Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of rivers by length

List of rivers by length
previous FLC

Looks like issues from my nomination a number of months ago have been cleared up. PhoenixTwo 23:51, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Support as nom. PhoenixTwo 23:51, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Before I even read the details of the article, the fact that a unsourced template exists in the Longest rivers that have probably existed in the past section immediately disqualifies this article. Please go back and reference this section before considering this list a featured one. In addition, the word "probably" in the section name probably isn't such a good idea. Can you reword it so it (pithily) suggests that some sources believe these river existed? In addition, a lack of inline citations poses a major problem to this list. --Fbv65 e del / ☑t / ☛c || 00:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I tried rewording the section and adding a few references. PhoenixTwo 05:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It still lists averages from several sources, without telling us which sources or what they give as the lengths. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:50, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose Sorry, not even close enough to say "no cigar"
 * Title is misleading. It's obviously a List of rivers longer than 1000 km. The fact they are ordered by length is just a natural extension of the scope.
 * Maybe that "River systems that may have existed in the past" section would be better off as "Hypothesized former rivers"?
 * Agree that it's under-cited: every entry should have separate citations for the numbers.
 * Too many multiple links. Atlantic Ocean and Amazon River are each linked over 10 times, for exemple.
 * Choice (twice the Nile?) and position (could be better spread) of images are dubious.
 * The drainage area and discharge columns are mostly empty, a tribute to not looking for enough sources. I'm sure a large number of these can be filled up by looking around for sources. I recall an Atlas of Canada with drainage area for most important rivers that could fill several of the empty ones.
 * Why is there a dagger at the beginning of "Definition of length"??
 * Circeus 20:11, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Only the first instance of a country's name should be wikilinked; use either "USA" or "United States" throughout - not a mixture. Tom pw (talk) 15:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


 * comment the colors for Asia and Europe are too close to readily differentiate; can a different color/shade be chosen for one of them? Hmains 19:54, 10 March 2007 (UTC)