Wikipedia:Peer review/List of U.S. Open (golf) champions/archive1

List of U.S. Open (golf) champions

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I'm putting this list up for peer review, as I believe it will eventually meet all the criteria necessary to be a featured list. Also the numerous red links will disappear, as I'm periodically working on this. Thanks, NapHit (talk) 15:28, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

• Comments
  • What does "par" mean? And what does "E" mean in that column?
  • Francis Ouimet should be colored differently since he's been both an amateur champion and a playoff winner.
  • List notes separately as was done here or at least combine the notes with references as was done here.
  • Is there an official website that could be added as an external link?

Done NapHit (talk) 11:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

--Crzycheetah 06:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch comments: Interesting list, here some more suggestions for improvement:

• Since the table is not full width, could a bit more information be added? For example, I find the names of countries more informative than flags and did not recognize the old South African flag or the Argentinean flag. Could the name of the country be under the flag?

Well I'm following the example set out in List of UEFA Cup winning managers which uses the same table format as I'm using including the flags, and also the table of winners by nationality explains which countries the flags represent except in the case of the old south African flag though NapHit (talk) 11:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• I also wonder if the city and state of the golf course could be added to that column? For the non-golfer, the name of the course tells me almost nothing. This is especially true for the red links, but I also don't feel like clicking each link just to see where the course is. <br/> would add the text below the existing text here or the flag in the point above.

The only problem I have this is that it lead to the images on the right overlapping the table if I did add this info NapHit (talk) 11:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• Not sure about other information to add to the table - perhaps number of golfers in the tournament, or prize money?

Again I'm reluctant to add this as it might lead to overlapping NapHit (talk) 17:40, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• It looks as if a different number of holes were played the first three years - this should be noted somewhere.

There is already a note explaining this NapHit (talk) 11:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• Refs should be in order - so [1][2][3], not [2][1][3] as an example
• Tiny typeface for refs is hard to read

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this? NapHit (talk) 11:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• • They changed the font size in {{reflist}}, this was the first I had seen the smaller font. Sorry for the confusion, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
• I think in FLC they will want a reference for the notes like current ref 15 "Willie Anderson won in a playoff against Alex Smith."

This should be explained in the other references I have given, the note is used a long with the colour to highlight the fact there was a playoff NapHit (talk) 11:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• Watch out for jargon and explain or eliminate it - this applies to the par and E = even comment above, also to statements like U.S. Open champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the Masters, the Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship) for the next five years, and earn a ten year exemption for the U.S. Open. The ten year exemption is really just a ten year invitation to play in the US Open (without having to qualify), right?

Amended this NapHit (talk) 17:40, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• Might also want to explain in the introduction that the First and Second World Wars led to cancellation of 6 years.

Done NapHit (talk) 17:40, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)