Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Scarborough F.C. 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:Scorpion0422 22:52, 25 June 2008 [1].

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Scarborough F.C. seasons

This list has been moulded into the shape of other season lists which have all successfully gone through the WP:FLC process, and I feel it now passes the FL criteria. It also went through a peer review. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 15:52, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support. I've made a couple of minor changes in the lead. But otherwise it's meets all the criteria, and adheres to the already well-founded structure of other such seasons articles. My only suggestion would be to add wikilinks to those top scorers who currently aren't linked and are notable enough for an article to be created in the future. Peanut4 (talk) 16:17, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Already done - the wikilinked scorers are the only ones who pass WP:BIO. Mattythewhite (talk) 16:21, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• A link to Scarborough F.C. in the lead would be useful.
  •  Done Linked added. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:56, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
• The web references in the General section are missing publishers.
  •  Done Publishers added. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:56, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Gary King (talk) 17:50, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support All looks good ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:40, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments from The Rambling Man (talk · contribs)

• The Manual of Style recommends image size no smaller than 300px for lead images. Which is cool here because a bigger image would be much nicer.
  •  Done Resized. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
• "The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War." does the North league count as Football League? Would it more accurate in this case to say "League football and..."?
  •  Done Reworded. Left "Football League" in by mistake from the list I used to create it. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
• Let's move away from the tiny text in the key, there's no need for it to be smaller than regular text.
  •  Done Resized. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

About it from me. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support as alluded to at peer review. Oldelpaso (talk) 15:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments

The reference section needs work. Some of the notes are footnotes, some are references. Therefore, the section should be called "Notes" or split into a footnotes and a references section. I would prefer how it's done in this list: Gillingham F.C. seasons. Create a references section for the "General references" as they are called now and create a "notes" section for the footnotes and specific references. Also, there is no point in repeating the whole thing every time you mention a page number, "Adamson, p. 15" will do. Baldrick90 (talk) 18:03, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Done It was suggested at the peer review that the references and notes sections be merged, but I've changed it back now. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Matthew

• "when the club first competed in the FA Cup to 2007, when the club folded." Huh?
  •  Done Reworded. Mattythewhite (talk) 07:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• How was the Midland league stronger?
  •  Done Reworded. Mattythewhite (talk) 07:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• I thought the Football Wikiproject's stance was that anyone who played professional football was notable enough for a Wikipedia article. If that's the case, all those without links need linking.
  • WP:BIO states that subjects must have "competed in a fully professional league", which the players without links have not done. Mattythewhite (talk) 07:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Why are some names only one? Are they like Madonna and Gucci?
  • My source doesn't give their full names. Mattythewhite (talk) 07:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• The key section should appear before the table. A reader is going to look through it wondering what everything means.
  •  Done Moved. Mattythewhite (talk) 07:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 03:37, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• A more engaging opening sentence is needed instead of "This is a list of seasons played by Scarborough Football Club". The reader knows this from the article's title
  • Not sure what you're looking for really... it says what needs to be said. Mattythewhite (talk) 07:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
    • Find me an article that begins "This is an article about <subject>". What about "Scorborough Football Club competed in ## seasons of English football, between 1887 when the club first competed in the FA Cup, and 2007 when the club folded." as an alternative, using wikilinks where appropriate? Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 16:56, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
      •  Done Most football club seasons articles start with a similar introductory sentence, but I've changed it to your insistence. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
• Just a query, but is "folded" the right word? I usually hear of football teams being liquidated. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 16:56, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Either is accepted I beleve, but I've changed it. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

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