Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/UAB Blazers football seasons


 * 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:Matthewedwards 05:44, 4 October 2008.

UAB Blazers football seasons
I am nominating this article because I think it fulfills the FL criteria, in addressing said subject. It is modeled after Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons, a featured list. Patriarca12 (talk) 23:17, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments - sources look good, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:37, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. I gave this list a quick copyedit, and suggested some changes, which have already been made. Although short, this list is comparable to Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons and East Carolina Pirates football seasons, both of which are featured lists. JKBrooks85 (talk) 23:12, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Further comments
 * Lead
 * UAB is a member of Conference USA (C-USA) and has competed in the conference since 1999, when the Blazers joined after playing as an independent. - no need for comma after 1999.
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Comma removed Patriarca12 (talk) 02:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * After two years of club football play, on March 13, 1991, UAB President Charles McCallum and athletic director Gene Bartow announced that the university would compete in football as a NCAA Division III team beginning in the fall of 1991. - how about instead "that the university would compete for the NCAA in their Division III"?
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Reworded and simply removed reference to NCAA as it was indicated in the lead that the team competes as part of the NCAA. Patriarca12 (talk) 02:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * From 1991 to 1992, UAB competed as a Division III independent. - as someone unaware of the subject, it would help to explain independent rather than just linking, WP:IN-U could be cited here.
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Added statement to clarify what "independent" means in this context Patriarca12 (talk) 02:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * During this period, the Blazers compiled an 11–6–2 overall record before making the jump to Division I-AA for the 1993 season. - how about instead, "before switching to Division I-AA" no need for the long phrases.
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Re-phrased as "before moving up to Division I-AA" Patriarca12 (talk) 02:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * From 1993 to 1995, UAB competed as a Division I-AA independent, and compiled a 21–12 overall record as a I-AA school prior to making the jump to Division I-A before the 1996 season.[1] - same thing here.
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Re-phrased as "before moving up to Division I-A" Patriarca12 (talk) 02:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Already a participating member of Conference USA in other sports, on November 13, 1996, C-USA commissioner Mike Slive announced UAB would be admitted to the league as a football playing member beginning with the 1999 season.[6] - "announced that" (change is in bold)
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Added Patriarca12 (talk) 02:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

-- S R X  00:57, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Weak support The Rambling Man (talk) 16:12, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Why is the footnote [A 1]?
 * You have a key for conference champs but it's never used - optimistic?!
 * As below, to get the nom out of the way, I fixed these. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Oppose
 * While I am by no means an expert on the subject I feel certain that the image (logo) fails WP:NFCC. The image in question currently claims fair use on 14 pages! It is not an image particually relevent to the page. Neither of the similar featured lists mentioned above&mdash;Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons & East Carolina Pirates football seasons&mdash;use non-free images so why should this. Rambo's Revenge (talk)  15:11, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * To get this nomination out of the way, I removed the logo and put an image of their stadium up instead. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.