Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/BBC Sports Personality of the Year/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list removal 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 kept by The Rambling Man 16:38, 18 July 2009.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year

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I am nominating this for featured list review (removal hopefully not necessary) because this list was recently merged with BBC Sports Personality of the Year (latter into former), meaning that the content of the list has changed a lot. Hopefully by listing this here for featured list review, we can ensure that it is of the high quality required by the featured list criteria. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:49, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I was awaiting a consensus for the name before submitting this here (so I didn't have to move FLRC pages etc.) But seeing as there wasn't any consensus building I'm happy for opinions on the name to be here as well. I might as well provide a breif history while I'm here. The list BBC Sports Personality of the Year old id was promoted to FL. I was improving BBC Sports Personality of the Year old id as it was the last in a SPoTY topic I've been working on. I was preparing for GA and having the article peer reviewed when Oldelpaso suggested a merge. Discussion followed, consensus for a merge formed here, and I performed the merge. The page I merged into this list will be moved somewhere or turned into a redirect (to preserve GFDL). This is why currently the list has a merge in process tag on, because currently it is a WP:CFORK and I wanted to make sure people know that this won't be the case for long. Rambo's Revenge (talk)  22:16, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay it has been 10 days of complete inactivity here. I couldn't history merge due to parallel versions, so I boldly decided to go moving all the pages around. This list is now located at BBC Sports Personality of the Year, with merged material from the page's previous version. I'd really appreciate some input on what the steps are now. IMO there is nothing keeping this from featured status, and it may just be a case of which type of featured. All comments welcome (and encouraged!). Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk)  23:50, 12 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I made some copy-edits, but I think the article could use with a once-over by someone else, such as User:Malleus Fatuorum. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:52, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * One minor thing I found in a brief look: Athletics Weekly references could have the publisher (a magazine) in italics. Didn't see anything else that was obvious, but I'm still out of it after my vacation and may not be the best judge at the moment.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 02:25, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Good spot, done. Rambo's Revenge (talk)  13:14, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

The article looks good after the changes. After thinking about it, I still think this is a list, with a large chunk of prose in the middle. Malleus Fatuorum seems to agree with me. I'll wait for others' opinions, but I'm leaning toward keep. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:34, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * For anyone that is unaware, Malleus Fatuorum has very kindly been copyediting this list. He and I discussed some points which are all documented here along with his comment about it thinking it was a list (which Dabomb mentions above). Rambo's Revenge (talk)</b>  21:56, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep I think this article meets FL criteria as is, and believe that this can still be classified as a list. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:00, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep – While it is a hybrid article/list, I do think it is still mostly a list and can remain eligible for FL. Malleus did a fine job with the copy-editing, as always, and I believe the standards are still met, even with the new format.  Giants2008  ( 17–14 ) 17:15, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * A Find Articles link (reference 26) is dead. It's worth fixing while this is here.  Giants2008  ( 17–14 ) 17:35, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That also means the link is dead at BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Done both. Luckily the original source actually still exists. <b style="color:#E32636;">Rambo's Revenge</b> <b style="color:#FFA500;">(talk)</b>  14:35, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.