Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Mr. Show-Me 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 PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:34, 7 April 2018 (UTC).

Mr. Show-Me Basketball

 * Nominator(s): Jmnbqb (talk) 23:46, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

I went out on a limb and tried something new with this list. There's other similar Mr. Basketball lists, but I expanded this one to include more substantive notes and information than the others. Jmnbqb (talk) 23:46, 15 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Support – Looks good to me. Great job! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 00:36, 23 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * I think a quick mention of where the name comes from would be useful; I know that the nickname of Missouri is the Show-Me State, but other readers may not.
 * Explanation added to lead.
 * Why is CBC abbreviated? It makes sense for very well-known schools like SMU, LSU, UCLA, etc., but in this case, for a high school, with no other note? I think it should be written out.
 * High school is spelled out.
 * Why is there an extra line break in Biedschied's colleges?
 * Fixed.
 * Otherwise, looks good. --Golbez (talk) 17:22, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Comments are addressed. Jmnbqb (talk) 18:13, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Then support. --Golbez (talk) 20:43, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Yashthepunisher (talk) 14:49, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Archive all the references to avoid link rotting.
 * You can mention the country name in the opening sentence, since not everyone knows where Missouri is.
 * Make sure all the images have alt text.
 * All fixed. Thanks for the review. Jmnbqb (talk) 17:33, 18 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Support this nomination. Yashthepunisher (talk) 17:35, 18 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Source review
 * What makes germanhoops.wordpress.com a reliable source? It appears to be someone's personal blog.
 * Although it's a wordpress, the "about" page (here) seems to detail a credible author (a lot more so than some random blog). Additionally, it's one of the only English sources I could find on German basketball league players.
 * What makes campuspressbox a reliable source? It appears to be an amateur group blog (it even has a "staff login" link in the bottom footer).
 * Yes it comes off as a amateur group blog, but I think there's a lot of indicators that show that it's more than than that. They have 2 regular podcasts, an active Facebook and Twitter account (over 12,000 tweets), and an organization hierarchy having executive editors and 14 listed contributors.

-- Pres N  15:50, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

, responded to source review. Jmnbqb (talk) 20:44, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

, I think we're waiting on you to review the responses to our comments. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I was taking some time to think about the GermanHoops site; it still feels a little sketch, but I'm going to go with it due to both writers being current/former writers for a professional site on the subject. Also, honestly, there's not going to be a ton of ESPN-level sites on German basketball in any language. Promoting. -- Pres N  20:46, 6 April 2018 (UTC)


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