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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 23:41, 17 September 2010 [1].

List of Atlanta Braves managers[edit]

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Nominator(s): LAAFan 00:46, 5 August 2010 (UTC) --K. Annoyomous (talk) 10:45, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I feel that it meets criteria. Thanks for comments in advance. LAAFan 00:46, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 09:46, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "...that formed..." sounds a little passive, can you be more active, i.e. "were formed in"?
Done by LAAFan. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Four paras, three of which are short, in the lead, probably could go to three paras max.
Done by LAAFan. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Cox lost the 1991 World Series, 1992 World Series, 1996 World Series and 1999 World Series with the Braves" do you need to repeat "World Series" each time here?
Done by LAAFan. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Cox has managed more games than any other Braves manager" maybe "Cox has managed the Braves for more games than any other manager"?
Done by LAAFan. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Cox has managed more games than any other Braves manager. Billy Southworth, Luman Harris, Joe Torre, Cox, Haney, and Stallings are the only managers to have led the Braves into the playoffs.
What's the comment here?. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The highest win–loss total for a Braves manager is held by Cox, with 1,792 wins and 1,315 losses. Cox became the first Braves manager to win the Manager of the Year award, in 1991, 2004, and 2005.[2] The current manager of the Braves is Cox, who replaced Russ Nixon during the 1990 season." Count the sentences, count the "Cox"s. One per sentence is too much.
Done by LAAFan. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Thus, any managers who has two or more separate" English.... any "manager" who has.
Done by LAAFan. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Curious point. Once I've re-sorted the list by anything, how can I re-sort it by #? Especially as sorting by year results in 38 Ted Turner sorting ahead of 39 Vern Benson followed by 37 Dave Bristol...
Done by LAAFan. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • In Safari under Mac OS X, PL doesn't sort correctly (current Cox is between Southworth and Haney)
Done. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Images aren't same width.
Done. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suddenly in the total, you have a thousand separator, but nowhere else in the table? Be consistent.
Don't understand what you're trying to say... --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Done, added commas to Frank Selee and Bobby Cox's wins and losses, consistent with the commas in the Totals rows. — Martin tamb (talk) 06:36, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:42, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Comments

Will do that tomorrow. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Use {{nts}} for the playoff columns.
Done. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

--K. Annoyomous (talk) 01:18, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:04, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments – First, it looks like some of the comments above have been taken care of. It would be nice if the nominator could indicate which ones are done.
  • "They are members of the eastern division of Major League Baseball's National League." If we want to see correct terminology, "eastern" should probably be "East", since that is the official title.
Done. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • In addition to the managers named in the lead as reaching the World Series, Billy Southworth also led the Braves to the Series in 1948.
Don't think adding that onto the lead is really necessary. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the sentence on Bobby Cox's Series appearances, there is still a repetition of World Series; try removing the first one.
Done. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • A few of the table columns (PA, PW and PL) are sorting oddly.
Done. --K. Annoyomous (talk)
  • References 1 and 2 have slightly different formatting than the rest, without the Baseball-Reference.com.
Done. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 05:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Giants2008 (27 and counting) 20:18, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • "The Braves were a charter member of the NL in 1876 as the Boston Red Caps, and is...". What is "is" doing here? Should be "were".
  • I don't think it should be were...I read over the sentence more than 10 times. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 23:41, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think you're right. It should be "are"; anything but "is" for a plural item like a team nickname. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:06, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The franchise was known as Boston Bees from 1936 to 1940". Missing "the" after "as".
  • "which ended the Braves 34-year postseason drought". Braves needs an apostrophe at the end.
  • "the team moved from Milwaukee to its current location Atlanta." Needs a comma before Atlanta.
  • I think it would've been fine without a comma, but added it anyways. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 23:41, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and is managing his current tenure with the team since 1990." This bit badly needs a re-write.
  • The general reference should be bulleted.

Giants2008 (27 and counting) 23:10, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment Can this FLC please be closed. I have a lot of work to do that I cannot finish in a limited time.--LAAFan 03:09, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Don't close it. I will voluntarily finish this FLC nomination free of charge. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 04:32, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment leaning towards oppose. Sandman888 (talk) Latest FAC 18:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't believe the lead is very engaging, and I think a telling sign of such is the lack of quotes to books or newspapers. A stats-site simply cannot back up any brilliant prose without turning into OR. Who is considered significant of these managers, who turned the club around etc? I recommend reading some of the history section of the club article to get some ideas. Sandman888 (talk) Latest FAC 18:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I was supposed to cite some secondary sources into the article yesterday, but forgot to. If I have time, I will then research more about the history of the club. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 19:10, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support lead is better, not fantastic but I'm satisfied, thanks for the effort. :) Sandman888 (talk) 08:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Re-wrote entire lead. Please re-review the article, and see if any corrections need to be made. Sorry for the inconvenience. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 04:52, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Wizardman Operation Big Bear 00:13, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
*Comments:
    • For the sorting, is there a way to get the hyphens to come after the numbers when descending? right now it's the dashes, then the highest number, going down, which to me makes less sense than in reverse. (in other words, now it's -, -, -, 14, 10, 1, 0 when it should be 14, 10, 1, 0, -, - -)
    • "Since starting to play as" I'd reword a bit; maybe "Since the franchise's start as the.."
    • "the World Series ended in a losing result to the Braves." for the Braves
    • "team three season before in Milwaukee." you mean for three earlier seasons? reword
    • While the lead is impressive, I actually think it's a bit too long. I'll defer to a second opinion on that though.
      • One guy said it was too short, now you say it's too long. Interesting... --K. Annoyomous (talk) 22:34, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wizardman Operation Big Bear 19:59, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'll support this, cautiously, presuming another opinion or two on the lead will create a full support shortly. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 00:13, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Goodraise 03:24, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Could you put the caption of the image in the lead in prose form?
  • "the team has changed its name several times, and relocated twice" - Serial comma are only used in lists of three or more. (multiple occurences)
  • The lead could still use a bit of copy-editing.

Goodraise 03:18, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak oppose. The prose is not up to standards. The list is fine otherwise. Goodraise 03:24, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Restricted support. Meets criteria 2–6. No comment on criterion 1. Will return to complete the review, if I find the time. Goodraise 14:44, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Should probably mention in the prose (here's an easy place to use a secondary source) that the Braves have retired Eddie Mathews #. Staxringold talkcontribs 16:55, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support I made some copy-edits a few days ago, and I just did one more due to the FLC being rather long in the tooth. Prose isn't great, but it is hard to make this rather dry subject jump off the page. All the other criteria are fully satisfied. Courcelles 05:40, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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