Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (R)/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 promoted by The Rambling Man 15:48, 27 September 2011 [1].

Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (R)

Featured list candidates/Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (R)/archive1

Nominator(s): — KV5 • Talk • 14:22, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I do realize that I have a current open nomination that is relatively recent; however, citing this discussion, I am nominating the next list in this series for featured candidacy on the grounds that my current nomination has no outstanding comments and four supports. ~~If a director is of the opinion that this is not yet appropriate and that I should wait, I will withdraw this on request. Otherwise,~~ I will address all comments expediently. Cheers. — KV5 • Talk • 14:22, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 10:24, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Lead image caption needs a "and" or something after "1961," to read properly.\
- How so? If it's broken down, it's properly modified the subject three times: "Robin Roberts pitched for the Phillies from 1948 to 1961", "Robin Roberts was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame", and "Robin Roberts had his number 36 retired by the team". I don't think it needs to say "Roberts pitched... and was inducted... and had his number...". — KV5 • Talk • 18:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fair enough, I wasn't reading it properly. Soz. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:06, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
" 3739 1⁄3" -> 3,739 1⁄3
- MOS:NUM#Delimiting: "Numbers with four digits to the left of the decimal point may or may not be delimited". — KV5 • Talk • 18:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - There is no decimal point there, just an ugly fraction..! The Rambling Man (talk) 19:06, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Yes, and the {{frac}} template will not generate the proper mixed number with a comma in it. — KV5 • Talk • 21:48, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
John Russell in the caption is a dab link.
- Sigh, no one tells me when they change things. Done. — KV5 • Talk • 18:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Just noticed, in the key, why does the hash note have a full stop when the Year note doesn't? They both read complete to me...
- Good call. Done. — KV5 • Talk • 18:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Arthur Rhodes' caption is missing the beginning of it!
- Alt glitch. Done. — KV5 • Talk • 18:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What's a "walk-off"? Link?
- I linked walk-off, but the problem is that it redirects to walk-off home run, which is only one specific type of walk-off. This particular walk-off was an infield single, about as far as you get from a home run. So I made a section link to the section that discusses other types of walk-off hits (I'll have to re-evaluate that article at some point). — KV5 • Talk • 18:27, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:06, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support The Rambling Man (talk) 17:31, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 16:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments It's a great list, there were just two things in the prose that I didn't quite understand

"Robin Roberts, who won 20 games during the 1950 season as the ace of the Whiz Kids" this sentence confused me as a non baseball aficionado. I have no idea what an ace is or who or what the whiz kids were. I would elaborate slightly those is clearer for those unfamiliar with baseball.
- That's why the links. I could change it to say "ace pitcher", but explicating the Whiz Kids is outside this list's scope. — KV5 • Talk • 00:52, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"during his career, the right-hander won 234 games and lost 199," the right hander bit troubles me, I now what it refers to but I can't tell from the statistics what his role on the was.that Was that the handed he batted with? pitched with? His position needs clarifying
- Changing to "ace pitcher" would clarify his position, so that seems like the best solution and I've implemented it. — KV5 • Talk • 00:52, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Apart from these two quibbles the list is great, well done NapHit (talk) 22:14, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Great list, well done NapHit (talk) 16:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Well done, another good Philadelphia Phillies roster list.
– HonorTheKing (talk) 00:34, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

I see 3739 and 1,871 in the lead. I imagine the comma usage should be consistent throughout.
- This is true, but herein lies the problem: {{frac}} doesn't do commas. I prefer the comma in all cases, but the template won't do it. I suppose I could raw hack it and put the fraction template after the number with the comma even though it's technically not the right use. — KV5 • Talk • 22:58, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
In John Russell's photo caption, should "triple-A" be capitalized? Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:31, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Can, doesn't have to be. Usually an editorial decision since reliable sources usually say "AAA". — KV5 • Talk • 22:58, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I've taken a bit of liberty here, I think neither of these points are crucial, and had already raised the first one elsewhere. So I'm promoting the list. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:56, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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