Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly/archive1


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The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 06:02, 31 July 2009.

List of international cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly

 * Nominator(s): Abeer.ag (talk) 06:53, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it covers the topic comprehensively. The content is not going to change since Sourav Ganguly has now retired. Abeer.ag (talk) 06:53, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

The Rambling Man (talk) 09:51, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Consider making the reference dates the same format as that used in the table, i.e. mdy.
 * Is that really necessary? I used WP Cite & left the ref. dates as they are entitled on Cricinfo, and used a template in the table so that it could sort. Abeer.ag (talk) 14:44, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Not necessary but I have a script which converts ISO dates to human-readable dates, I could run it if you like? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:18, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes please, if that would fix it. Thanks Abeer.ag (talk) 08:50, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I've run the script on the accessdates in the references, they're now the same as the dates in the main table. Feel free to revert. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:36, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank You. Abeer.ag (talk) 13:15, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Why "is yet to" T20I ton in there. He's retired. We can just say that he never did score a T20I ton. Did he even play a T20 Int? We can't assume every retired player will make a comback  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) paid editing=POV 03:44, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Changed to "He never played a .." Abeer.ag (talk) 07:19, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. I'm weakly supporting for now because I would like to see reviews by editors who are more familiar with cricket first. Now full support Dabomb87 (talk) 18:56, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:14, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know how I missed HowStat, but I have questions about its reliability. "The HowSTAT story began in the early 1990's in Adelaide, South Australia, when a group of friends with a strong interest in both cricket and statistics needed a resource to help them settle some of those arguments and bets that arise when a group like this get together over a meal and a bottle of wine. " Doesn't indicate reliability to me. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:51, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:40, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Update All of WP:ALT are in. Hometech (talk) 19:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment The innings number for Test 100s is not uniform. The hundred at Lord's in Indian first innings, second innings of the match. It is listed as "2". If the same pattern is followed, the Hamilton hundred is in the fourth innings, not 2 as it is now. I haven't looked up scorecards but another one I can quickly see is the 2005 hundred against Zims, which should be same as the Lord's hundred but is now "1" Tintin 07:54, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment2 Looked up the scorecard of Lord's Test. The article has the date as June 21, 1996. The Test began on 20th, Ganguly's innings started on 21st and he completed his 100 on 22nd. Now if you look at the hundred at Calcutta against Pakistan, the match and Ganguly's innings began on November 30th and he completed his hundred on Dec 1. The article has the date as December 1. So there is obviously a mismatch in the yardstick use to determine the date. Tintin 08:03, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment3 Please fix the hundreds at Nagpur and Taunton. At the moment, the scorecards and SRs have got swapped. Taunton is listed as home. There may be more problems. Tintin 08:16, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Fixed all the test innings, and the links. The test dates (date on which 100 was completed) were mostly fine, except the Lord's test. I've rechecked all of them though. Thank you for your comments, and all your other edits.Abeer.ag (talk) 13:54, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments from Truco
 * Lead
 * He made a century on his Test debut, scoring 131 against England in Lord's in 1996, the tenth Indian player to score a century on Test debut,[3] and is the third player – the first since John Hampshire in 1969 – to score a century on debut at Lord's.
 * "on test debut" is correct, I think. The phrase is commonly used in cricket.Abeer.ag (talk) 08:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'll take your word for it.-- T ru  c o   503 02:44, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * In his next Test match at Trent Bridge he made 136, becoming only the third batsman to make a century in each of his first two innings. -- Comm after Trent Bridge
 * Fixed Abeer.ag (talk) 08:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * His centuries have been scored in fourteen cricket grounds, of which eight were in venues outside of India.
 * The "of" is classic redundancy, and should not be added. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * He scored five centuries at home grounds and seventeen centuries at away or neutral venues.  -- what is a neutral venue?
 * Later on, in the ODI key, it is mentioned that an away venue is the home of the opposition. Should I mention it here as well? Abeer.ag (talk) 08:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the lead should explain terms like this.-- T ru  c o   503 02:44, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Done.Abeer.ag (talk) 11:51, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Key-Test
 * I recommend making this a table, it would be much presentable in that way.
 * Done Abeer.ag (talk) 08:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * denotes whether the venue was in at home (India) or away.
 * Fixed Abeer.ag (talk) 08:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * denotes that the match was lost by India. -- unlink India
 * Instead of delinking, I changed the link to India national cricket team. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:41, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Key-ODI
 * denotes whether the venue is home (India), away (opposition's home) or neutral. -- unlink India
 * Instead of delinking, I changed the link to India national cricket team. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:41, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I also recommend making this key a table.
 * Done Abeer.ag (talk) 08:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Other
 * Why is the template for cricket records floating next to the references?
 * That's how it was done in a cricket list that I saw. Should it be elsewhere? Abeer.ag (talk) 08:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It should be under the references/external links. -- T ru  c o   503 02:44, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. 11:51, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * References
 * Per WP:ACCESS, not all browsers can handle 3 columns, use 2 or 1 instead.
 * The reflist template is using colwidth, which means it can expand or contract depending on browser capabilities. No problems here. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:41, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Every ref is from the same source, there needs to be at least one other sourced used for variety in which the information can be verified.-- T ru  c o   503 19:25, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Added a couple of links to Howstat Abeer.ag (talk) 08:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Dabs and external links check out fine.-- T ru  c o   503 19:27, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Previous issues resolved/clarified; list now meets WP:WIAFL. Note: I recommend consulting with the respective project to discuss converting the Records template into a wide box (like the one at the bottom of the article) instead of one that floats to the right.-- T ru  c o   503 18:16, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Resolved all issues I could find, Support. --Jpeeling (talk) 21:42, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Unrelated comment If anyone gets the chance, there are a couple cricket-related lists at WP:FLRC that need reviewing/fixing: List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks, List of Ashes series. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:08, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Support – Now that the questionable reference has been removed, this appears to meet standards, although I'd still like to see the alt text improved. Honestly, I don't think the Cricket Web reference is needed. Ganguly's number of centuries will be self-evident to anyone reading this list.  Giants2008  ( 17–14 ) 00:40, 28 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The alt text for the graph reads, "A graph of a cricketer's performance in red and blue colours". That won't be of much help to blind users, whom alt text is meant to help. The graph in Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 has alt text that states what is in the graph. That would be an improvement over the alt text used now.  Giants2008  ( 17–14 ) 22:45, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * This is much more complicated graph. Describing it in detail will make the alt text way too long. I really don't know how to describe it, and keep it short. I'd be grateful for any suggestions. Abeer.ag (talk) 09:37, 24 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Dates are wrong: Some of the Test centuries took 2 days, the double against Pak certainly did  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) paid editing=POV 01:12, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The dates are the day on which he got to a 100 runs. Abeer.ag (talk) 09:29, 24 July 2009 (UTC)


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