Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches


 * 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 User:The Rambling Man 07:10, 4 July 2008.

List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches
I worked on this article in my sandbox then moved it. I think this list does meet featured list criteria. If you guys have any questions or comments, I would try to answer them. (Annoyomous24) (talk) 22:55, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment Perhaps force a TOC with Help:TOC so people don't have to use a scroll bar to get to the bottom of the page.DONE! Gary King ( talk ) 01:08, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 06:34, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Are there any public domain pictures that can be added to the article? DONE!
 * "1948 - 1960." Check out WP:DASH DONE!
 * "The Lakers are generally regarded as one of the NBA's most successful franchises." Says who? Reference please DONE!
 * The article contains some sentences that are lifted straight from List of Los Angeles Lakers first and second round draft picks. For next time, you should attribute the revision and author in the edit summary, per WP:REUSE (or my interpretation of it -- and it doesn't hurt to do it just in case.) DONE!
 * "The franchise got its official name from Minnesota's nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes." Why? Explain why a team in the most south-western state of America takes its nickname from one of the most nothern. DONE!


 * Comment—The lead section is the bare minimum. Please read MOS on dashes, carefully. Not a single pic? It doesn't have to have one, but I'm surprised that there are none to be found. DONE! TONY   (talk)  09:16, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Comment Shouldn't the tables be sortable? Do we really need to colour code it (its quite unsightly)? Further, colour-coding on the basis of Hall of Fame seems to classify the coaches in a POV way: the guys in orange are better than the ones that aren't. Just the * and † should be enough. DONE! indopug (talk) 11:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

The Rambling Man (talk) 07:24, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * WP:DASH again - in the image caption - in fact, it'd probably be just as well to write "to" rather than use the en-dash here. DONE!
 * Put (NBA) after National Basketball Association. DONE!
 * "formally known" do you really mean formally or do you mean "formerly"? That's a question, not a criticism by the way! DONE!
 * First para of lead is too choppy for me, the prose needs work, in particular "The franchise got its official name from Minnesota's nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes because at the time the name was revealed, the Lakers were in Minneapolis" DONE!
 * Also, why link franchise on the second instance? DONE!
 * Why is the Key in smaller text? DONE!
 * "Games Coached"->"Games coached" DONE!
 * Remove the spaces between the W and the hyphen and the L and replace the hyphen with an en dash. DONE!
 * >No need to relink coaches in the table after their first linkage (e.g. Kundla). DONE!
 * Why are Awards in bold? DONE!
 * See WP:DASH for the records, e.g. "380 - 240" should be "380–240", also for the years, so "1948 - 1958" should be "1948–58" etc. DONE!
 * Be consistent with leading zeros on the percentages - either all or none. DONE!
 * Add a bullet point before the only general ref. DONE!
 * Ref 2 needs  etc. DONE!
 * Ref 3 needs isbn if available. DONE!
 * Is there a "Category:Basketball lists" or similar to which this can be added? DONE!


 * Thanks for commenting on this featured list candidate, The Rambling Man. (Annoyomous24) (talk) 20:51, 25 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Nominator: please don't strike out reviewers' comments; let them do that. The lead is a little better (not great), but two things:
 * Read MOS on unspaced en dashes; all of the en dashes I see should be unspaced. That might help the next issue a little, too. DONE!
 * Column-width management; seriously bad effect in some columns (W–L, etc), Can you take up more horizontal space (there aren't even side pics to stop you). Try "Ref." in the last column to save space there. Once these two things are done, I'm OK. DONE! TONY   (talk)  04:17, 26 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Support The only thing I don't understand is the last part in the lead: have all played and head coached for the Lakers. I never knew that "head coach" may be used as a verb. I suggest reword that part better.--Crzycheetah 06:01, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
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