Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Minnesota Mr. Basketball/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 Dabomb87 00:12, 19 September 2010.

Minnesota Mr. Basketball

 * Nominator(s): ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 20:15, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I think it meets all the FLC criteria. It is well-written and comprehensive, at least in my opinion. I'm relatively new to the FLC process, so if there is something wrong, just tell me. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 20:15, 24 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment—The links to Charlotte Hornets, Division I, Division II, and Kevin Lynch lead to dab pages, and the external link to http://www.mndaily.com/1996/10/09/kolander-enjoys-life-after-u-hoops is dead. Ucucha 20:18, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed the dab pages, while I turned the dead link into "hard" form. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 20:32, 24 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment — player column not sorted properly; need to use sortname— Chris! c / t 20:59, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm curious: why is this? 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans passed FLC without having the sortname template. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 21:27, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, it used sortname template, too. But, names in non-sortable tables don't need sortname template.— Chris! c / t 21:49, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You didn't answer my original question. Why should I go to all the work to do this? Is it in some policy that I don't know of? ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 22:06, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Because the names in the column don't sort by last name, which is incorrect when sorting alphabetically. There is no policy about this that I am aware of. But a featured list should get this right.— Chris! c / t 22:50, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Sorting should be alphabetical by last name, as is standard with sortable featured lists. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:49, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I will add the sortname template, despite how pointless it seems. But, you are not suggesting I sort the list by last name? Because, the list is much better ordered in year form. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 20:33, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The table can still be ordered by year. There is no need to change that. But you need to use sortname templates for names, otherwise the name column will sort incorrectly after clicking the [[file:sort none.gif]] icon on top.— Chris! c / t 21:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Reference error needs fixing — Chris! c / t 23:42, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - I think it looks good now.— Chris! c / t 18:33, 30 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments Support


 * Support - All of my comments have been addressed. Jrcla2 (talk) 19:55, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Support Great job, but just one more thing, I think the notes in notes section will look better if they are using normal citation, rather than the "See...". Not a big issue though, just a suggestion. — Martin tamb (talk) 17:22, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I tried that, but I think that and are incompatible. I wish they would work, anyway. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 00:10, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Interesting, never knew that they wouldn't work. Anyway I've made the change using another method from WP:REFGROUP. Now the notes can have citations. — Martin tamb (talk) 08:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:06, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Template is weird because it looks incomplete (presumably to avoid red links?).
 * Do you want me to fill them in? ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 23:06, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well it's not directly related to this FLC, but it is very odd. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:46, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I filled it in. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 16:38, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't appear so to me. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:30, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That's because it was reverted. Apparently not all states have Mr. and Miss Basketballs. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 00:04, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Then the template should be modified so that it only includes states which do have Mr & Miss Basketballs, otherwise it's quite misleading. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:40, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Comments –
 * "selects five finalists in March of every year since the award began." Considering the structure of the sentence, should "selects" be "has selected"?
 * Done. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 22:24, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I see the image that had been at the top got deleted. Can it be replaced with a photo of another winner? There are already a couple in use here.
 * I could not find any besides the ones on the page. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 22:24, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * In that case, could one of the existing images be moved to the top to improve the appearance of the intro?  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 23:05, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I moved up McHale's image because he had the most successful career of any player on the list. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 22:06, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * In the notes, remove the space before reference 43.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 01:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. ~  EDDY  ( talk / contribs / editor review ) ~ 22:26, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support – Meets FL standards.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 23:02, 18 September 2010 (UTC)


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