Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia/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 The Rambling Man 18:18, 12 September 2009.

List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia

 * Nominator(s): lil2mas (talk) 22:36, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

With the conclusion of the 2009 Giro d'Italia in May, the WP:CYCLING-project have now decided to enhance the article's quality. And coherent to that I decided to try and get our project it's first Featured List. The same outline have been used in multiple lists from other races, so I'm looking forward to hear your comments in order to freshen up the other ones. All comments will be addressed as soon as I can address them, and I look forward to hearing them. lil2mas (talk) 22:36, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * "This list of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia contains the professional road bicycle racers who competed at the 92nd edition of Giro d'Italia. " FLs don't begin like this; see recently promoted FLs for an example of more engaging starts. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:26, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Introduction changed, the reason why the intro sounded so lame is because I've always thought that the title of the article/list always had to be included and bolded early in the article/list. I looked at 2008 IIHF World Championship rosters, while enhancing this list, but looking at other FL's, it seems that isn't the case. =) lil2mas (talk) 11:38, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, we (thankfully) removed that requirement more than a year ago, although plenty of FLs still follow that old format. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:33, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

comments
 * In the tables, some cyclists' names are written in bold. At first I confused them for team laders, but they appear to be the top ten of the general classification. I would remove the bold font, or explain it somewhere.
 * I actually experienced the same when I first started reviewing the article, looked for a legend, didn't find it, but then forgot about it. I have now removed it as it only bolded the top 10 cyclists, which can be found by sorting the table. lil2mas (talk) 14:52, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Also: DNS and DNF are explained in the "Cyclists" section, but they are used above that, in the "Teams" section.
 * Inserted the same note under both sections. =) lil2mas (talk) 14:52, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Good luck in getting the FL!--EdgeNavidad (talk) 13:27, 28 August 2009 (UTC) (member of WP:CYCLING so will not vote)

Support. A hearty thanks to the members of WP:CYCLING who put in hard work on what appears to be a great article! If this is truly the project's first FL, I wish you many more. Cheers! KV5 ( Talk  •  Phils ) 23:42, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Support – My comments have all been addressed, and FL criteria appears met.  Giants2008  ( 17–14 ) 00:22, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:24, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:07, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Comment. Alt text is done; thanks. Alt text looks fairly good (thanks!) but I spotted two problems :
 * The first four small jersey icons, in the legend at the start of the Teams section, are missing alt text.
 * Added alt text. lil2mas (talk) 23:12, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Mostly good. One thing left: some of the alt texts for the jerseys don't actually describe the jersey. For example, "Konovalovas wore the Lithuanian time trial champion jersey during time trials" should be something like "A yellow-, red-, and green-striped jersey". Dabomb87 (talk) 23:45, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, alt text completed. lil2mas (talk) 00:43, 9 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The alt text for the map doesn't convey the gist of the image to the visually impaired reader. Please add a brief summary of the gist, e.g., "The U.S., France, Spain, Italy, and Russia had more than ten riders each, and riders in smaller numbers came from other countries, mostly in western Europe, but also in South America, Canada, Australia, and South Africa."
 * Okay, summary added. lil2mas (talk) 23:12, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Eubulides (talk) 01:54, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing all that; looks good. Eubulides (talk) 06:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
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