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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 Dabomb87 03:36, 28 February 2010 [1].

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Nominator(s): ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 12:24, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Another cricket centuries list, following the style of my previous FLC's and other already existing lists. Looking forward to your comments and suggestions. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 12:24, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This is a WikiCup nomination. To the nominator: if you do not intend to submit this article at the WikiCup, feel free to remove this notice. Mm40 (talk) 12:44, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is. Sorry, I didn't know I was supposed to mention that. I suppose I should check out the talk pages more often. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 12:47, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Harrias (talk) 17:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • "He is also one of three batsmen who have scored triple centuries on two occasions. The others are Bradman and Virender Sehwag." – this sounds a little clunky and forced to me, is there anyway you can merge the two sentences into one more fluid sentence?
  • Done: How is it now?
  • "Lara scored thirty four centuries during his Test career..." – per WP:MOSNUM should be '34'.
  • Not done: This is allowed per WP:ORDINAL AFAIK. I'm trying to use numbers only for scores, wickets etc.
  • "By the time of his retirement, he had scored nineteen centuries in One Day International matches." – again, should be '19'.
  • Not done: Per above.
  • In your key you state "The number of the Test matches played in that series", I think it should read: "The number of the Test match played in that series." which makes better grammatical sense.
  • Done
  • Also in the key, some of the meanings have full-stops at the end and some don't, could you be consistent.
  • Done

Everything else looks fine to me, another nice centuries list, well done. Harrias (talk) 16:17, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your suggestions. I've made some changes to the article. What do you think? I'd also appreciate your views on the numbers issue. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 01:37, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yeah, on reading that section (which I've read many times, but missed that clause!) I'm happy with your numbers, honestly I prefer like that anyway! Harrias (talk) 18:15, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:39, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments excellent list...
  • Caption doesn't need ", has " in my opinion.
  • Done
  • Shouldn't "high scoring" be hyphenated?
  • Done
  • "his introduction to international cricket" I'm sure he was introduced to international cricket earlier (like watching it on television!) I think it'd be better as "his debut in"?
  • Done: Fair enough.
  • "His score of 277" perhaps reinforce "in that match" here as you mentioned a century in the previous sentence and then talk about 277 (could be confusing for non-cricket types).
  • Done: I was thinking that too, but was unsure how to word it.
  • Should "fourth highest" be hyphenated?
  • Done
  • "first One Day International century" you abbreviated it, why not use the abbreviation?
  • Done
  • Is there a suitable link for strike rate in the lead?
  • Done: I had missed that.

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:28, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I should familiarize myself better with WP:HYPHEN; that always comes up :) ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 01:07, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • "His accomplishments with the bat saw him being chosen as the...". Tiny bit of wordiness that can easily be removed. I don't even think it needs a replacement word.
  • Done
  • "as well one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1995." Missing "as" after "well".
  • Done
  • Done: This is how I have done it in most of my articles, but I don't see a problem with it either way. Thanks for your suggestions. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 01:25, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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