establishment of world records or best performances.
 * Updated. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Prose
 * Laurus site no longer speaks of 2000 journalists, says: "A NOMINATIONS PANEL OF THE WORLD’S LEADING SPORTS EDITORS, WRITERS AND BROADCASTERS VOTE TO CREATE A SHORTLIST OF SIX NOMINATIONS" (sorry, their caps not mine.) (And the six nominations would seem to mean 'up to six nominations'.)
 * Updated, let me know it's okay as I'll need to change all the other Laureus lists accordingly. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yep, your update is spot on. - the panel of editors, writers, broadcasters is for Sportsman, Sportswoman, Team, Breakthrough and Comeback. Action and Disability noms are by "Specialist Panels". As for the discretionaries, Lifetime, Spirit and Exceptional - they seem purely Academy decisions. (Hey, where'd Exceptional Achievement come from, brand new? (Maybe it's to recognise TRM for the upcoming set? Will be a list of one:) When you update the others, check for the select/selects too? JennyOz (talk) 07:30, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, take a look at the summary tables on Laureus World Sports Awards, they tell you about these curious new(ish) awards... not enough for their own lists, so covered in the parent article.... The Rambling Man (talk) 13:42, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I was aware of those Discretionary awards, except for Exceptional. Somehow hadn't noticed that one before. Now, talking of Laureus World Sports Awards did you notice that Laureus have also updated their photo of the statuette? It is more colourful (the gold band is more visible) and has much better contrast. JennyOz (talk) 15:24, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Eeek, I see you've swapped the new noms panel bit to the other lists but... "As of 2017, a shortlist of six nominees for the award come from a panel composed of the "world's leading sports editors, writers and broadcasters" So sorry but it needs to be "comes". (Sportsman, Sportswoman, Team, Breakthrough, Comeback) JennyOz (talk) 15:24, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * No bother, all fixed now. I'll take a look at the new trophy image and see if I can upload it to supersede the existing fair use image.  Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:43, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Fabulous! JennyOz (talk) 16:12, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * , you're right about that trophy image. I've replaced the existing one, it looks "right smart".  Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:17, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure does! My cache finally let me see it. It's bewdiful. Thanks for doing that. JennyOz (talk) 17:11, 5 January 2018 (UTC)


 * "The Laureus World Sports Academy then select the winner..." - selects
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * "...while athletes have won four times..." - athletes plural sounds weird when all are Bolt, meh
 * Yeah, meh... Any suggestions? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I s'pose it could say 'while an athlete has won four times' (deliciously ambiguous) but not important. JennyOz (talk) 07:32, 5 January 2018 (UTC)


 * "... the latter being the most recent winner.[13] The 2017 winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year was Bolt..." - repetitive?
 * Yes, removed the final sentence which ...... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * "...Bolt who won three gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, taking his overall tally to nine." - The BBC ref (Aug 2016) says 9 but his article says 8 and IOC says 8 Gold. The discrepancy is the 2017 disqualification of the Beijing 2008 4x100 Jamaican team. So change to 8 and swap ref to this BBC piece of Jan 2017?
 * ..... means this is no longer an issue. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Table - winners photos - all correct person winner - wlinks all good nationalities - all good
 * Cycling - maybe further dab to Road bicycle racing (They are all road racers Armstrong, Contador, Evans and Wiggins.)
 * Already happened. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Athletics is so broad, maybe pipe to Track and field or, seeing all are Bolt, to Sprint (running) (ie his events 100, 200 and 400m.)
 * 2014 Vettel - is it possible to trim bottom third from his photo or use another?
 * All done. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:25, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Table - nominees all names, wlinks, nationalities, brackets, dashes all good
 * athletics - Greene also a sprinter per Bolt
 * Hicham El Guerrouj - pipe athletics to Middle-distance running
 * Asafa Powell - another sprinter
 * Tyson Gay - ditto
 * Kenenisa Bekele - Long-distance running
 * Mo Farah - Long-distance running
 * Renaud Lavillenie - Pole vault
 * Marc Márquez - Grand Prix motorcycle racing
 * All done. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:25, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Statistics mutiple titles table all good

multiple nominations (includes wins) all good tho I'd omit armstrong
 * That's why the asterisk is there, isn't that enough or am I missing something? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:25, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ha! You're not 'missing something' except ability to read my mind! What I mean is that the asterisk in the main table is indicating a person whose noms and wins were retrospectively rescinded, whereas in stats/multiple noms table, the asterisks are referring to current recognised totals. Those totals exclude counting his noms and wins. By including him (and the asterisk against his name per its original use) it seems to me to re-recognise him.
 * For stats purposes, his noms 2002-2006 no longer exist.
 * (In Sportswoman, you didn't include Marion Jones in equiv stats table nor Earle Connor at Disability.)
 * Sorry if that is clear a mud? JennyOz (talk) 07:37, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * got this one (which I missed earlier), plus the typo. Thanks!! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:45, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Fantastic! JennyOz (talk) 16:12, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

winners by nationality Spain noms 8 - 7
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

winners by sport Refs
 * winners Formula One 2 - 3
 * Rowing - dab to rowing (sport) per Redgrave
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Rory Carroll - authorlink That's all for me JennyOz (talk) 09:22, 4 January 2018 (UTC) Oh drat! just realised Ian addressed some of these whilst I was doing notes. JennyOz (talk) 09:25, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 4 January 2018 (UTC)


 * , I think I've addressed almost all of your concerns, a couple of comments above could use your response. Thanks again for the comments!  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * As everything has been addressed and none of my follow-ups above are pertinent to my support, I am happily signing for it now. Another fine job sir. JennyOz (talk) 07:43, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Support – Have redacted the first query. Other from that, I am more than happy to lend my unconditional support. Great work as always! MWright96 (talk) 13:01, 5 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support. Good work. Courcelles (talk) 20:14, 11 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Source review pass, promoting. -- Pres N  17:45, 12 January 2018 (UTC)


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