Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international goals scored by Lionel Messi/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 PresN via FACBot (talk) 23:32, 18 January 2018 (UTC).

List of international goals scored by Lionel Messi

 * Nominator(s): Saksapoiss (talk), The Rambling Man (talk) 09:18, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

I fell over this article which was in an awesome condition, thanks to the hard work of, so I suggested he nominate it at FLC. After a few tweaks of my own to try to get it into our usual "house style", we're co-nominating it. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:18, 18 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Support – All good for me. Happy to support. Great job! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 17:20, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment – I would recommend a copyedit to first few sentences in the lead to:
 * "Lionel Messi is an association footballer who plays as a forward the Argentina national team. Since debuting for Argentina in 2005, Messi has scored 61 goals in 123 international appearances,  making him the country's all-time top scorer, surpassing Gabriel Batistuta's record, with a free kick against United States in the semi-final of Copa América Centenario on 21 June 2016.  He made his debut for Argentina in a 2–1 away win over Hungary on 17 August 2005 and scored his his first international goal a year later, in his fifth appearance for his country, against Croatia. "


 * I think this directs the reader's focus on the international goals and flows well with the rest of the lead. Hmlarson (talk) 01:24, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I've revised per your suggestion. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:36, 5 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support – I made some additional copyedits to the lead + added alt tags to two images. References and list format look good. Hmlarson (talk) 19:40, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for your edits and your support. If there are any such lists related to women's soccer that we could work on together, or even ones I could just encourage you to nominate on your own, don't hesitate (e.g. List of international goals scored by Kelly Smith...) !  Cheers, The Rambling Man (talk) 20:30, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Funny, I was just exploring other players to work on. List of international goals scored by Christine Sinclair is the only other one I'm aware of currently. On quick glance, the table needs some formatting work and the lead needs expanding - let me know if collaborating on this one might be of interest. One for Smith would be a great addition; Mia Hamm and Marta also came to mind. I'll add them to my list of things to work on. Thanks . Hmlarson (talk) 20:44, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey, they all sound cool to me, I'm sure you can cope with each nomination on your own though! But if you'd prefer a co-nom (I've got a bit of a clue at FLC), then that's great too.  And I love researching the goals etc, for independent RS.  Pick one (maybe Sinclair?) and let's go to town on it.  Cheers, The Rambling Man (talk) 20:47, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Sinclair it is! Hmlarson (talk) 21:44, 5 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support – The text reads fine, table looks good, and the references all appear concise and appropriate. I did one very minor edit (swapped over the sequence of two references above the list of goals table), but I don't see anything now to hold this back from getting FL status. ShugSty (talk) 17:54, 14 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support Courcelles (talk) 19:55, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Source review passed; promoting. -- Pres N  21:46, 18 January 2018 (UTC)


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