Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of 1888–1889 New Zealand Native football team matches/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 removed by The Rambling Man 09:42, 5 September 2009.

List of 1888–1889 New Zealand Native football team matches

 * Notified: Shudde, WikiProject Rugby union, WikiProject New Zealand

I am nominating this for featured list removal because it doesn't meet the current FL standards for prose, the lead and the tables. Prose: The lead starts of with the non-engaging "This is a list of", which FLs should no longer use. The lead needs to be expanded to summarize the list more and provide more context. Some statements need references ("The squad of 26 was privately organised and was composed mainly of players of Maori ancestry, although several Pakeha were included in the squad." The image needs alt text. The sortability of the tables needs to be fixed (or implemented in the case of "Rugby matches"), and the dates in the tables should be converted to a more human-readable format (using dts). Some of the terms in the tables need links or a key. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:07, 18 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Dates have been changed to dts standard, though I can't see which terms within the table need links or a key? FruitMonkey (talk) 09:16, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably "Behinds". Nice work so far. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Remove – Fixable, but several problems cause the list to fail FL criteria at the moment:
 * The lead is still quite short, and leaves me wanting to know more about the team. I would expect two or three paragraphs in the lead of a sizable FL.
 * Remove apostrophe from "oversea's" in first sentence.
 * "I see both "its" and "their" in reference to the team; one is singular, and the other is plural. There should be consistency in usage.
 * Hyphen after "was the first by a New Zealand rugby team" should be an en dash, or unspaced em dash depending on preference.
 * As Dabomb said, a source for the team's ancestry should be provided.
 * Several columns in the tables have broken sorting. Clicking the button directs me to the top of the page.
 * See also link is an unnecessary duplication of a link in the lead.
 * Manningham is a disambiguation link.
 * The image needs alt text.  Giants2008  ( 17–14 ) 21:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Delist per Giants and some of my unresolved comments. I'm willing to reconsider if someone who knows the topic puts in the time (not too much work is needed). Dabomb87 (talk) 03:39, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.