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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:34, 7 April 2018 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Mr. Show-Me Basketball edit

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Nominator(s): Jmnbqb (talk) 23:46, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I went out on a limb and tried something new with this list. There's other similar Mr. Basketball lists, but I expanded this one to include more substantive notes and information than the others. Jmnbqb (talk) 23:46, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from BeatlesLedTV (talk) 00:36, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
;Comments from BeatlesLedTV
  • Ref 4 has "Mr. Sho-Me Basketball" instead of "Show-Me"
  • I think this article could use an infobox
  • "Ref(s)" → "Refs"
  • Left-align Jayson Tatum's description

Everything looks good to me. Great job! You should try out Miss Show-Me Basketball next! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 17:00, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

BeatlesLedTV Comments have been addressed. Thanks for the review! Jmnbqb (talk) 19:10, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments:
    • I think a quick mention of where the name comes from would be useful; I know that the nickname of Missouri is the Show-Me State, but other readers may not.
      • Explanation added to lead.
    • Why is CBC abbreviated? It makes sense for very well-known schools like SMU, LSU, UCLA, etc., but in this case, for a high school, with no other note? I think it should be written out.
      • High school is spelled out.
    • Why is there an extra line break in Biedschied's colleges?
      • Fixed.
  • Otherwise, looks good. --Golbez (talk) 17:22, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Archive all the references to avoid link rotting.
  • You can mention the country name in the opening sentence, since not everyone knows where Missouri is.
  • Make sure all the images have alt text.

Yashthepunisher (talk) 14:49, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yashthepunisher All fixed. Thanks for the review. Jmnbqb (talk) 17:33, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Source review
  • What makes germanhoops.wordpress.com a reliable source? It appears to be someone's personal blog.
  • Although it's a wordpress, the "about" page (here) seems to detail a credible author (a lot more so than some random blog). Additionally, it's one of the only English sources I could find on German basketball league players.
  • What makes campuspressbox a reliable source? It appears to be an amateur group blog (it even has a "staff login" link in the bottom footer).
  • Yes it comes off as a amateur group blog, but I think there's a lot of indicators that show that it's more than than that. They have 2 regular podcasts, an active Facebook and Twitter account (over 12,000 tweets), and an organization hierarchy having executive editors and 14 listed contributors.
--PresN 15:50, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

PresN, responded to source review. Jmnbqb (talk) 20:44, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 10:14, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Be consistent with St. Louis or Saint Louis.
  • Fixed one instance. However, the school is known as "Saint Louis University" while newspapers are known for containing St. Louis such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch so I kept that consistency.
  • " Georgian national basketball team" no n in Georgia.
  • Fixed.
  • "a bus trip" was that taking or missing a "bus trip" that was part of the reason for his dismissal?
  • Clarified.

The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man, comments addressed. Jmnbqb (talk) 10:32, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

PresN, I think we're waiting on you to review the responses to our comments. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I was taking some time to think about the GermanHoops site; it still feels a little sketch, but I'm going to go with it due to both writers being current/former writers for a professional site on the subject. Also, honestly, there's not going to be a ton of ESPN-level sites on German basketball in any language. Promoting. --PresN 20:46, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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