Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Washington Nationals Opening Day starting pitchers


 * 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 User:Matthewedwards 03:58, 20 October 2008.

List of Washington Nationals Opening Day starting pitchers
I have nominated the list as part of an expansion of other comparable lists. This one offers additional information about the reason that so few home games were played on Opening Day and other historical facts, along with an assortment of relevant images. Alansohn (talk) 01:19, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments - sources look good, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:01, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

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 * Comments

-- S R X  20:29, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Liván Hernández has the worst winning percentage as the Opening Day starting pitcher with a record of 0–3, all of which were pitched on the road. - worst is not adhering to a NPOV.
 * 1981 Opening Day pitcher Steve Rogers, facing Phillies ace Steve Carlton, won the first game of the series by a score of 3&nash;1. - 1)facing' -->(should be) faced (for past tense) 2)typo in the em/endash.
 * The score should be in a {{tl|sort}} template.
 * Why does one of the scores have {10 innings)?
 * Which source is verifying the attendance?
 * "Liván Hernández has the worst" -- Done, changed to "lowest"
 * "1981 Opening Day pitcher Steve Rogers, facing" -- Done, 1) changed to "faced", other cleanup in tense, 2) nash fixed to ndash
 * Why does one of the scores have {10 innings)? -- Reply, three of the games went into extra innings
 * Which source is verifying the attendance? -- Reply, the second source in each entry, provides the game details, including stadium and attendance.
 * The score should be in a {{tl|sort}} template. -- Done Sort can be done based on number of runs scored by Expos/Senators. Alansohn (talk) 07:35, 13 October 2008 (UTC)}}


 * Support - resolved comments to meet WP:WIAFL.-- S R X  22:22, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

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 * Consider making ref 1 just a general reference. - Done
 * You probably don't need to link all Baseball-Reference and The New York Times words. Linking it the first time it is mentioned once is fine. - Reply my understanding per WP:REF is that the links to Baseball-Reference and The New York Times are appropriate, especially as rearranging portions of the article can change which appears first. I will be happy to make the change if this is what needs to be doen/
 * Very well then. I was only using the idea from List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers, a current FL. Thanks, – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:38, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

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 * Avoid small fonts – no need - Done
 * Support – Looks good now. Thank you for your contributions, – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment - It looks great. Only comment is that I think it would look better with the "Decision" column and probably the "Score" column centered. Rlendog (talk) 02:26, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Done both columns have been centered. Alansohn (talk) 03:42, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Support - Excellent job! Rlendog (talk) 00:39, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

{{User:SRE.K.A.L.24/FLC box|1=*Comments --  SRE.K.A nnoyomous .L. 24 {{sub|[c]}} 03:10, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I think you should note how to put the scores, since some readers will think that the away team goes first and the Nationals goes first.
 * I think you should mention which ones are the home Opening Day games and also with the away games.
 * Done: 1) Key modified to explain that Expos/Nationals score is always listed first 2) Home stadium is listed in bold. Alansohn (talk) 03:42, 17 October 2008 (UTC)}}


 * Support Excellent job on this article! --  SRE.K.A nnoyomous .L. 24 {{sub|[c]}} 03:46, 17 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment Liván Hernández only had a 0-2 record since one of them was a no decision, even though they lost. --Patrick (talk) 03:16, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Done thanks for the catch of my error. This has been corrected. Alansohn (talk) 03:42, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:22, 19 October 2008 (UTC) {{Hidden|titlestyle = background-color: #E0FFFF;|contentstyle = border:1px #4682B4 solid;padding:10px;|header=Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)|content=Comments from {{User|Dabomb87}} }}
 * In the 1981 row, you forgot to add asterisks as specified in the key. - Done
 * First image caption: "Liván Hernández, one of three pitchers to start on Opening Day three times. Started Opening Day 2004-2006."-->Liván Hernández, one of three pitchers to start on Opening Day three times. He started Opening Day from 2004 to 2006. - Done
 * Last image caption: "Odalis Pérez, the 2008 Opening Day starter in the team's first game at Nationals Park, their current stadium." Should not have a period. - Done
 * Year ranges should not have en dashes when preceded by "from":
 * "from 1969–1976"-->from 1969 to 1976 - Done
 * "from 1977–2004"-->from 1977 to 2004 - Done
 * "from 2005–2007"-->from 2005 to 2007 - Done
 * "Olympic Stadium, their home from 1977–2004 hosted six Opening Day games, with five different Expos starters accumulating a record of 0–3 (and three no-decisions)."-->Olympic Stadium, their home from 1977 to 2004, hosted six Opening Day games; five different Expos starters accumulated a record of 0–3 (and three no-decisions). - Done
 * "The team was known as the Montreal Expos for 1969 to 2004." "for"-->from. - Done
 * Overlinking of "No decision". - Done second reference was unlinked
 * "1981 Opening Day pitcher Steve Rogers, faced Phillies ace Steve Carlton, and won the first game of the series by a score of 3–1." Add "In" before "1981", delete the comma after "Rogers", add "the" before "Opening". - Done
 * More comments later. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:05, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I've taken care of the first wave. Thanks for the updates and improvements. Let me know if there are any other suggestions or questions I can address. Alansohn (talk) 04:45, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * "Until 1988, early season cold weather kept the Expos on the road for their first 19 Opening Day games, when the availability of Olympic Stadium and its retractable roof allowed Dennis Martínez to become the starting pitcher of the team's first opening day home game."-->For their first 19 Opening Day games, early season cold weather kept the Expos on the road. In 1988, the availability of Olympic Stadium and its retractable roof allowed the team to have its first Opening Day home game, in which Dennis Martínez was the starting pitcher. - Done
 * "The team won the NL Division Series to become Eastern Division champions, winning three games to two over Philadelphia Phillies, who had been the first-half champion, with a 34–21 record."-->The team won the NL Division Series three games to two over the Philadelphia Phillies, the first-half champion(s?), to become Eastern Division champions, with a 34–21 record. Who had the 34–21 record? - Done removed the two extraneous commas after Phillies to clarify that they won the first-half and what their record was in the first half of that season.
 * "As the Washington Nationals, the team played their home games at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium from 2005 to 2007, with their only home opener there a 9–2 loss in 2007 by starter John Patterson."-->As the Washington Nationals, the team played their home games at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium from 2005 to 2007; their only home opener there was a 9–2 loss in 2007 by starter John Patterson. - Done
 * In the table, there are links that go to the individual season pages, but look like solitary year links. Could you add a note in the key, like List of Nashville Sounds managers? Dabomb87 (talk) 19:06, 19 October 2008 (UTC) - Done
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.