Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons/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 18:40, 26 December 2009.

List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons

 * Nominator(s): NThomas (talk) 19:13, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I have based this list on the current FLs: List of Alabama Crimson Tide football seasons, List of Maryland Terrapins football seasons, List of Oklahoma Sooners football seasons and List of Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons. I feel it now meets the featured list criteria after a peer review help to clean up several minor problems and I am now nominating the list for FL. NThomas (talk) 19:13, 9 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Support from KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) ; Great work. 12:39, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Comment Check the toolbox; there are a few dead links. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Replaced, archived, and corrected links. NThomas (talk) 09:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments from Voltin
 * I think the lead picture could be changed out with one that features action or a team and is a little bit more relevant to the actual teams. I think we can still leave the picture of The Jones as a secondary photo, but I think an action/team shot should be included. There are several very nice photos in the Texas Tech page of the Wiki Commons.
 * Added an action shot from Wiki Commons. NThomas (talk) 09:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The "Texas Tech Matadors" title in the table is little hard to read with red text on a black background. While I can appreciate including the school colors in the list, I think white text on a black background would be more readable.
 * You're killing me on that one. That's probably my favorite part of this list... but I agree. Replaced the red text with white. NThomas (talk) 09:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Overall I think is a very well put together list. --Voltin (talk) 23:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks NThomas (talk) 09:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Support from Voltin (talk) 15:44, 12 December 2009 (UTC). While I am not a contributor to the article, it should be noted that I am a member of WikiProject Texas Tech University and  WikiProject Big 12 Conference. Both Wikiprojects' scope include this article.

Support with the same caveats listed by Voltin. I have not contributed to the article but am a member of the two related WikiProjects. →Wordbuilder (talk) 05:41, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Support.—NMajdan &bull;talk 21:21, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments
 * "Texas Tech has played their home...." - isn't that a mix of singular and plural? Either "have played their" or "has played its"?
 * I went with singular as Texas Tech is one school. NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * No need to capitalize "Wide" in the image caption.
 * Done NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * No need to link individual years like 1937. I'm sure global events of that year are more significant than the name change from Matadors to Red Raiders...!
 * What about linking to 1937 college football season instead? NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Would be a lot better.  The Rambling Man (talk) 11:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. NThomas (talk) 19:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * "before getting their first" - just don't like "get" maybe achieving? securing? something less clumsy...
 * I just removed getting all together. I think it flows much better now. NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * "before getting their first postseason win in the 1952 Sun Bowl.[2] Before withdrawing..." - before x 2 - reads repetitively.
 * Right now after removing the "a total of" from below, it reads: what about this instead:  NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * "won a total of eight" - any reason for "a total of"?
 * Nope. Same thing with "getting" before. Removed it. NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Being a European, I have no idea what a "co-championship" is - could you add a footnote to indicate what this means?
 * Co- is a prefix that means shared. So it is a shared championship. Does that really need a footnote? NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I understand what "co" means, but absolutely not one single sport I follow ever "shares" a championship. Ever.  So it's odd to me!  The Rambling Man (talk) 11:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * The second image overlaps the top-right of the table (I'm using Safari) so the column headings aren't visible.
 * What do you suggest to fix it? NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know but it does need to be fixed. You need a wiki markup wizard to help... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Where would I look to find the right wiki markup wizard? NThomas (talk) 19:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Any reason why "Champions" and "Co-Champions" are capitalized in your key?
 * I followed the other FL's keys that I based this list on. The capital letters are fixed now. NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry for appearing dense, but what does T-1st mean? is that 1st=?  Tied for first place?  It's an notation I've never seen before...
 * I don't mean to WP:WAX here, but three other FLs similar to this one have T– as their notation for a tie in standings. It may be uncommon but not unheard of. The lists for college football rankings do something similar, (see 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings as an example) they uses "т" beside the teams that share the same standing. If I added a "T–" section to the legend, would that work? NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not that I think it's inappropriate, it's just that I don't know what it means. So yes, adding it to the key would be useful.  The Rambling Man (talk) 11:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. NThomas (talk) 19:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Watch out for those hyphens which slip in from about 1976 onwards in your T-x notation.
 * Replaced them all. Thanks. NThomas (talk) 00:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Don't mix date formats in the references - your ref 21 has a human-readable  - perhaps just convert that to ISO (per ref 15) and I think all will be well.
 * So just change the "(August 25, 2006)" to "(2006-9-25)"?
 * Sure. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. NThomas (talk) 19:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

The Rambling Man (talk) 14:32, 17 December 2009 (UTC)


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