Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket centuries by Hashim Amla/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 User:Hahc21 00:30, 23 July 2013 (UTC).

List of international cricket centuries by Hashim Amla

 * Nominator(s): The Rambling Man (talk), Zia Khan 21:46, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

One of the finest batsman in the recent cricket, Hashim Amla has played some memorable innings during his career. I worked on his centurys' list and now I think the list is ready to enter the FL status. Pleasure having a co-nominator like The Rambling Man. Looking forward to comments and suggeations Zia Khan 21:46, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Comments –
 * In the first sentence there should be a "the" before South Africa.
 * In the lead photo's alt text, should "beard man" be "bearded man"? Giants2008  ( Talk ) 21:15, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed both, thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:20, 5 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Support &mdash; Vensatry (Ping me)  05:00, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Comments from Crisco 1492
 * Images look fine (no action required).
 * Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott - Three blue links together? You may confuse the readers. I suggest delinking "captain".
 * I've copyedited. Be sure to check. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:15, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, thank you. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:33, 30 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Support on prose and images. Good job, both of you. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:24, 30 May 2013 (UTC)


 * "As of April 2013, Amla is thirtieth in the list of century-makers in international cricket, all formats of the game combined" - Stats like this will go out of date very quickly.Tintin 13:46, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hence the as of template. Such statements are standard for lists of centuries and the editors seem to keep the articles fairly up to date. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:48, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, if people keep it up to date, fine. Otherwise, little point in still saying in Jan 2015 that Amla was No.30 in April 2013. Tintin 13:51, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, it'll be kept up to date. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:33, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * RM, on looking around some other similar articles, this one seems to be more volatile than everything else. For eg, KP's article lists only the runs and number of Tests; Kallis' has his rank among South Africans. They won't change as quickly as this one. Amla is on 30 with Clarke, Cook and de Villiers. Until Amla reach 40+ centuries, this rank is probably going to change every month. Can you please consider a more stable variation. Tintin 02:35, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Well I'm not fussed. If you wish to remove "April" then please feel free to do so.  The Rambling Man (talk) 09:22, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Comments from The-Pope
 * I know it's "the standard" style on most of these sporting lists, but I still think that the giant Key table shouldn't be as big, or before the table of actual data. Surely we can find a variation so that you don't need to scroll down so far to see the actual list? The-Pope (talk) 14:41, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Happy to consider suggestions, but as you say, it's "standard" across most, if not all of these featured lists. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:33, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Standard doesn't mean best. How about moving it below the tables, not before it, (above the notes/refs) and making it 2 column (4 column) like this:

Sorry I don't understand how scope= works, so I've converted it to standard tables, but sure this or smaller is better? The-Pope (talk) 08:44, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Not bad, but really don't like the blank cell at the bottom right of the table. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:22, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * By which I mean it's not an improvement (in my opinion) on what we already have. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:33, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
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