Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Kansas City Royals first-round draft picks/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 The Rambling Man 22:35, 13 March 2010.

List of Kansas City Royals first-round draft picks

 * Nominator(s): Staxringold talkcontribs 02:09, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Another installment! The images are coming, ready to jump back in (I'll renom that Dodgers list as suggested in a couple days). Staxringold talkcontribs 02:09, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Support from KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 20:28, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Comment In my DYK check, I found reference 5 is dead, saying "Error: Bad Article URL". Bradjamesbrown (talk) 22:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The link checker shows no bad links of any sort. However clicking it you're right, fixed now (I snipped too much off of the end to remove the KC Royals borders to make it a general MLB page). Staxringold talkcontribs 23:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Support Mm40 (talk) 23:05, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Support—NMajdan •talk 21:53, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

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 * Comments
 * I know this is another list in a series of MLB teams' first round draft picks, but has the topic of sortability every been raised? If so, what was the reason it was decided not to go this route?—NMajdan •talk 16:58, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It was raised the first time these lists came to FLC (Phillies) and it was determined to keep the current format because of the sortability issues with the towns/schools/colleges as well as the colspans used for the years. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 17:16, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Regarding the year column, that's an easy fix. Just remove the colspan and list each entry's year. I had to make the same change to one of my FLCs . I just think it would be nice to be able to sort by year, name, position and pick. Reading back through the Phillies FLC, I still don't completely agree with your reasoning, and we all know that FLC is a very fluid process and that FLC is over a year old. Might be time to revisit. So let's. Lose the colspan. Sort by all columns except Organization and Ref. Done!—NMajdan •talk
 * Not "done", as you say, because others may disagree with you. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 20:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * There, I've added basic sortability. I'll start working on adding {{tl|sortname}} so the names go properly right now. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:24, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * All done! Implementing sort name is a bit tiresome, but that only took about 10-15 minutes, I'll go do it to Mets, Red Sox, Astros, and Dodgers. I leave it to KV5 if he wants to do it to the Phillies list. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The pick column isn't sorting correctly. You'll probably need to use some sort of numeric sorting template in that column as well.—NMajdan •talk 20:43, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What browser are you using? I'm in Firefox and one click sorts it properly. Are you getting the 10s with #1, the 20s with 2, etc, etc? Staxringold talkcontribs 20:47, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the first click sorting works. But once the 1990 row is the first row, it breaks the sorting. The sort order is determined based on what is currently in the first row, which obviously changes when you sort. I am also using FF 3.6 but I see the same behavior in Safari.—NMajdan •talk 20:55, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hardcoding digits less than ten with {{tl|sort}} should do the trick (Phillies works with it}. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 20:59, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe that got it. NMajdan? Staxringold talkcontribs 21:07, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks good.—NMajdan •talk 21:27, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Why is Puerto Rico wikilinked but no other state?—NMajdan •talk 21:27, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Because it's not a US state. Agreed tho, delinked as a well-known geographic place. Staxringold talkcontribs 21:43, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

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The Rambling Man (talk) 18:52, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Another typical sorting issue under Safari - if I sort Name, then Pick in ascending order (I would expect the no first-round pick to come last here by the way), then Name order, then Pick (how did I think this up??) then I get Pick sorting "in ascending order" showing as 7, 4, 7, 7, 9, 2, 5, 5, 9, 3, 1, 9 ... which is waaay odd.
 * I don't know what I can do for you. Sortname is used and the single digits are all properly sorted. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:21, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's an odd one, for sure. Us Safari users (and me in particular) are a real pain in the ass... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:31, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * So what can I do to wrap up this last issue? Staxringold talkcontribs 20:12, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think it can be fixed right now. Can we leave it "exposed" for others to see, but since I seem to be the only "sort pedant" here, there's a good chance nothing will happen.  I certainly won't oppose because of inadequate browser development, but it's a shame that I seem to be the only person who can break sorting on a regular basis!  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:36, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments
 * "They club has had 13 compensatory picks...".
 * Just to prove that TRM doesn't have the only sensitive system, on my Internet Explorer-using computer the bottom four photos are being cut off by the table. Can anyone replicate this one?  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 23:16, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed the typo, thanks for that. What do you mean cutoff? As in the table is on top of them? Let me try setting a width parameter. Staxringold talkcontribs 05:37, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That was exactly what I meant, and the parameter fixed it nicely. I subsequently found J.P. Howell's name was missing a period, but took care of it myself. With no other complaints, I support.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 22:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC)


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