Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Pittsburgh Pirates 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 17:58, 14 February 2011.

List of Pittsburgh Pirates first-round draft picks

 * Nominator(s): Staxringold talkcontribs 08:02, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I'm back baby! (sort of) Survived semester 1 of law school (aka boot camp) and now I have at least a little more time to return to Wiki editing. After wrapping up another article I'd left hanging I figured I should jump back into comfortable waters to restart my list work. Staxringold talkcontribs 08:02, 29 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Support &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  12:52, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment Now that you've attracted my attention, I ought to say that the tables' accessibility would benefit from marking up the column and row headers. MOS:ACCESS is the guideline, and I'd be happy to help if needed. By the way, is everything in the main table centred just because that's a preference, or would it be just as good if everything were left-aligned? --RexxS (talk) 03:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It's purely style for the center-alignment, but I really do feel it looks better that way. As for "marking up the column/row headers", what do you mean? Staxringold talkcontribs 04:40, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Row headers are probably something new since you were last here, Stax; the primary element in each row (here, the players' names) should be marked up as headers. Good baseball example is Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (A). &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  03:07, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Apologies for being cryptic, Stax. If we make the player's name into a row header, we can ensure that a screen reader is able to announce that for each data cell, if required. Imagine going down the Position column blindly. If all you heard was "Position, Outfielder", "Position Shortstop", then you'd not get much information, whereas if you heard "Doug Dickerson, Position, Outfielder", "Richie Hebner '71, Position, Shortstop", that would be much more informative. We want to allow visually-impaired viewers to navigate tables in any way they want – as sighted viewers can. The markup you need is e.g. ! scope="row" | Doug Dickerson, for each player's name cell. The complication here is that headers are bold & centred by default, so we normally force them back to left-aligned and normal weight with the "plainrowheaders" class. If you're still uncertain and you'd like me to mark-up this list as an example for you, I'd be happy to do that for you. --RexxS (talk) 03:34, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd be totally fine with left aligned text, so if you can do up this list that'd be great. I'm just worried from the sound of what you're saying that it'll change the outward look of the list (beyond the text alignment). Will the names still be in their own column? Staxringold talkcontribs 04:33, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, the names still have their own column; the only change you'll see, if you're using "plainrowheaders", is that the names will have a slightly darker background, the same color of the column headers. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  12:08, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Despite my failure to make row headers into row headers (as opposed to column headers) first time, I've now managed to mark up the table correctly. I hope that looking at the current wiki-code, you can see the general principle. The plainrowheaders has no effect on accessibility, but obviously creates a visual effect that you may prefer. --RexxS (talk) 14:48, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Coolio, thanks! Why is it, though, that you can't center align with this additional screen-reader-friendliness? Staxringold talkcontribs 15:09, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Heh, mainly because it was a real struggle to get "plainrowheaders" incorporated into common.css (see MediaWiki talk:Common.css/Archive 12 and MediaWiki talk:Common.css/Archive 12 for a blow-by-blow). It is only a minority proportion of tables (such as yours) which would benefit from the "non-bold, but centred" styling, so it is much harder to go to the keepers of common.css and argue for yet another style class. That's not to say it can't be done, but I'm going to have to take more ammunition to the debate than "it looks better centred", as you can see from those discussions I linked above. In the meantime, if you feel strongly about the visual effect (and there's no reason why you shouldn't), then applying style="text-align: center;" to each row header will produce the desired effect, but it's very messy - and don't let Jack Merridew know I told you! --RexxS (talk) 16:54, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All done, thanks! Staxringold talkcontribs 19:53, 9 February 2011 (UTC)


 *  Comment Support – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in reference 12 needs italics.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 22:19, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 01:53, 9 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * In the second paragraph, you could add a sentence on any players from Pennsylvania. The lead is plenty long as is so it's not necessary.
 * Only one guy, so I didn't add it. Staxringold talkcontribs 14:29, 12 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Having the compensatory draft picks start near the end of the third paragraph threw me off, that stuff seems to fit much better in the fourth; I'd move the last couple sentences down.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 14:29, 12 February 2011 (UTC)


 * On a note unrelated to the FLC, have we ever had a first-round draft pick reach the Hall of Fame? We have that sentence in probably every article and I can't remember a single one. (There will probably be one in the last of the 30 lists we write up..)
 * Jim Rice from the Red Sox, and Dave Winfield from the Padres. Also should be (but won't be) Clemens from the Sox and of course Bonds. Plus Biggio for the Astros will get in eventually. Staxringold talkcontribs 14:29, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Griffey and Jeter also, and probably Mauer and Longoria down the road. Manny for the Indians, ARod for the Ms, and Palmeiro for the Cubs are more PED should-be-but-might-nots. Staxringold talkcontribs 14:33, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yount and Molitor for the Brewers are in, Larkin will get in for the Reds next couple years. Staxringold talkcontribs 14:37, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Makes sense when you think about it. Draft started in 1965, probably at least 1-2 years of minors, and a HoF career is 20ish years, then 5 years before HoF ballot #1. So you're talking 1990-92 for the absolute earliest possible draftee elections. Staxringold talkcontribs 14:38, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Easy fixes, do those and I'll support. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 05:42, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Support, issues fixed. Yeah, it seems like there are a lot on the horizon at least for the Hall. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 16:16, 12 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Support I don't see any problems other than Wizardman's paragraph balancing concern. I know you'll sort that out, so... Courcelles 08:36, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
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