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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.

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List of Marvel Cinematic Universe cast members

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Nominator(s): Fandraltastic (talk) 19:19, 5 April 2013 (UTC), TriiipleThreat[reply]

TriiipleThreat and I are nominating this for featured list status as we believe it has now developed to a point where it is comprehensive, well-sourced and neatly structured. A cast list for a highly-visible film series that is large and getting larger, this list has been collaborated on by a number of editors over the years, and I believe it now meets the criteria laid out for FLs. Please leave any comments/suggestions below, and we will do our best to address them. Cheers. Fandraltastic (talk) 19:19, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Rejectwater (talk) 09:58, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
*Comment. In reference to MOS:DTT, the table looks like it might be an example of both bad use of color and bad column headers? Rejectwater (talk) 20:58, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The use of color should be fine. DTT says to ensure that color is not the only identifier in a table and it is not, both the emptiness of a cell and a gray background indicate that the character is not in the specified film here. As for the headers, I'm not sure if that's really an issue? The "solution" provided on the DTT would leave this page with about 10 tiny tables and counting, losing its flow, and also remove the section anchors from the TOC. Does the fact that their scope is specified as "row" in the wikitext not help? -Fandraltastic (talk) 02:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Color: I see what you're saying- the color does not convey information, but a lack of it. Rejectwater (talk) 11:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Column headers: You're saying that the size of the table and the table of contents are critical aspects of the page? I don't understand. Rejectwater (talk) 11:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would think so, the page becomes really disjointed when it's split into 10+ small tables, and the table of contents allows the reader to jump to a specific portion of the table instead of having to scroll through the entire page. -Fandraltastic (talk) 16:56, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I wasn't thinking of splitting it into ten small tables but of adding a column on the left side of the existing table(s). The information in the column headers is useful, I don't think it should be deleted.Rejectwater (talk) 23:22, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 07:34, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Lead first sentence has "Marvel" three times and "film" twice. Feels a little repetitive.
  • The first mention of "Marvel" is for the common name of the film series, the other two are the names of corporate entities. Not sure if there's anything that can be done about this. -Fandraltastic (talk) 19:41, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • May well be worth noting that the film was called Avengers Assemble in the UK (and elsewhere?) so it wasn't confused with The Avengers.
  • It seems we refer to Joshua Dallas as Josh.
  • Six lead paras is a little too hefty.
  • Not sure what you'd like to have removed here. Don't think any of the paras are extraneous, really. Explain what the film series is, talk about the lead actors a little bit, talk about recasting, mention recurring characters, and then list a few of the notable actors who appear but don't recur. Yeah, there are a lot of paragraphs but they're all fairly brief and they all add to the reader's understanding of the topic, at least from my point of view. -Fandraltastic (talk) 19:41, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please check the tables comply with MOS:DTT for row and col scopes where appropriate.
  • Not sure about the various different font sizes, what's going on there? Looks a little like a school HTML project.
  • Check refs (avoid double hyphens, that should be an en-dash for example).
  • Avoid SHOUTING in the refs (e.g. ref 27).

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:13, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'm looking into the row and scope accessibility thing, will try to get that done. I think I've covered or addressed everything else, if you have any more comments or concerns please feel free to leave them. Cheers. -Fandraltastic (talk) 19:41, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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