Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Templeton Prize/archive1


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The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 08:08, 18 July 2009.

Templeton Prize

 * Nominator(s): The Rambling Man (talk) 10:10, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Over doubled in size, illustrated, fully referenced (and importantly, from high quality secondary sources), I think this meets the criteria. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:10, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments from
 * General
 * Dabs, external links check out fine.
 * Lead
 * The prize is named after Sir John Templeton, an American-born British entrepreneur and businessman, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1987 for his philanthropic efforts. -- Do not link American
 * Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Until 2001 the name of the prize was Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion and from 2002 to 2008 it was called the Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities.[ -- 1)Do not bold any other instances of the name just for emphasis, use italics or quotations per MOS:BOLD 2) Comma after 2001 and before and from
 * Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The monetary value of the prize is adjusted so that it exceeds that of the Nobel Prizes, as Templeton felt, "spirituality was ignored" in the Nobel prizes -- Remove the comma after felt
 * Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk)
 * The prize has been criticised – British biologist and antireligious atheist, Richard Dawkins said in his book The God Delusion the prize was given "usually to a scientist who is prepared to say something nice about religion". -- 1)I can't really tell but is this an emdash or endash? 2)Remove the comma after atheist 3) +that before the prize was given
 * 1) Spaced en-dash. 2)  Fixed.  3) Fixed.  The Rambling Man (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The lead needs a summary of the list itself: most recent winner/first winner, other significant stats, etc.
 * Added final paragraph. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Table
 * The laureate column does not sort for me.
 * Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

-- T ru  c o   503 16:45, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your review! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Previous issues resolved/clarified to meet WP:WIAFL: list meets WP:WIAFL.-- T ru  c o   503 00:18, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Support, all my issues have been resolved. Well done, Rambo's Revenge (talk)  16:52, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:01, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
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