Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Stanford University people/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 archived by Crisco 1492 00:59, 16 February 2015.

List of Stanford University people

 * Nominator(s): - The Herald (here I am) 14:26, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because the article is stable in itself and broad in the coverage (though no list of alumni is complete) and thus meets the FL criteria. Though I am not a major contributor, I have pinged them who done the most, but in vain as I had no replies. I hence expanded it a little (about 8 kB) and tried best to bring it to meet FL criteria. It gets about 150 hits daily with the 'parent article' about 3000. It had a peer review which I myself have closed so as to nominate the article here. - The Herald (here I am) 14:26, 9 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose and suggest withdrawal. A quick look shows the following:
 * "This page lists the members of Stanford University" - not an appropriate opening to a featured list. "This is a list of..." introductions haven't been acceptable at FLC for years.
 * The bold wording shouldn't contain links
 * Woefully unreferenced. Every name needs a reference. There are scores of entries without any references at all.
 * Some sections (judges) use tables; others are just plain lists. Be consistent.  Tables are best.  Sortable tables would be even better.
 * Fictional alumni section needs to be cleared of trivia e.g. "Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters mentions that Stanford won't touch them 'with a ten-meter cattle-prod.'" How does this makes Stantz a fictional alumnus?
 * WP:DATERANGE - only year ranges for birth/death are in the form 1900–1950, and terms of office need to be in the format 1900–50
 * Make sure that all your horizontal lines in ranges are n-dashes not hyphens e.g. "Chancellors".
 * Realistically given the size of Stanford and its history this will need to be broken down into sub-lists. The 600-odd notable alumni of Jesus College, Oxford needed four featured lists (see Jesus College, Oxford.  Stanford has articles on over 2,300 alumni (see Category:Stanford University alumni) let alone its academics - there is no way that can be covered on one page.  I suggest you spin out some sections (e.g. sport, law) and bring those to featured list standard one at a time. BencherliteTalk 15:44, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * A massive undertaking, eh? - The Herald (here I am) 16:14, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes. That doesn't mean it can't be done, or that FLC standards should be lowered to make it easier. BencherliteTalk 17:13, 9 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi,, given the comments above, do you want to withdraw this nom to work on it further? Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 13:55, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, nom withdrawn.. - T H (here I am) 03:09, 14 February 2015 (UTC)


 * — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:59, 16 February 2015 (UTC)


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