Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches

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The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 12:05, 2 July 2008 [1].

List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches

previous FLC (04:12, 1 June 2008)
This is a co-nomination with AndonicO (talk · contribs). The major concern (and the only reason for the oppose I believe) as that this list was different from other "head coaches" lists. Anyways, that concern has now been resolved, and I believe its ready for another shot. Thanks in advance for the comments. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 21:20, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support (as nom) « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 19:01, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't believe we're allowed to support ourselves (at least, we aren't on FAC...). · AndonicO ^Engage. 19:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment "See also" goes before "References" per WP:LAYOUT. Gary King (talk) 06:04, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Fixed. · AndonicO ^Engage. 19:29, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from The Rambling Man (talk · contribs)

Lead image can be up to 300px according to WP:MOS#Images so have a fiddle to see what looks best.
- Isn't it better to leave the size unspecified, so that user preferences can be displayed? · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well it depends - the manual of style recommends just the lead image to be at least 300px. With other images yes, I agree, use thumb only (and upright for portrait images). The Rambling Man (talk) 06:12, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Five paragraphs in the lead is too much - WP:LEAD would probably recommend three, max, and it looks relatively easy to me for you to merge them.
- Done. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"There have been a total of six Red Wings..." a bit of redundancy here. Why not just "Six Red Wings..."?
- Done. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Leading zero or no leading zero for your %? Be consistent either way.
- Done; are the percentages usually cited as decimals? Because 0.8% is pretty low... shouldn't that be written as 80%? · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think you'll find if you read the WP:MOS, decimal numbers should take a leading zero (e.g. 0.8 rather than .8) but it does make an exception for sporting percentages where your 80% would normally be written .800. Hope that makes sense. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'd reorder the citations numerically [1][4] unless you have a specific reason for [4] being more important.
- Done. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Scotty Bowman has also won it twice, but he was the coach of the Montreal Canadiens when he won this award for the first time" - not keen on the English here.
- Done. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Games coached" and "Losses" in the key.
- Done. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No spaces between the en-dash and the W/L, repeat for table.
- Is this what you mean? · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yep. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:55, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Remove spaces between years and en-dash per WP:DASH.
- Done. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regular season (not Season).
- Done. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No need to relink Adams.
- Done; left a re-link in the table. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Why is "Detroit Cougars/Detroit Falcons" section combined?
- I've got no idea about that, so I'll leave it to MFC. · AndonicO ^Engage. 01:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - The Detroit Falcons only lasted two years. And they had the same coach (Adams) through the Cougars, and the Falcons. I really can't think of a useful reason to split it. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 01:23, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - I'm not sure I agree - the reason to split it is to clarify that the franchise existed in three guises. So you'd only have two extra rows to add in if it was only one coach throughout. It would make it clearer to the non-experts and also to the experts if AndonicO's comment is anything to go by! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:55, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:41, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- - - - Okay then - done. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 15:29, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, with one comment. Change the "References" section to "Notes". Other than that I can't see anything to complain about. Cheers, Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 15:24, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 15:25, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Ditto with Julian. Can't find anything to comment on. Everything looks in order and meets the criteria. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 17:34, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- That's because on the last FLC, you only had one reason to oppose ;) « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 17:35, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs)

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Support Nice work, the list looks great. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 22:54, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment—Can you please change the colouring of the separators/headers of the Cougars/Falcons/Wings? The dark red, with the bright yellow hurts my eyes. Maxim_(talk) 14:33, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose—fails Cr. 6. It does not make good use of colours. Maxim_(talk) 21:59, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fixed... « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 22:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - What do you think of the team colours? Maxim_(talk) 22:31, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Really nice, thanks. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 22:39, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
- "There have been 27 head coaches in franchise history" should be "There have been 27 head coaches in their franchise history"
- What's with the picture in the key?
- I think the year should be linked in the list including the term and the year of the award.
- Where are the shootout loses?
- The subtitles in the list should be the same colors as the colors of the Detroit Red Wings.
- If all of these are finished, I'll support.

Annoyomous24 (talk) (talk) 23:02, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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