Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Toronto Raptors draft history/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 not promoted by User:The Rambling Man 16:50, 9 June 2008.

Toronto Raptors draft history
I've based this list off of other featured NBA draft histories and believe it fulfills all of the FL criteria. Hello32020 (talk) 23:04, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Co-nomination I already contributed a lot to this page, so I can't freely support/oppose. I'll try to help Hello32030 put the finishing touches to this list.--Crzycheetah 02:30, 23 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Final Comment How important is it that the crowd expected the Raptors to pick Ed O'Bannon? Other than that, it seems fine. Noble Story (talk) 12:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I feel its fairly notable, it was their first draft, so a pretty detailed account seems like its good to have. Hello32020 (talk) 03:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support, looks good. GreenJoe 23:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments Thats all I have Matthewedwards (talk· contribs· count· email) 09:01, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia_talk:FLC
 * Refs 9 and 10 appear mid sentence
 * Per WP:ACCESS, how will the white text of the table header be rendered if the page was print out or someone has a b/w monitor?
 * If the red is used because it's a team colour, perhaps make the header text red so that it will at least print
 * In the Key table, explain what "Nat" and "Pos" mean
 * Crzy and I have completed your requests. Hello32020 (talk) 22:12, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * To answer the question on how the white text on red background would look like, see here. There are no difficulties with white text. Right now, white background for heading does not look right to the color-sighted people because usually the contents of tables are in white background and not the headings. Seeing that white text is fine for color-blind people, b/w monitors, and b/w printouts, I suggest reverting to red background/white text. --Crzycheetah 23:09, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right. And the red on white looks worse now! Sorry. :-/ Matthewedwards (talk· contribs· count· email) 06:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I assumed you were okay with my suggestion, so I changed the colors back to the previous version. Any more comments are welcome!--Crzycheetah 07:01, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No that's it. Support! Matthewedwards (talk· contribs· count· email) 08:06, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

According to this, the Raptors should have had the first pick in 1996, but it was changed. Should this be mentioned? Why did the Raptors not have any picks in 2007? Should this be mentioned? As well, per the other draft pick FLs, the first overall picks (Bargnani) should be highlighted. -- Scorpion0422 03:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments! First, I'll answer your questions here. The Raptors weren't allowed to pick first because of their expansion agreement. All expansion teams are not allowed to pick first for the first 2 years, so I think that information is trivial. Maybe information about the expansion agreement should be added instead. As for your other concerns, I am guessing you compared this page to the NFL lists because other NBA FLs don't mention why there are no picks and don't highlight first overall picks. The 2007 picks were traded to other teams prior to the draft, so technically they're not the Raptors' picks anymore. We list only the picks that the Raptors actually used. I dislike those "no pick" rows in NFL lists because those are already other teams' picks. As for the highlighting of number one overall picks, why should we do it when a reader can just sort the table by the "picks" column and see who's #1? Most NFL lists don't have sortability functions, so they highlight #1 picks. Regards, Crzycheetah 05:18, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with you on the later two points, but I think the fact that the Raptors should have had the first pick should be mentioned. It is very relevant to the topic and is more notable than them not picking a player they were projected to pick. -- Scorpion0422 23:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I totally forgot to add that, thanks for bumping this in my watchlist. I've added that info now.--Crzycheetah 04:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

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 * Fix links for disambiguation links: Power forward, Carlos Rogers, Mark Jackson, Michael Stewart

Gary King ( talk ) 21:03, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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