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List of awards and nominations received by Maya Angelou
I am nominating this for featured list because it's one of the last steps in the long process of the establishment of a Maya Angelou featured topic. It's very ready to be declared a FL. The sources are strictly accurate. Please enjoy. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 06:24, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Comment what would you like to do Christine? If you're going to overhaul it, I'd suggest a withdrawal. If you're going for GA, then obviously this nomination is no longer relevant. Let me know what you think. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:58, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I have started to overhaul it, see here . It's my intention to continue, and to perhaps finish in a few days.  All it's required is reformatting the information in a list and writing up a short blurb about each honor.  The sticking point I can see here is the honorary degrees.  It's never going to be a definite list, not without some primary research.  If the reviewers think that's in the way of this being a FL, then I'll withdraw, work on the formatting, and submit it to GAC. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:21, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, well let's give it a few days and see where we go from there. No stress.  Oh, and we have incomplete list for a reason!  No problem with that being used.... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:24, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Dude thanks! Appreciate it. ;) Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:24, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Update: so I've finally completed formatting/expanding the table. Please tell me if the formatting's off or can be improved.  For those who have a better grasp at tables than I have, could you please tell me what we can do about the image of MA with Pres. Obama, and how we can increase the size of the table?  Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 23:20, 30 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment I would convert the table into a wikitable. Some notes are not referenced as far as I can see.--Tomcat (7) 12:09, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Wikitable done. The references in the far-right column ("References") correspond to everything in its row.  If I have to cite every cell, I'll just remove that column.  That seems like over-citing to me, though. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:04, 7 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Support as references for the claims in the second columns likely exist, I see no reason to view the content as original research. I think everything is in order. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 20:21, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Comments
 * "African American" normally hyphenated or en-dash, can't recall which.
 * Hyphenated when modifying a noun or verb, as in "African-American writers". I re-checked, and the only error was the lead, which I fixed.  Thanks for the catch.


 * "Maya Angelou, reciting..." no need to repeat her first name.


 * Got it.


 * "the longest-running record (two years) on" sorry, was it a record or a book?


 * A book; I changed the phrasing so that it's clearer.


 * When I sort by year, the first sort shouldn't make any difference as the table should be originally in chronological order, but things move....
 * No need for the References column to be sortable.
 * Similarly, since the Notes column is free text, no need for it to be sortable.


 * Fixed.


 * Be consistent with your use of periods at the end of the notes.


 * Pretty sure I got 'em all.


 * Avoid using acronyms when you haven't explained them (e.g. NAACP).
 * "1975.[49]" no need for those periods, any of them, in that section.


 * Finished addressing all the above.


 * Worth checking the refs still work....

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:14, 2 March 2013 (UTC)


 * All done; thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:38, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
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