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The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 08:17, 31 January 2009 [1].

List of Atlanta Braves Opening Day starting pitchers[edit]

I believe this list meets the Featured List criteria, consistent with List of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers, List of San Francisco Giants Opening Day starting pitchers and others. Rlendog (talk) 04:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Truco

Comments from Truco (talk · contribs)

  • There is too much extra space between the disambiguation link at the top and with the lead.
  • They played in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Boston, Massachusetts before moving to Atlanta for the 1966 season. - "They played" was used in the previous sentence, it sounds repetitive, switch the sentence up for more diversity.
  • The 17 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 11 wins, 19 losses and 13 no decisions.[2]. - remove the extra period
  • Hall of Famer Phil Niekro holds the Atlanta Braves' record for most Opening Day starts with eight. - comma before "with"
  • He has a record in Opening Day starts for the Atlanta Braves of no wins and six losses with two no decisions. - too much use of "Atlanta Braves", you can just use either or when referring to them later in the prose because the reader by now knows who the team is. In addition, the last part of the sentence should be "..of not wins, six losses, and two no decisions."
  • Current Braves Tom Glavine and John Smoltz have each made four Opening Day starts for the team.' - current "Braves" what? pitchesrs?
  • Mahler has the best winning percentage in Opening Day starts, with four wins and no losses (4–0) with one no decision. - "best" is POV, how about using "highest" In addition, shouldn't the last part of the sentence be "..with four win, no losses, and one no decision."?
  • Niekro has the record for most losses in Atlanta Braves Opening Day starts with six - comma before "with"
  • Their starting pitchers had a record in those games of no wins and six losses (0–6) with three no decisions. - my comment above about the last part of the sentence also applies here, correct me if I am wrong
  • This gives the Atlanta Braves' Opening Day starting pitchers' combined home record 6–8 with five no decisions. - add "a" before "combined" and add "of" before "6-8"
  • They had a combined Opening Day record of 3–2 in years that the Atlanta Braves played in the World Series - "in" should be "during the"
  • When I sort the final score, the 1988 season isn't sorting properly in numerical order.
  • The "Reference" column should be called "Reference(s)" since more than one is being used.--TRUCO 18:30, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you for your comments. I believe I have addressed them, except the following:
      • In the paragraph where there was too much use of the term "Atlanta Braves", I removed the word "Atlanta" a couple of times, but I needed to leave in the reference to this specific team, since several of the pitchers mentioned (Niekro, Glavine, Maddux) did make Opening Day starts for other teams (Yankees, Mets and Cubs, resepctively).
      • I left the phrase "x wins and y losses with z no decisions" for Mahler, although I changed the other instances. I left the phrase the way it was for Mahler because I believe that it is a correct way of stating the record, and in Mahler's case the record is given in the context of his winning percentage. Since the no decisions are ancillary to the winning percentage, it seemed proper to use the structure referring to the no decisions as "with".
      • I think "They had a combined Opening Day record of 3–2 in years that the Atlanta Braves played in the World Series" is correct. "During" makes it sound like the particular games in question were ongoing during those seasons, and by definition, these games were done the first day of the season. Rlendog (talk) 21:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Followup comments
      • The reference column comment was not resolved.
      • Merge the second and third paragraphs, they are too short to stand alone as a paragraph.--TRUCO 00:01, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • Done. I left off the parentheses around the "s" in References since, at least on my setup, it caused the (s) to go to a 2nd row by itself, which looked very odd. Rlendog (talk) 01:09, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - issues resolved to meet WP:WIAFL.--TRUCO 02:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:24, 19 January 2009 (UTC) [reply]
    Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

    Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

    • Check the image captions, those that are complete sentences should have periods at the end (for example the lead image)
    • "Their starting pitchers had a record in those games of"-->In those games, their starting pitchers had a record of...
    • "Morton, Gary Gentry and Andy Messersmith all had no decisions" Dabomb87 (talk) 22:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thank you for your comments. I believe I have addressed them. Rlendog (talk) 23:56, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Comments from KV5

    *The dates that are linked at the end of the lead should be linked to the appropriate World Series since that is what is being discussed; no other dates in the lead are linked, and should stay that way at this time.

    • I'm not on board with splitting this list into two lists, because it may fail Cr.3; however, the Giants' list is the same way, and the scope is defined, so I won't pitch a fit about it.

    Hope this helps. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 14:11, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

      • Thank you for your comments. I fixed the World Series Links. Rlendog (talk) 15:34, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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