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The list was promoted by Juliancolton 02:43, 27 October 2009.

List of Oklahoma Sooners head football coaches

 * Nominator(s): —NMajdan &bull;talk 15:11, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

I have created this list based on the current FL List of East Carolina Pirates head football coaches. It's a fairly short list and I believe it meets all the criteria.—NMajdan &bull;talk 15:11, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Comment — Chris! c / t 00:25, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * "This is a complete list of Oklahoma Sooners head football coaches" - FLs no longer start like this, just remove it will be fine
 * dashes in empty cells should be emdashes
 * Table should be sortable
 * Removed the first sentenced. Changed the empty cell dahses to emdashes. On the sortable table suggestion, there are over 50 existing FLs for NBA, MLB, Soccer, NFL and college head coach articles and none of them have sortable columns (if they have 2-row headers). I would have to reformat the header row to get rid of the two-row header in order for the sort to work.—NMajdan &bull;talk 04:41, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, most of the coaches FLs don't have sortability. I brought it up because I don't know if they should be be required to be sortable. That has been discussed before, but may still need further discussion. Also The alt text is good, but there is no need to mention the name of the person since people who can't see the image don't what he looks like anyway.— Chris! c / t 22:28, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * There are head coach FLs that do use sortability rather than a two-row header; see List of Philadelphia Phillies managers, List of Minnesota Twins managers, List of Baltimore Orioles managers, and the soon-to-be-promoted List of Kansas City Royals managers. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 12:56, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Those are baseball lists. They don't have multiple sets of the same classification (multiple Wins/Losses/Ties columns). Look at any NFL list, college football list, or NHL list.—NMajdan &bull;talk 13:08, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm aware; I wrote most of them. I'm just clarifying your above statement that said "none of them have sortable columns", which included MLB. They do have "multiple sets of the same classification": there are regular season and playoff statistics contained in the tables. The MLB lists had their header formats changed to be sortable. This list should too. Just because other lists use a certain format is no reason to limit this one; the criteria are dynamic, they change and evolve, and WP:OTHERSTUFF is no reason not to change with them. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 13:32, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * You're right. I included MLB when most of them are single row headers. However, just one list uses a certain format does not mean they all should. FLs can establish precedent and when every single football coach list is structured a particular way, then that establishes precedent. Criteria can evolve but this is not an evolution. This is an abrupt change. Looks like the last NFL, CFB, or NHL coach-related article to go through FLC was List of Chicago Blackhawks head coaches in June and the sort issue was even raised. Also, making this table sortable would mean that the code would have to be changed to include the sort template which I think over-complicates an article making it nearly inaccessible to new editors. Not to mention this is a list with 21 items, not an overbearing number that would require sorting. I will address your other issues below shortly.—NMajdan &bull;talk 14:41, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't believe that this can be considered an abrupt change; sortability has been part of the criteria for quite some time. It doesn't hurt the quality of the list for it to be made sortable, and what we're trying to accomplish is Wikipedia's best work, and meeting the criteria as closely as possible while doing so. I don't think this is something to be ignored. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 14:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * (outdent) Now that I think about this, the table should be sortable. There is no reason not to other than arguing that it is not consistent to other coaches FLs. But all of those non-sortable lists should be sortable as well. I guess I will have a word with the editors or wikiprojects involved to request that.— Chris! c / t 21:29, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * The CCs and NCs columns do not sort correctly. Add a sortkey using ntsh should make it work.— Chris! c / t 23:21, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * How would ntsh fix something that is broken by nts? The only problem I see is when I sort in descending order, it puts the emdashes first, which is how other articles I've seen handle it. More guidance would be appreciated.—NMajdan &bull;talk 02:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * To make em-dashes sort as "0" or "blank", adding a sort with a value of 0 or -1 should do it. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 13:18, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Using did not change the way the columns with em-dashes sorted.—NMajdan &bull;talk  13:44, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hm, have you tried -1? That's what I used in List of Philadelphia Phillies managers. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 14:11, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Aha. I got it to work with ntsh as Chris originally suggested. Sorts correctly now, I believe.—NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 14:19, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Does indeed. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 14:34, 13 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Support - great work— Chris! c / t 02:56, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Support from KV5 – a job well done by Nmajdan, and a nice-looking list that presents a plethora of information in an organized and coherent fashion. KV5 ( Talk  •  Phils ) 14:34, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Support – Dabomb stated at the seasons FLC that he thinks the sources are all right, so I'm willing to go along with what he says. Everything else was fine before, and I appreciate the added sorting function.  Giants2008  ( 17–14 ) 16:18, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Comment - Would be nice if you make the table sortable like List of Minnesota North Stars head coaches. --  SRE.K.A.L. | L.A.K.ERS ]] 02:47, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:22, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Sources Per my comments at the Sooners seasons FLC, I lean toward the sources' being reliable, but other reviewers may have other opinions. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:22, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

The list is now sortable. I also separated the conference championships and national championships into two columns so you could sort by those as well.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 17:55, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments The Rambling Man (talk) 09:37, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * "Oklahoma Sooners football program are a college football team ..." program is singular, are is plural, a college football team is singular. Confusing start.
 * The first sentence was added by another editor. I changed it to is.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * "team has had 21 head coaches. Oklahoma started organized football with the nickname Sooners in 1895." I would merge these otherwise the prose in the lead is very choppy.
 * Restructured. Better?—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * "in a total of " a total of is redundant.
 * Dones.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * "giving him a .000 winning percentage" I think this is not needed as you've already said he lost the only game he coached.
 * Done.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * Stoops caption is an incomplete sentence so doesn't need a full stop.
 * Done.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * Is it postseason or post-season?
 * I think hyphenated but could be wrong.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * Should Conference championships be Conference Championships?
 * I would say the former.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * Some have 0's for CT some have en-dashes. Why?
 * For conference ties, you're probably referring to the two most recent coaches. Note A3 says that rules were enacted in 1996 to prevent ties, so the dashes simply indicate that ties are not possible for those coaches.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * Note 4 - this isn't how other sports compute winning % - do we have a reference for this?
 * I'd be curious how other sports that allow ties compute winning percentage. I did originally look for a source, but couldn't find one and its made harder by the fact that ties are impossible now. So I either need to find a source that says here's how you compute winning percentage when there are ties or find a college football-specific source from before 1996.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * Found a couple sources. Would either of these fulfill your request? <nevermind, apparently content as associatedcontent.com is blocked>—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk  10:47, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Got one. Done.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk
 * Thanks for the comments.—<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan &bull;<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 10:42, 22 October 2009 (UTC)


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