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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 Matthewedwards 00:41, 25 January 2009 [1].

BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year

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The next in a hopefully potential BBC SPoTY topic. I feel it now meets all the criteria. All comments welcome, and will be addressed by me. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 18:08, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Truco

Comments from Truco (talk · contribs)

  • Spell out UK in its first occurrence.
  • The recipient either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the UK, with their core achievements that year being in the UK, and not with a non-UK national team. - I'm confused by this sentence. Is this sentence trying to say that the recipient has to be British or reside and play that sport a lot in the United Kingdom? done
  • The Young Sports Personality of the Year award was preceded by the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Newcomer Award, in which the recipients could be aged upto 25. - space needed between "upto" done
  • The award was replaced by the Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2001,[3] and sprinter Amy Spencer was the first recipient of the award. - in this context the word "the" in the phrase "first recipient of the award" should be changed to that. done
  • Rationale: for "finished in eighth place in his debut Formula One World Championship season." - I know its a quote, but I would replace this with [for finishing "in eight place in his debut Formula One World Championship season." done
  • For "achievements in diving which include becoming the youngest-ever National Men's Platform Champion." - For should not be capitalize per consistency. done
    • For becoming "Britain's youngest ever individual Paralympic gold medallist" - same thing here done
  • In Ref 6, since an article about Echo News does not exist, I recommend not linking it. not done (I hope to make this article myself in the not to distant future)
  • Since there were only two recipients to the the "Newcomer Award" why not list the final winner? done

--Truco 00:40, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments, I believe I have addressed all your concerns. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 01:04, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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  • The recipient must either be British; or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom, with their core achievements that year being in the UK, and not with a non-UK national team. - how about The recipient must either be British, or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. Their core achievements that year must also be in the UK, and not with a non-UK national team. done
  • In 2001 the award was replaced by the Young Sports Personality of the Year,[3] and sprinter Amy Spencer was the first recipient of that award. Although the rules stipulate the winner does not have to be British, all the winners to date have been. - comma after 2001, and it says that all the winners to date have been British, yet a Scottish person won it, or am I reading the sentence wrong?Truco 01:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:02, 17 January 2009 (UTC) [reply]
Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

  • Could you add the age column to the coaches list? This will eventually be a featured topic, and it would be nice if the lists could all look the same.
  • "It is awarded to the sportsperson aged 16 or under on January 1 of that year" "on"-->as of. done
  • "The recipient must either be British, or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom." No comma necessary. done
  • "Their core achievements that year must also be in the UK"-->Their core achievements that year must have taken place in the UK done
  • "and not with a non-UK national team."-->and cannot have been done with a non-UK national team. done
  • "The panel later reconvenes to choose the top three, and decide on the winner by secret ballot." "decide"-->decides. done
  • "Although the rules stipulate the winner does not have to be British, all the winners to date have been."-->Although the rules stipulate that the winner does not have to be British, all winners to date have been. done
  • "The most recent award was presented in 2008 to achondroplasia dwarf Eleanor Simmonds" "achondroplasia"-->achondroplastic done
  • I made the "by sport" table sortable, revert if you do not want it that way. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC) Thanks[reply]

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