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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 User:Scorpion0422 01:46, 6 December 2008 [1].

List of New Jersey Nets head coaches

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My first FLC nomination. Thanks to User:David Fuchs for the image check and to User:Chrishomingtang for looking over the article pre-FLC. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:09, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments
  • It's about time!
  • "The team was moved to a home 40 miles (64 km) away from New York City" – Can this be more specific? Moved to what city? What's the stadium called?
  • "He wants to move" – Perhaps "He plans to move"
  • Shouldn't "games coached and won" be "games coached and wins" (for both occurrences)?

Gary King (talk) 02:50, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done all. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:09, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, Support Gary King (talk) 03:20, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24
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Sorry for not looking through the article before the FLC, as I was busy with homework. Now on with the comments...

  • Led team to ABA championships in 1974 and 1976 --> "Led team to ABA championships in 1974 and 1976" or "2 ABA championships in (1974 and 1976)". I would prefer the second suggestion, as it will be consistent with other List of (team) head coaches.
  • Add the note, "Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season." on the column, "Term". -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 07:34, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Butch Beard is not one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. (second paragraph and list)
  • "...won ABA Championships in 1974..." ABA Championships --> ABA championships.
  • "...ABA merged with the NBA..." Link to ABA-NBA merger.
  • "..., which was 40 miles (64 km) away from New York City." Is this really necessary?
  • "New York Nets 1976 (NBA) and New Jersey Nets (NBA) 1976–present" I don't really get this, since it is not mentioned in the prose. Can you tell the readers how the Nets were still called the New York Nets in 1976? You said, in the prose, that they moved to New Jersey in 1976.

-- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 07:34, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done most of your comments. I don't want to link to articles from what looks like plain year-links right now because there is an RfC about that right now. As for the team name, there is no explicit note of when the name changed; however, this source says that the team was the New York Nets in the NBA for a short time. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:41, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
On the link you just provided me, I says that the Nets joined the NBA still as the New York Nets, then change to New Jersey Nets the year after. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 23:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, you forgot this one...Add the note, "Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season." on the column, "Term". -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 00:00, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed the years. I didn't add the note because I didn't link the years (seasons). Dabomb87 (talk) 00:03, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Laugh out loud. Sorry about that. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 04:29, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from SRX [TRUco]

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  • However, because of a weakening U.S. economy, tentative financing of the construction project and protests of local residents who would be displaced by the center, the Nets will not move until at least 2011. 1)Link to the the financial crisis of 2007–2008 or the global economic crisis of 2008, where you say "weakening U.S. economy.
  • In the table, you list the accomplishments as Led team to ABA championships in 1974 and 1976. It should be instead..ABA Championship (1974, 1976).
Done both. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:34, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from KV5
Comments from Killervogel5
  • "Two Nets coaches, Chuck Daly and Bill Fitch, were named to the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History list." - link top 10 coaches in NBA history as in the table, and reword slightly. It sounds awkward as is. Suggest: "Chuck Daly and Bill Fitch were selected as two of the top 10 coaches in NBA history."
  • "Larry Brown is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season winning percentage (.576)." - link winning percentage.
  • Use the city-state template for East Rutherford, New Jersey, and for Brooklyn, New York.
  • "The franchise's first head coach was Max Zaslofsky, who coached for two seasons." - saying coach twice in such quick succession is redundant. Suggest "who led the team".
  • Suggest superscripting the daggers in the table for visual effect and to eliminate crowding.
  • Link the years in the table to the team's season article.

Hope this helps. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 15:57, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have done most of your suggestions. I don't like linking to cities and states, linking to states doesn't really provide relevant info for the reader, and readers can get to the article about the state through the article about the city. Also, I don't want to superscript the daggers because none of the other head coach FLs do and it doesn't make a huge difference anyway. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:04, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 20:05, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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