Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/United States Academic Decathlon National Championships


 * 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 20:13, 1 November 2008.

United States Academic Decathlon National Championships
I've recently moved this list to its own article. Previously, it had been embedded in the USAD article. I think it meets all of the criteria. It definitely is comprehensive. I will leave it up to you to decide whether it passes the other criteria. - Yohhans talk 16:23, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments
 * Current ref 5 is lacking a publisher
 * Otherwise sources look good, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've fixed that. I accidentally capitalized the "work" field in the cite news template, so it didn't work. Silly me. - Yohhans talk 14:53, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't you hate those types of errors! Ealdgyth - Talk 15:00, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I do, but it's nice when it's the only error that exists! :) - Yohhans talk 15:04, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Comment Not much to say. The prose is pretty good. Gary King ( talk ) 21:10, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Nice to know there's not much wrong with it! Hopefully others feel the same. I'd be happy to address any concerns that arise though. - Yohhans talk 22:22, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Minor comment: What Honors, Scholastic and Varsity are not ever really explained, but the article does take some time to go into the different scoring awards for each of them. It might be worth adding a sentence about them equaling A Team, B Team, and C Team. Other than that, it looks good :) NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  19:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment Sources look good. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  15:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Comment I'll leave this up to debate, but I feel that the introductory section is too long in relation to the rest of the article. Does anyone else agree that the article might be better if either the format or history of the national championships had its own section in the article? --  CB ( ö)  20:52, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I wondered about this myself actually. The only thing I can think of to do is maybe remove the second paragraph. The first is necessary to provide context, and third lays out the history of the competition a little. However, I suppose another possibility is to axe the inclusion of information about foreign competitors. This would cut down on length quite a bit. Also, the fourth paragraph is necessary to explain the virtual competitions. Suggestions on what route to take would be fantastic. :) - Yohhans talk 16:40, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments Nice otherwise. Matthewedwards 22:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Lists should be presented in chronological order, per WP:LISTS and WP:SAL
 * Ah, I did not realize that. I have reordered them so that by default, the most recent winner goes last. - Yohhans talk 04:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The 2009 and 2010 events haven't occurred and should be removed
 * Fixed. - Yohhans talk 04:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree that the Lede is a little too long. Perhaps move the final paragraph to the Virtual section to serve as an intro to those tables?
 * That is how I originally had it, but looking at other featured lists, many of them did not have prose beyond the lead. I just assumed that this how lists ought to be structured, so I moved the small school description to the lead before I submitted it to FLC. It's now back to how I had it originally. - Yohhans talk 04:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Clarify in the table header that "Winner" is "Winning high school". I thought JJ Pearce, WH Taft, J Frank Dobbie and James E. Taylor were winning students or something
 * Fixed. - Yohhans talk 04:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Consider moving the references out of the year column into the notes column
 * I added a reference column for this. I did not do this in the first place since I think it just makes the table feel more cluttered, but I guess that's just my preference. - Yohhans talk 04:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Could you link the locations?
 * Sure thing. All have been linked. - Yohhans talk 04:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Please use a less bright green. See WP:COLOUR for standard WP used colours.
 * Awww, but the that one is so bright and cheerful! ;) I changed it to this instead: -  Yohhans talk 04:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
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