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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 User:Scorpion0422 23:33, 29 July 2008 [1].

Minnesota Timberwolves draft history edit

I am nominating this article because I believe it should be promoted to a featured list. I would also like to thank Crzycheetah for giving me a reference which really helped me make this article into featured list criteria. Annoyomous24 20:45, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment
    • 3 refs (11 to 13) are missing info (publisher and access date)

—Chris! ct 00:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DONE! Annoyomous24 01:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Chris! ct 01:40, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • "Flag of the United States USA/Flag of Turkey TUR" would be clearer if the slash was spaced so the images don't cover it up as much
DONE!
  • "currently located in" – I don't think that's the right word; perhaps "based in"? They aren't physically located there every second, like a building would be
DONE!
  • "since the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948–1960." – doesn't sound smooth to me. I'm reading "They are the second NBA team to be located in Minneapolis since the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948–1960." as two phrases: "They are the second NBA team to be located in Minneapolis" and "the Minneapolis Lakers from 1948–1960." and the latter one is missing a verb. Perhaps something like "They are the second NBA team to be based in Minneapolis since the Minneapolis Lakers were there from 1948 to 1960." – I think that would be clearer and easier to read
DONE!
  • link "National Basketball Players' Association"
DONE!
National Basketball Players Association Gary King (talk) 09:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I got it.—Chris! ct 21:51, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "that missed the" – I think "that did not make the" would be clearer. The term "Missed" is used often in the NBA but if it can be conveyed more clearly, then do so
DONE!
  • "Teams can also trade their picks, so some years a team could have more than or less than two picks." – not very clear, and full of redundancies. "some years" can be removed. I'd like to see this sentence explained more to someone who doesn't understand how the draft process works. I think "picks" is "draft-lingo" and so can even be removed and explained in other, simpler terms. Like "Teams can trade away their option to choose a player" or something.
I wrote "Teams can also trade their picks, which means that a team could have more than or less than two picks in one draft." hope that makes more sense.

Gary King (talk) 04:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Resolved comments from Crzycheetah 04:27, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments
    • In two successive sentences, 2nd and 3rd, you tell us that they're based in Minneapolis. It's boring a little.
'DONE!
    • Why is there " at the end of the 1st paragraph?
DONE!
    • Throughout the years, the Timberwolves had traded away some of their picks as well as traded for other teams' picks. - This sentence repeats previous statement and can be removed.
DONE!
    • Numbers should be centered; columns "Draft", "Round", "Pick".
DONE!
DONE!
    • I am pretty sure Sherron Mills was not Turkish at the time he was drafted. Turkish flag should go.
DONE!
    • There should be no space between periods and citations.
DONE!
    • There are many links to dismag./wrong pages in the Notes section. Fix them please.
DONE!

--Crzycheetah 08:49, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    • Footnotes g and h are not sourced
    • What does footnote l have to do with the TWolves?
    • You have "The" with a capital T in the middle of sentences.
    • What is the current ref#4 for? I didn't have to use it, maybe I missed something?
DONE ALL! The 4th reference was for referncing Ray Allen being drafted in 1996. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! 04:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--Crzycheetah 04:27, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this whole list states that Ray Allen was drafted per the general reference. I think this ref isn't needed, but it doesn't do any harm either. Can you provide the second footnote for "j" trade note, since there are actually 2 different picks involved in that trade? Take a look at footnotes f and h in the Toronto Raptors draft history, for an example.--Crzycheetah 05:50, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Did I do the ref labels right? -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! 05:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • The footnotes look great!
    • One more thing I noticed just now. In the "university" column, some of the universities use their full name, some not. They are linked to different pages, as well. For example, take a look at Connecticut. There are 3 instances - one is linked to university and another two are linked to the main athletics page. It just needs consistency.

--Crzycheetah 06:13, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DONE! Check if I missed any or give me more comments about the article (or Support/Oppose). -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! 06:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments
    • I'd explain who the Timberwolves are (briefly) before saying that they were involved in the draft.
DONE!
    • Presumably you can link the 1989 draft?
DONE!
    • "about five months" -not exactly encyclopaedic is it?
DONE!
    • "The NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players Association to limit drafts to two rounds from 1989 onward.[1]" what relevance does that have to this specific list?
DONE!
    • Date of first draft in the lead is unreferenced.
DONE!
    • Lead could use expansion. Perhaps some more discussion over more successful draftees?
DONE!
    • You could use more images down the side - Ray Allen has one, for example.
DONE!
    • No discussion over what the "round" means - first, second pick etc is fine but if you make a big deal over that in the lead then you should cover the round as well.
I don't know what you mean
    • Player should sort by surname.
DONE!
    • Ref 5 needs accessdate at least.
DONE!
    • NBA lists rather than just basketball list (category).
DONE!
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