Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Prime Ministers of Canada by time in office/archive2


 * 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 not promoted by User:Matthewedwards 00:56, 17 December 2008.

List of Prime Ministers of Canada by time in office
previous FLC

I have fixed the minor problems in the first nomination as well as added a "remarks" column to give informational content beyond that of the main list of Prime Ministers. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 22:17, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

--  SRE.K.A nnoyomous .L. 24 [c] 23:39, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Can you put the color backgrounds on the names instead of the numbers?
 * The colouring may not be ideal, but I have the colour on the numbers so that it matches the style of other lists about Canadian politics, like the premier lists, several of which are already FL. I wouldn't mind changing the colour setup, but I'd rather get a consensus from the wikiproject to change all the lists together rather than have this one stand out.  Doing that might take a while, but I'll look into it.  --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 23:48, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Since this list has to be updated every day since there will always be a Prime Minister, I suggest you note that the list has been last updated on (date).
 * The list already mentions the date at which it's accurate twice: once in the lead and once in the incumbent's row. I don't understand what else you want.  --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 23:48, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I was just scanning through the page, so no worries.


 * One more comment
 * "...is the incumbent prime minister as at November 29, 2008." "as at" --> "as of". --  SRE.K.A nnoyomous .L. 24 [c] 23:59, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I use to use "as of", and it is clearly the more common one, but then someone changed it on one of my pages, and after a debate with them, they convinced me that "as of" doesn't really make much grammatical scene. We say that something happened at a given time, not of a given time.  I need to find a grammar book to figure out what's going on with that phrase.  --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 00:49, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I could be wrong, but I think the phrase "as at" is incorrect. Even if it is the right terminology, I think you should use "as of" since it is far more common.— Chris!  c t 02:11, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 16:15, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment
 * I just want to know which reference is verifying the "Remarks" column. I can't seem to find it.— Chris!  c t 02:11, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Of the the refs linked in the header of the remarks column, the first is an online source with biographies of prime ministers up to 1994, and the other three are encyclopedia entries for the three prime ministers since then. Is there another way I should have the refs set up?  --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 14:45, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, I see them now. I support.— Chris!  c t 19:50, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Comments from
 * "Prime ministers of Canada do not have a fixed term of office, instead, they may stay in office as long as their government is supported by parliament under a system of responsible government." Make the first comma a semicolon.
 * In the Remarks section, the last sentences of some of the remarks end with this type sentence construction: "with [insert name here] taking over." This with + -ing sentence structure is ungrammatical, and needs restructuring.
 * I can't find any mistakes in the "with +ing" sentences. What specific grammatical errors do you see in them?  --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 22:37, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * They don't make for smooth sentence flow, see User:Tony1/Advanced editing exercises. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:54, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Sources: Refs 1 and 3 need publication dates added to them.

Comments
 * Sources looks good, checked with the Checklinks tool. Canniba  loki  03:30, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.