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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 Dabomb87 15:46, 20 February 2010 [1].

List of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first-round draft picks edit

Nominator(s): Mm40 (talk) 17:39, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Another one of the boring draft-pick lists. This is built in the style of the rest, with some minor changes on my part. Pretty interesting; this list contains the only player selected first overall twice and a pitcher born without a right hand who won multiple awards. Review away! Cheers, Mm40 (talk) 17:39, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - Looks good to me. Lead is concise and to the point, and the list doesn't have any problems as far as I can see. ceranthor 17:48, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Staxringold talkcontribs 01:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • I like the Jim Abbott note, he really is a unique figure.
  • Yeah, you don't see too many one-handed pitchers. Mm40 (talk) 20:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, but the episode's article tells me all I need to know... Mm40 (talk) 01:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Danny Goodwin needs his Angels draft year in parens.
  • Not in love with the Weaver cite in the image, but *shrug*
  • I don't really like it either, but, unfortunately, there's no other place for it. The paragraph in the lead is more for awards won in MLB by draftees. Mm40 (talk) 20:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think you have to be careful with the combined notes to deal with multiple issues. Notes like "o" work well (They lost their only pick but gained a new one), but notes like "f", "r", and "s" need separation to make it clear who was picked via a pick they got in this particular way.
  • Do you think I could add something like "in that order"? I did it this way because it will be very repetitious, and annoying for the reader to click down and have to read all the way to the end of two separate footnotes saying the same thing. Mm40 (talk) 20:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The thing is it isn't repetitive because they're from different teams. The only other note pairs I feel like could be combined in these lists (but I prefer not to) are the compensatory and supplemental picks for Type A free agents (since they are for the same player). Staxringold talkcontribs 20:19, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Does this work? I've separated notes "f" and "r" but modified note "s" (now "u") to include the number of the picks, the players lost, and "respectively". Cheers, Mm40 (talk) 01:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Casey Kotchman image caption is uncited within the article.
  • Ref added in the caption. Mm40 (talk) 20:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Might be worth including an additional cite to the MLB.com draft pages (as I've used in some of these lists) to provide an online cite about Bannister not signing. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:16, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Additional ref added. Mm40 (talk) 20:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 07:50, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Got a ref for their former name?
  • You link California on its second usage, any reason why not the first?
  • I've unlinked all states. Consistency within the article (they're unlinked in table) and WP:LINK specifies not linking common geographic areas that don't add to context. Mm40 (talk) 20:55, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Shouldn't Goodwin being selected in 1971 and then in 1975 be a note in the table as well?
  • "indicates the number of the pick" - is this the overall pick number made by all franchises during the draft? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overall; I've clarified this. Mm40 (talk) 20:55, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Support – "and three first basemen was also taken." "was" → "were". Giants2008 (27 and counting) 16:15, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

fixed. Mm40 (talk) 20:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I've got a couple nitpicks. First off, "No players have been selected from outside the United States." True, but since that paragraph consists mainly of numbers and what they 'have' drafted, I'd write it in reverse, saying that all players selected were born in the U.S. Could be just me though. Also, are their five first-round picks last year a record? Even if not, the sheer quantity I think deserves a lead mention. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 15:55, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. They've actually twice made first selections, so it can't be that. Basically, it can happen whenever a team loses two valuable free agents, which happens. Mm40 (talk) 23:42, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks good now, so I'll Support. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:32, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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