Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of New England Patriots 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 PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 16 March 2024 (UTC).

List of New England Patriots first-round draft picks

 * Nominator(s): Hey man im josh (talk) 18:56, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

This is my 5th nomination in the NFL team's first-round picks series and I hope for it to be the 25th list in the series promoted. This is also my second nomination of an AFL team (the first being the Buffalo Bills) and, of the 9 lists I've nominated / prepared for nomination (I've got another 3 ready to nominate), this has the second most notes (to List of San Francisco 49ers first-round draft picks), which I found interesting for a team that's only been drafting since 1960.

I will, as always, do my best to respond quickly and address all comments, questions, and criticisms. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:56, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments

 * "The Patriots played their home games at various stadiums throughout Boston, including Fenway Park from 1963 to 1969 until" => "The Patriots played their home games at various stadiums throughout Boston, including Fenway Park from 1963 to 1969, until"
 * In the 2016 row there's a space in "Pick forfeited [AL]", unlike in the other rows
 * Maybe "as punishment for Deflategate" should be "as punishment for the Deflategate scandal".....?
 * That's all I got. You're certainly in a high-quality groove with these lists! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for the feedback and kind words @ChrisTheDude! Gonna need to find a new set of lists once I'm done with these runs :P Hey man im josh (talk) 21:07, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 23:17, 22 February 2024 (UTC)


 * MPGuy2824's comments
 * Lead image caption: " was the most recent Patriots player to be the drafted first overall." should probably be "to be drafted first overall" or "to be the first overall draft pick". -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:06, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Using multi-column rows in tables ("Boston Patriots (1960–1970)" and "New England Patriots (1971–present)") really messes with their sortability. If I remember right you are supposed to add that info as a multi-row column. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:18, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @MPGuy2824: Thank you for taking a look at the article. The lead image caption you mentioned was definitely a mistake, which I've now fixed. Are you having issues with the sortability? I added a parameter to automatically sort the New England Patriots and Boston Patriots rows to the top when someone tried to sort a column. From what I understand this is normal and appropriate behaviour with sorting, similar to how the "No pick" rows automatically get sorted as a 0 value. Hey man im josh (talk) 02:31, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * MOS:COLHEAD was what I was referring to. But, if the way you've done it is the current FL norm, then maybe we should look into updating the MOS? -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:41, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Interesting, this hasn't been brought up to me before @MPGuy2824, and this isn't the first list I've included this type of split in. I think the problem is that I wanted to differentiate between the seasons under the two names, but I also want to keep the table sortable and combined. I'll go ahead and remove it Hey man im josh (talk) 18:02, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support LGTM -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:33, 24 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Dylan620
 * Pleased to see my home team at FLC! I'll try to get an image review done ASAP. Dylan 620  (he/him • talk • edits) 22:03, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks good for the most part. The images add encyclopedic value and are positioned well; the captions are generally well-written and the alt text is sufficiently descriptive. Licensing checks out. A couple of the images had dead links for sources, so I took the liberty of heading to Commons and replacing the dead URLs with Wayback Machine archives. There are a couple things that need to be addressed before I can outright support on images:
 * During that time [Wilfork] was five-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowler. – according to the source, he was only All-Pro once. (An "a" would help this flow more smoothly as well.)
 * The above "during" clause, as well as During [Bledsoe's] nine seasons with the team, should be followed with commas
 * Dylan 620 (he/him • talk • edits) 00:34, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Dylan620: Thank you for the review! I definitely missed the "a" in Wilfork's blurb, I've fixed that. As for the Bledsoe blurb, I've reworded it. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:43, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No prob! I'm satisfied with the Bledsoe change, but there still remains the issue of the Wilfork caption not quite matching the source – specifically, the caption states that he was a five-time All-Pro, but according to the Pro-Football-Reference.com page used as a source, Wilfork was a one-time All-Pro. (I also still believe that a comma should be present after During that time, although I wonder if that may just be stylistic preference.) Dylan 620  (he/him • talk • edits) 14:07, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Dylan620: Oops, sorry, missed replying to that part of your comment. I understand why you're saying that about the five-time All-Pro part, it's because of the badge at the top right of the page. That badge only refers to Associated Press first-team All-Pro selections, whereas the Pro Football Hall of Fame recognizes a number of selectors. If you scroll down on the source linked you'll see an All-Pro Teams section which shows entries for five separate years. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:20, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Ahhhhh I see that now, my bad! Issues resolved/clarified; support on images. Dylan 620  (he/him • talk • edits) 15:29, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Queen of Hearts
Review coming sometime in the next three and a half hours. Queen of Hearts talk she/they stalk 20:27, 27 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hey @Queen of Hearts, not sure if you're still interest in providing a review, but I thought I'd send a ping in case you were. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:25, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * No pressure at all @Queen of Hearts, but I just wanted to ping you again about this. I'll assume you're no longer intending to complete a review if I don't hear back from you again soon. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:30, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Hey man im josh, sorry, no, I don't intend on reviewing this. Queen of Hearts talk she/they stalk 19:16, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * No problem at all, just wanted to confirm :) Hey man im josh (talk) 19:32, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

That's all I got. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk)  @ 18:51, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Source review by Gonzo_fan2007
 * Refs #3 and #32: bypass the redirect of New England Patriots Hall of Fame to New England Patriots
 * Refs #20, #24, #36, #39, and #41 should include page number, which is readily provided on the digital recreation of the actual newspaper clipping.
 * Ref #38: I would bypass the redirect of MassLive
 * Ref #61: can you find a more reliable source? Grantland is a blog, and I can see justifications about the person writing the article is a SME but this also seems like an easy one to replace with a better source.
 * Ref 33: Yardbarker isn't linked. Similar to the above, any possibility of a better source? Yardbarker appears to curate articles? Is this article from another publisher?
 * All other sources appear to be consistently formatted and archived, where necessary.
 * Spot checks showed accurate citing of the material in the article.


 * @Gonzo fan2007: I've made all the suggested changes, including replacing the two sources. I hadn't noticed that about The New York Times sources, I'll have to go back and check to make sure it's included in other lists I've promoted. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Support - Source Review Passed « Gonzo fan2007  (talk)  @ 20:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Promoted. -- Pres N  21:18, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


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