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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 not promoted by User:Matthewedwards 20:13, 1 November 2008 [1].

List of Australian Football League grounds edit

I am nominating this page for FL status. The article is clearly written, heavily referenced, visual appealing; all which meet FL criteria. C4v3m4n (talk) 10:09, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments
  • This List of Australian Football League grounds lists every ground upon which a senior VFL/AFL game has been played. Australian rules football is played on a grassed oval, according to the specifications in the Laws of Australian football, with an average length of between 135 and 185 metres and a width of between 110 and 155 metres.
    • Featured lists are discouraged to begin with This is a list of _____
    • Should be reworded to say that The Australian Football League has (# of grounds). Then continue with the other sentence.
    • You should you the {{convert}} template to convert metres into feet.
  • Most Australian rules football grounds are also used for other sports, such as cricket, rugby, soccer or the the Olympic games, and for events such as rock concerts or exhibitions. - Reword to such as cricket, rugby, soccer, the Olympic games (see how the word "the" is not pipelinked), and for events such as concerts and exhibitions. (doubt they are only rock concerts.
  • The lead needs to be expanded, say what was the first ground, what is the most recent ground built, which ground has the most capacity, which has the less.
  • Table: Name of Ground should just be Ground
  • Table: Year First Used how about Opened
  • Table: The capacity needs to be in a {{sort}} template.
  • Many of the grounds now serve as a training ovals for an AFL team, as it is highly unlikely any of them will be used in regular competition again. - violates WP:NPOV, reword.
  • Waverley Park, located in Mulgrave, Victoria is by far the highest capacity stadium in the list below, able to hold as many as 93,000 people. - the prose needs to be written in encyclopedic format, not as if you are talking to the reader and telling them about the list --> Waverley Park in Mulgrave Victoria held the highest capacity, at (total capacity) until it's closure in (when it closed).
  • The stadium was closed due to a lack of public transport infrastructure (as the stadium was situated outside Melbourne), lack of parking, inadequate public and corporate facilities and, since the ground was unusually larger than normal AFL grounds, spectators felt they were too far away from the game. - many grammatical errors.
  • Princes Park (now known as Visy Park) was the most recent stadium to close, which occurred in 2005. With the construction of the new stadium, Telstra Dome, the AFL decided to cease all AFL matches from being played there as the ground's capacity wasn't adequate for the modern game. - same here.
  • The references need to be in {{cite}} template.
  • References need to verify the information, not the existence of the stadiums.
    • You'll find the websites used verify the stadiums capacity. C4v3m4n (talk) 22:45, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • References should be before External links.
  • After seeing the references and content, I Quick-Fail this list, too many grammatical errors, MOS issues, and fails WP:WIAFL. Before FLC, the article should have been peer reviewed.--SRX 15:35, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks like it's a work in progress, still some more issues.
  • The first three paragraphs should be merged, they are two short.
  • How about in the lead state what's the most recent stadium and which stadium has the lowest capacity.
  • Did you use the {{sort}} template? The capacity isn't right when sorted.
  • The current tenants IMO shouldn't be sortable because there are more than one entries in one box.
  • The prose of the former grounds needs to be verified with reliable sources.
  • There needs to be a note explaining why a ground's capacity has a ?.
  • Prose of the former minor grounds also needs to be verified with a reliable source.
  • Section title: Future or Proposed Grounds ---> Proposed grounds
  • Same thing for pre season venues, the question marks.
  • The years used for that table shouldn't be sortable either.
  • The international venues table should be made sortable.--SRX 21:03, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose
  • References need to be formatted.
  • Also, since there are also the above issues that exist, I'm opposing for now.

Gary King (talk) 16:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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