Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of University of Texas at Austin presidents/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 PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 21 April 2024 (UTC).

List of University of Texas at Austin presidents

 * Nominator(s): RunningTiger123 (talk) 18:29, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

And now for something completely different... Normally I work on TV-related lists, but this was an interesting dive into a different type of list. This was modeled off existing FLs of university leaders, though there is less of a consistent format across them so I am open to suggestions for changes here. I've also aimed to provide a brief list of other offices for each individual as context – in the process of finding sources for that, I was able to address two redlinks in the article, and the rest should follow in time. I've striven to make sense of conflicting dates in several places and hope that my research has been thorough enough to support this list. RunningTiger123 (talk) 18:29, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Comments

 * "The current president is Jay Hartzell, having served in the position since 2020" - I think "The current president is Jay Hartzell, who has served in the position since 2020" would be better
 * Is there an appropriate link for "comptroller"? It's possibly a commonly understood word in US English but I personally (as a British person) have no idea what it means (we probably just call it something different :-))
 * If you sort the table based on any other column and then resort based on the first column, the row where the number is a dash gets "stuck" at the top. You need to use a sorting template to make it sort between 17 and 18.
 * Think that's all I got :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:51, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * All done. RunningTiger123 (talk) 21:19, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)


 * MPGuy2824
 * "Ref." to "Ref(s)" since most rows have more than one reference.
 * Per MOS:RELTIME, the phrase "To date" isn't recommended.
 * Consider adding that Leslie Waggener was the first president to his image caption.
 * No issues on table accessibility. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:19, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I kept Waggener's current caption to be consistent with other images – not all of the presidents shown have a similar "special" fact, it's just whoever had free images. For the header, Template:Refh points here to justify that format – I changed it for now, but let me know if you think it should switch back for consistency with that (somewhat weak) consensus. RunningTiger123 (talk) 03:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Regarding "Ref(s)", it looks like there was some consensus to use the template, so feel free to change that back, if you wish. Support promotion. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:26, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * P.S. If you have the time and the inclination, please take a look at this older FL nomination. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:26, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Support by Chompy Ace
Support. Great job as a nearly flawless list! Also, If you have time would you care for reviewing the List of accolades received by TV Patrol regarding its featured list nomination? Chompy Ace 08:18, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Source review passed; promoting. -- Pres N  20:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC)


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