Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of African XI ODI cricketers

List of African XI ODI cricketers edit

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. No further edits should be made to this page. The closing editor's comments were: 14 days, 4 support, 0 oppose. Promote. --Crzycheetah 02:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Following the shooting down of my last nomination (see: here), I went to WP:Cricket and we designed a new base idea for these lists to be using; here it is, in action. Heavily expanded lead compared to the others, which I feel covers the history of the team and the players adequately.
One thing I'm personally not happy about is the idea of speciality; this was considered a good idea by at least one opposer to the previous nomination for one of these. Having implemented it I feel it breaks the FL criteria 1d, in that some players are borderline as to whether they can be considered all-rounders or not. Albie and Morne Morkel are two examples; they have reasonable batting averages, and Cricinfo says that they have the ability to be considered as such; but over an extended period of time they have average averages (pun not intended, nor is any potential confusion) and aren't particularly skilled. I'm personally hoping someone agrees with me, as I've just done it and it seems a bit hit-and-miss, and would be all for scrapping the column altogether, I think. Whilst some may have concern with the layout and/or length of the lead I don't feel it would be appropriate to move the text below the list, it would seem to defeat the point of the list in general. Other than that, I feel it meets all the criteria. Thoughts, comments, supports, opposes, all appreciated. AllynJ 04:48, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support: But i am afraid that this article has really increased the standard for ODI players list and all lists have to be revisited to bring it to this level. Nevertheless, a great list page with very little to complaint about. --Kalyan 05:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - massive improvement on some of the earlier cricket list nominations. Personally I don't feel strongly about the "speciality" column and would support either with or without it. I agree it can be a bit subjective. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 09:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your support guys. Any more to participate? :) AllynJ 20:00, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support if the skills column is removed. I think your concerns are quite correct: see Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 April 12#Cricketers by skill for an earlier related discussion. Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:27, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]