Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Georgetown University alumni/archive1

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The list was not promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 03:22, 19 January 2016 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of Georgetown University alumni edit

Featured list candidates/List of Georgetown University alumni/archive1

Nominator(s): Ergo Sum 23:03, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because it is quite comprehensive of the Georgetown University alumni that are notable and/or have Wikipedia articles about them. Additionally, the alumni are sorted into sections by field and each section is alphabetized. Each section's table is sortable by name, school, and class year. Each alumnus/alumna has his or her own corresponding citation to a reliable source. The lead section introduces and explains the list and gives a succinct description of Georgetown alumni as a whole. There is an identifying image in the lead section that is salient to the list with an appropriate caption. There is a legend that explains the sorting and listing of individuals. The See Also section links to other related Wikipedia articles. For these reasons (and in comparing the list to other featured college alumni lists, such as List of Dartmouth College alumni), I believe the list meets the FL criteria. Thanks in advance to all reviewers. Ergo Sum 23:03, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Disclosure, I am close to the general topic, but my edits to this article have been limited. My only recent concern here was some dead links, but they seem to have been fixed. It is intentionally on par with other college alumni articles that are FLs, so it seems this deserves the recognition too.-- Patrick, _oѺ^∞ 16:57, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:44, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Don't start list articles with "This list ...."
"Marquis Who's Who " should be in italics.
"14th highest percentage and eighth" MOS NUM, either 14th/8th or fourteenth/eighth.
"Col - Georgetown College" etc, WP:DASH.
What does a blank class year indicate? Not known? Be explicit. Same for blank School/degree.
No need for the HM and King and all that, use Wikipedia's naming conventions for these individuals.
Year ranges don't repeat the century if it remains the same, e.g. 1973–1977 should be 1973–77.
In sortable tables, items that can be linked should be linked every time, as there's no guarantee that the only linked one will be the first instance after a sort. It seems inconsistent at the moment, e.g. you relink Illinois each time but not United States Representative.
"Washington Post" should be "The Washington Post".
"Director of the National Air and Space Museum" implies currently, when was he?
Why the centrally aligned "notability" column?
Be consistent with the format of accessdates and publication dates.

That's it for a very quick run through. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:44, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @The Rambling Man for your comments. I'll get on those. Ergo Sum 19:29, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I think I've addressed those issues. Ergo Sum 01:37, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to have to do this, but this nomination has been open for 2 months without getting a lot of support, and I'm going to have to close it down. Feel free to renominate in the future. --Pres N 02:15, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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