Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Rangers F.C. players/archive1

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 06:07, 7 February 2008.

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List of Rangers F.C. players

Comprehensive, accurate, referenced list which appears to meet FL criteria. Similar to the Arsenal and Liverpool lists, which are both featured. WATP ^(talk) • _(contribs) 17:03, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

• Needs quite a bit of work, I would have suggested a Peer review first.
  • On first glance, needs a WP:LEAD section that summarises the list. Needs an image as part of the FL criteria. It needs ndashes for the date ranges per WP:DASH. It needs a link from the Rangers template at the bottom.
  • Could you expand the acronyms?
  • Try and make articles for the redlinks. (Not compulsory).Woody (talk) 17:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
  • As I say, a peer review would have caught these. Perhaps you should think about one? Woody (talk) 17:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

• Must have missed the PR for this (or perhaps there wasn't one) but either way, some comments before I can support.
  • Must use en-dash for year separators, see WP:DASH.
  • Lead could do with some work, I don't think the bullet pointed list helps with "brilliant prose".
  • No "correct as of..." - you have a number of current players in the list so an update date is needed.
  • Any chance of an image?
  • Why is the whole first sentence of the lead emboldened?
  • The Rangers template needs fixing so it points (with redirection) to this page).
• So an oppose for the time being. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:13, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

• I would suggest adding a note to justify the inclusion of each player with less than 100 league appearances as per List of Birmingham City F.C. players. Peanut4 (talk) 17:32, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I'd go along with that. While there's a discussion going on right now at WP:FOOTBALL about "notable players", for the time being it's a good idea to be able to justify players who don't meet the criteria. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Right, dashes fixed, image added, link from template added, bullet points integrated into lead, update date added, emboldening fixed, notes for <100 appearance player added. Regarding the acronyms, there is a key which is linked to from the top of the column. Any further input or suggestions? WATP ^(talk) • _(contribs) 14:02, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I think the lead needs a bit of work to describe the list. Have a look at some of the other featured list of players for some ideas. Good work so far though. Peanut4 (talk) 14:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - Colin Jackson links to the Welsh sprinter. So I'd advise you check all names are correctly linked to... The Rambling Man (talk) 08:24, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Done, all bluelinks point directly to the correct articles. WATP ^(talk) • _(contribs) 17:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment okay, the list is now in a much much better state. Some further comments before I can support its promotion:
  • "first-class matches " - a term which probably needs explanation. Especially when you go on in the second paragraph to say " competitive first-team matches only"
  • "Nine In A Row years" - this needs a further explanation (e.g. just add something like "when Rangers won the title for nine consecutive seasons..." or similar).
  • "A player's name in bold denotes that player is inducted into Hall of Fame." - this is just as well placed at the end of the lead and not in small text.
  • Eliminate the red linked articles by writing stubs.
  • Consider adding club record holders and colouring them.
  • Consider colour coding internationals (unless that's most of them, which I suspect it may be!)
  • I'm not keen on the key for the positions, I use the full position and wikilink it accordingly.
• Much better, good luck with the push. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:25, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

First three done so far, and I have colour coded the internationals; less than I expected but still a fairly substantial amount. WATP ^(talk) • _(contribs) 23:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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