Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international goals scored by Miroslav Klose/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 not promoted by  Pres N  15:59, 27 October 2015 (UTC).

List of international goals scored by Miroslav Klose

 * Nominator(s): &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 15:20, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Miroslav Klose, who crossed the Iron Curtain knowing only two words of German, is an unlikely legend of international football, even if his name does not conjure up as much romanticism as those of Pelé and Puskás. He scored on his debut in 2001 and ended his career on the biggest high imaginable, winning the World Cup. He is the top scorer of all time for one of the elite nations in world football, and the top scorer of all time in the World Cup, the most-watched single-sport event on the planet. Naturally, much has been written specifically on his goalscoring exploits rather than his career as a whole, thus this list is a topic of public interest. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 15:20, 28 August 2015 (UTC)


 * this needs a longer intro and a statistics section (i.e. goals per competitions and g# of games). Nergaal (talk) 18:17, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No, the lead is fine; a summary of goals and appearances per years seems to be what Nergaal is attempting to request.  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:33, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I think Nergaal may be asking for analysis of goals per competition or most common opponent against whom he scored, like you have on Rooney and Henry. I can put that in too. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 20:05, 2 September 2015 (UTC)


 * The lead should at least briefly summarize the history section, like pointing out say when he became the top goalscorer, when he scored hatricks, most common opponent scored against, when he helped Germany win Euros and WCs, etc. I also think a small table summarizing how many goals per type of competition would be informative (how many WC, WC quals, Euro, Euro quals, friendlies). Also, his name should be linked in the intro. Nergaal (talk) 17:43, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Comments - as this has stagnated...
 * Perhaps Nergaal just wants the summary section merged in with the lead, as per Rooney and Charlton. TBH, don't care if it's clumped together or not.
 * "alongside champion Brazil's Rivaldo and behind Ronaldo"
 * I'd wikilink brace for the benefit of readers
 * "On 10 September 2008, in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification", how about 'during the 2010 World Cup qualifcation stage'?
 * "in an 8–0 opening rout of Saudi Arabia at the Sapporo Dome", vague. Does this mean Germany's opening game of the campaign, if so state it succinctly.
 * "Klose added two more goals in German's victory" Germany's
 * "taking him to 16 World Cup goals, surpassing Ronaldo as the tournament's record goalscorer" → "taking him to 16 World Cup goals and surpassing Ronaldo as the tournament's record goalscorer"
 * Ref 6, 7, 8, 9 should be BBC Sport
 * Wikilink CNN on Ref 26, not 27
 * Fix dashes on Refs 25 and 33. Lemonade51 (talk) 16:56, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Are you still monitoring this? Harrias talk 10:31, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I executed Lemonade's suggestions, I await the next step &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 14:20, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Comments: — Parutakupiu (talk) 00:33, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This is not Miroslav Klose's main article, so his name in the lead should not be in bold, but instead wikilinked to his article.
 * I think that the summary section should be merged with the lead and trimmed down.
 * "Klose added two more goals in German's victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup..." – Should be "Germany's victory".
 * Scores and results list; Germany's goal tally first. – Extra semicolon in there. There should also be an explanation of what is the score column.
 * You could add to the goals list the cap number, using this source.
 * Why is a goals-per-year table nested under a section titled "National"? Plus, no need for a Germany link atop this table, since he has not played for any other national team.
 * A table distributing goals per competition is missing, and maybe one with a the number of goals scored against other national teams by decreasing order.

All done. I agree with the "maybe" on goals by opponents, it's perhaps too much analysis, and the Rooney FA doesn't have it. The lead does include the countries he scored the most against. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 15:39, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. Happy with the improvements. Congrats. Parutakupiu (talk) 17:13, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately, as this nomination has been open for 2 months without receiving sufficient attention, I'm going to have to close it as not passed, in order to keep FLC from getting bogged down. Feel free to renominate in the future, and remember that the best way to get other people to review your nominations is to review theirs first. -- Pres N  15:58, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
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