Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Minnesota Timberwolves draft history


 * 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 User:Scorpion0422 23:33, 29 July 2008.

Minnesota Timberwolves draft history
I am nominating this article because I believe it should be promoted to a featured list. I would also like to thank Crzycheetah for giving me a reference which really helped me make this article into featured list criteria. Annoyomous 24  20:45, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

—Chris! ct 00:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment
 * 3 refs (11 to 13) are missing info (publisher and access date)
 * DONE! Annoyomous  24  01:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support —Chris! ct 01:40, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Comments


 * "Flag of the United States USA/Flag of Turkey TUR" would be clearer if the slash was spaced so the images don't cover it up as much
 * DONE!


 * "currently located in" – I don't think that's the right word; perhaps "based in"? They aren't physically located there every second, like a building would be
 * DONE!


 * "since the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948–1960." – doesn't sound smooth to me. I'm reading "They are the second NBA team to be located in Minneapolis since the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948–1960." as two phrases: "They are the second NBA team to be located in Minneapolis" and "the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948–1960." and the latter one is missing a verb. Perhaps something like "They are the second NBA team to be based in Minneapolis since the Minneapolis Lakers were there from 1948 to 1960." – I think that would be clearer and easier to read
 * DONE!


 * link "National Basketball Players' Association"
 * DONE!
 * National Basketball Players Association Gary King ( talk ) 09:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I got it.—Chris! ct 21:51, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * "that missed the" – I think "that did not make the" would be clearer. The term "Missed" is used often in the NBA but if it can be conveyed more clearly, then do so
 * DONE!


 * "Teams can also trade their picks, so some years a team could have more than or less than two picks." – not very clear, and full of redundancies. "some years" can be removed. I'd like to see this sentence explained more to someone who doesn't understand how the draft process works. I think "picks" is "draft-lingo" and so can even be removed and explained in other, simpler terms. Like "Teams can trade away their option to choose a player" or something.
 * I wrote "Teams can also trade their picks, which means that a team could have more than or less than two picks in one draft." hope that makes more sense.

Gary King ( talk ) 04:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Support --Crzycheetah 07:25, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * I'd explain who the Timberwolves are (briefly) before saying that they were involved in the draft.
 * DONE!


 * Presumably you can link the 1989 draft?
 * DONE!


 * "about five months" -not exactly encyclopaedic is it?
 * DONE!


 * "The NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players Association to limit drafts to two rounds from 1989 onward.[1]" what relevance does that have to this specific list?
 * DONE!


 * Date of first draft in the lead is unreferenced.
 * DONE!


 * Lead could use expansion. Perhaps some more discussion over more successful draftees?
 * DONE!


 * You could use more images down the side - Ray Allen has one, for example.
 * DONE!


 * No discussion over what the "round" means - first, second pick etc is fine but if you make a big deal over that in the lead then you should cover the round as well.
 * I don't know what you mean


 * Player should sort by surname.
 * DONE!


 * Ref 5 needs accessdate at least.
 * DONE!


 * NBA lists rather than just basketball list (category).
 * DONE!


 * The Rambling Man (talk) 19:48, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.