Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of all-time NBA win–loss records/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 PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 21 December 2022 (UTC).

List of all-time NBA win–loss records

 * Nominator(s): Soulbust (talk) 06:42, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because it meets the FL criteria and I believe it it conveys critical NBA historical information in an easily navigable list that has context provided to ensure it is not just a list. Thank you Soulbust (talk) 06:42, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Drive-by comment
Will do a full review later but put this here largely as a reminder to myself......
 * I would suggest putting a tooltip on "pct" in the same way that you have for "GP". I don't think it's at all obvious that "pct" means "percentage", especially given that the figure is shown as a decimal and not with a percentage symbol....... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:47, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ fixed Soulbust (talk) 17:43, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

More comments

 * Whole of the first paragraph is unsourced
 * " These records include wins and losses recorded by a team's playing time" - doesn't seem to make sense. Suggest " These records include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time"
 * ✅ fixed Soulbust (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * "Additionally, the records do not count wins and losses" - I think you can ditch that first word
 * ✅ trimmed Soulbust (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * "Conversely, the Pelicans have played the least overall games" => "Conversely, the Pelicans have played the fewest overall games"
 * ✅ fixed Soulbust (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Per MOS:COLOUR, colour alone should not be used to highlight something, for reasons of accessibility. A symbol should also be used.
 * The muddy yellow colour used to indicate "Team active in Play-in" isn't actually used in the table, although I guess maybe it might be used at some point?
 * Yeah, it's definitely in-use during that point in the season. Same with the playoffs section, in which "Most recent champion" would switch over to "Team active in playoffs", and read as such until the playoffs are over and a champion is crowned. Was wondering if this is alright? I figure it is, as long as its maintained. Soulbust (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * How is "Team in playoff drought" defined? Are the Lakers really in a "drought" because they failed to reach the playoffs for one season?  Seems harsh!
 * Yes, one year constitutes as a drought haha. Other articles/lists on Wikipedias, namely List of NFL franchise post-season droughts and List of NBA franchise post-season droughts list teams with 1 missed season as a drought. Also this NBC Sports article writes that "The New England Patriots ended a one-year playoff drought in 2021 by earning the AFC’s No. 6 seed with a 10-7 record," so it seems as sports media also thinks droughts can be just 1 year. Soulbust (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * All the notes about teams previously playing in other cities (apart from the very convoluted not J :-)) are unsourced
 * "The Hawks would begin" - why not just "The Hawks began"?
 * ✅ fixed Soulbust (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * The table apparently goes up to 2022, but is sourced to the 2019–20 Official NBA Guide, published in 2019.......?
 * All the other tables are totally unsourced as far as I can see
 * That's what I got :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:59, 26 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I'll address the other comments later. But thank you for the comments/review. Much appreciated help Soulbust (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Accessibility review (MOS:DTAB)

 * Tables need captions, which allow screen reader software to jump straight to named tables without having to read out all of the text before it each time. Visual captions can be added by putting + caption_text as the first line of the table code; if that caption would duplicate a nearby section header, you can make it screen-reader-only by putting + instead.
 * Tables need column scopes for all column header cells, which in combination with row scopes lets screen reader software accurately determine and read out the headers for each cell of a data table. Column scopes can be added by adding !scope=col to each header cell, e.g.  becomes , with each header cell on its own line. If the cell spans multiple columns with a colspan, then use !scope=colgroup instead.
 * Tables need row scopes on the "primary" column for each row, which in combination with column scopes lets screen reader software accurately determine and read out the headers for each cell of a data table. Row scopes can be added by adding !scope=row to each primary cell, e.g.  becomes , again with this header cell on its own line. If the cell spans multiple rows with a rowspan, then use !scope=rowgroup instead.
 * Please see MOS:DTAB for example table code if this isn't clear. I don't return to these reviews until the nomination is ready to close, so ping me if you have any questions. -- Pres N  00:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Are you planning on continuing this nomination? I see that it has been sitting here for a long time with unaddressed comments. -- Pres N  18:52, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey! Sorry for the lack of addressing comments. I'll be able to get to those comments soon (I was really busy offline during November and still am a bit now, but a little less so). But as far as the nom goes, I'd opt to definitely withdraw/shelf that for now because while I will address the comments/feedback and fix any holes currently found in the list, I'm unsure how quickly or soon I'll be able to dedicate time to do that. That being said, thank you for all the help and feedback . Soulbust (talk) 22:42, 13 December 2022 (UTC)


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