Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of chief ministers of Jharkhand/archive1

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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 21:55:43 17 November 2019 (UTC) [1].

List of chief ministers of Jharkhand edit

Featured list candidates/List of chief ministers of Jharkhand/archive1

Nominator(s): TryKid (talk) 10:58, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My previous nomination is now at three supports. This list is about the chief ministers of Jharkhand, another state created in 2000. This time, the legislature website and the official CM website had no CM list, so I had to create one myself and search the Frontline archives to source it. The list is in good condition, but there may be some problems with how some things are worded, probably. TryKid (talk) 10:58, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"Three people have served as the state's chief minister". There are six, not three.
"Half of them belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including Babulal Marandi, the inaugural officeholder." I think this sentence can be rearranged. Mention Babulal's name first and then the party.
"come from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)". Come from? Use a better wording.
"Koda is one of the ~~very~~ few independents".
"current incumbent"? Use either of those words.

Yashthepunisher (talk) 05:23, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to solve the issues, please take a look. Also, @Yashthepunisher:, do you like or dislike pings? I realized some time ago that not everyone likes to be pinged. TryKid (talk) 13:44, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support this nomination. Well, I don't like or dislike pings. They are simply a necessity. Yashthepunisher (talk) 13:53, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The lead is quite short at less than 1400 characters. I think you could beef it up by talking more about Shibu Soren. The fact that he held the post three times and was never an MLA both probably merit highlighting in the lead. Also, one of his terms only lasted nine days - how was this possible? Why did Munda leave the role for nine days and then return to it?
"Half of them, including the inaugural officeholder Babulal Marandi, belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)" - I think "Half of them, including the inaugural officeholder Babulal Marandi, represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)" would be better (this also gets around the fact that at some point one or more won't belong (present tense) to the BJP because they will have retired/died.
"Two chief ministers, Shibu Soren and his son Hemant Soren belong to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)" - need a comma after the second Soren's name
"The state has also been governed by Madhu Koda; Koda is one of the few independents " - could be streamlined to "The state has also been governed by Madhu Koda, one of the few independents"
"In between their reigns, the state has also been under President's rule thrice" - "thrice" is a very archaic-sounding word, I would just say "three times"
In Soren's cells, there's no line break between his name and the brackets - be consistent with the other rows
In note d, write "could not" in full
Think that's it from me -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:34, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- ChrisTheDude, I've solved second to fifth issues. Also, after thinking about it for a day, I've made a decision to remove constituency data entirely. This means no need for note d. I made the decision because it was unverifiable, and plain wrong in one instance. It's actually possible to find the required information, but I'll need to search up the election archives for individual constituencies, as many of chief ministers were elected in bye-elections. It's sad because it was very interesting that Soren got to be chief minister three times without ever being an MLA. So, what do you think about the change? Do you recommend that I reinstate constituency information and source it some way? TryKid (talk) 21:02, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support - looks good -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:10, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dudley

A map showing the location of the state in India would be helpful - or in words in the lead if no map is available.
"as he could not prove his majority in the house" This does not sound right to me. Maybe "as he could not prove that he had the support of a majority of the house"
The lead is rather short. Some more background would be helpful - e.g. Why was the state formed so late? What is its capital city? Presumably the first and last assemblies had BJP majorities and the frequent changes and periods of president's rule in the 2nd and 3rd assemblies were because no pary had a majority, but this could be spelled out.
There is a lot of white space on the right - maybe add some photos of the state? Dudley Miles (talk) 18:30, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think images of the state's location are necessary, the current shape is consistent with other featured lists of chief ministers of India and governors of US states.
I've replaced it with your version.
Information regarding the state can be accessed by a reader by clicking on the link to Jharkhand article. I'm sure someone looking for a list of chief ministers of Jharkhand would be reasonably familiar with the state. I'll try to expand the lead as per your recommendations.
White space seems to be a device specific problem; there's no white space on my device, but adding images would certainly introduce some white space on my device. TryKid (talk) 13:25, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - This article follows the EXACT SAME PATTERN as the List of chief ministers of Chhattisgarh, which is indeed a featured list, and hence it should be made featured instantly without any delay. Justlookingforthemoment (talk) 10:50, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Source review – The reliability and formatting of the references both look good, and the link-checker shows no issues. This source review is a pass. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:18, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting. --Pres N 21:55, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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