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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 Giants2008 03:14, 16 November 2015 [1].

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Nominator(s): Lemonade51 (talk) 12:59, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A comprehensive list of Arsenal records and notable statistics, modelled on other football lists which already been promoted. All feedback is welcome, thanks. Lemonade51 (talk) 12:59, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Mattythewhite (talk) 18:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Mattythewhite
  • "based in North London": perhaps mention the exact part of London, i.e. Holloway?
  • "Wembley Stadium, their temporary home for UEFA Champions League games": I'd state the time period.
  • I think there's an issue with the use of plural and singular. In Honours, we have "Their first national senior...", followed two sentences later by "Arsenal won its first league" (my bold). The rule I go by is club = singular and team = plural.
  • Honours: are there any free-use images of Arsenal players with a trophy that could be used here?
  • Per WP:MOSFLAG, "The name of a flag's political entity should appear adjacent to the first use of the flag". The flags in the "Most appearances" and "Top goalscorers" tables are accompanied only by the players. You should either add a "Nationality" column or remove the flags. I'd personally go with the latter (along with the "Transfers" tables), as I don't think it's especially pertinent information.
  • Goalscorers: for league records, I would name the division. I think readers would be interested to know what division Ted Drake scored forty-two goals in.
  • "38–game": not sure we need an en dash here.
  • "Most league goals in a calendar year": unreferenced.
  • "Most goals in a single match": "single" is redundant.
  • International: is there a suitable image to go here?
  • Transfers: The text in the "Notes" columns doesn't need to be small. Alternatively, they could be turned into footnotes.
  • Matches: could you include the rounds for cup competitions?
  • And how about the first match at Wembley?
  • Record consecutive results: "This section applies to all competitions" isn't strictly true, when this section includes league records.
  • Attendances: does the 73,707 attendance need to be stated twice?
  • European statistics: could you write a few sentences giving an overview of Arsenal's record in European competitions?

Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 18:25, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for taking a look, I believe I've addressed all your points. Lemonade51 (talk) 15:09, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The "Most appearances" and "Top goalscorers" tables need footnotes to detail the competitions they include, like at this list.
  • "Henry was Arsenal's leading goalscorer for seven consecutive seasons, from 1999–2000 to 2005–06": unreferenced.
  • Footnotes A and C are unsourced. Mattythewhite (talk) 23:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Have made corrections, thanks again. Lemonade51 (talk) 16:37, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good work. Hopefully we will one day see an Arsenal F.C. featured topic! Mattythewhite (talk) 18:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Parutakupiu (talk) 18:56, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Parutakupiu
  • "The club was renamed a third time..." — Shouldn't it be 'second time', since it was the second time the name was changed?
  • Whoops, good spot.
  • Typo: "friendles".
  • "The club have won..." — Can we use the plural for "club" in the same way as for "team"?
  • I've replaced it with 'Arsenal', the shortened form of the club's full name should refer to the team, or team(s) of the day. Hope that's clear.
  • "... something once achieved before, by Preston North End..." — Drop the comma.
  • Arsenal never won the UEFA Cup, so the competition name should not be alongside 'Inter-Cities Fairs Cup' in the Honours section.
  • In the Player records\Appearances\International section, there's no need to repeat "while an Arsenal player" in the 3rd and 4th items, after stating that restriction right before the list.
  • Only the first image has alt text.
  • Ref #69 is dead since 5 October 2015.

— Parutakupiu (talk) 02:25, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, believe all your comments have been addressed and I've responded to certain points. Lemonade51 (talk) 10:51, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • This list is in great shape, but for two points I have. The appearances records section is a bit sparse, you could add who has the most most appearances in Europe, the FA Cup, who has made the consecutive appearances etc. Likewise the managerial records sections is a bit small. You could add most games as manager, who has won the most games, lost the most, best winning percentage, shortest managerial regign etc. That is assuming the information is available, which i think it will be more for the majority of the above. NapHit (talk) 15:34, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for taking a look at this NapHit, I've beefed up the appearances section and added some more managerial records. The manager who has won and lost the most games is Wenger; without context it's pointless hence why I've excluded it. Lemonade51 (talk) 18:06, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Happy to support now that my niggles have been dealt with! NapHit (talk) 20:04, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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