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The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 16:33, 13 August 2008 [1].

List of Boston Red Sox managers[edit]

I am nominating this list becaue I believe it is featured list material. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! 09:08, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - I originally started and expanded this, before it was finished by K. A24. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 16:23, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment – Ties aren't possible in Baseball, why is that section there in the playoffs? « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 17:43, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you see the playoff results, you'll see that they tied a game with the New York Giants at the World Series in 1912. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! 20:45, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment
    • The title of general reference #3 should be in lower case per WP:MOS

Other than that, it looks good.—Chris! ct 21:21, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DONE! -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! 21:27, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:43, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments
    • Image caption - " had led " - "has led"
    • " In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. " this is more of a footnote than a piece of interesting and useful information about the Red Sox in the lead.
But readers will maybe be misunderstood by what a manager in baseball really means.
    • "of the Red Sox, managed the most " - "has managed the most..."
    • " playoff games and wins with 31 games and 22 playoff wins" "playoff games with 31 and playoff wins with 22"?
    • "both have two World Series championships. " "have both won two World Series championships"?
    • "... the AL Manager of the Year Award in .." comma before in here I think.
    • Collins (et al) image caption is a fragment so no full stop required.
    • Jack Barry points to a dab page.
    • So does Kevin Kennedy.
    • Two redlinked categories.
  • The Rambling Man (talk) 12:15, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
DONE ALL! except for the second bullet. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. 20:26, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Killervogel5
Comments from KV5
  • All season years in the lead link to "XXXX Major League Baseball season" except for 1912.
  • "The Red Sox are members of the American League Eastern Division of the American League (AL) in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are the reigning World Series champions." - I don't think American League needs to be there twice; I think it could just be Eastern Division (or East Division, since that is the proper name) pipelinked to American League East.
  • "Joe Cronin managed the most games with 1987 and wins with 1071 of any Red Sox manager." - The phrase "of any Red Sox manager" modifies the word "games"; it seems a bit broken with the two separated. Also, the numbers look like years unless you put commas in (i.e., 1,987 and 1,071). Same with "both categories with 1116 games and 560 wins", next sentence.
  • "Terry Francona, the current manager of the Red Sox, has managed the most playoff games with 31 and wins with 22." - this should be referenced if the table is not sortable.
  • "Bill Carrigan and Francona have both won two World Series championships." - "have each won" would be better.
  • "...in 1915 and 1916 while Francona" - should have a comma after 1916.
  • "...to be awarded the AL Manager of the Year Award" - award is redundant, "to win the AL Manager of the Year Award" would be better.
  • The statistics would be better off restricted to completed seasons in a list like this, per FLC criterion #7, unless you plan on keeping it updated after every single game.
  • If the table is not going to be sortable, I'm not sure that years need to be linked after their first appearance (I might be wrong on that count; The Rambling Man could probably provide clarification).
  • Since you are using em-dashes in the playoffs for blanks, you should use them in the "#" column as well.
  • Since the dagger symbol never occurs in bold text in the table, I don't believe it should be bold in the key.
Review by KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on!
    • DONE ALL!. The only tihng I need someone to do is to fix the sorting since I really don't know how. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. 22:16, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • I put in sorts for the numbers, but the colspans are messing with it. Either they have to be removed, or no sorting. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 23:40, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • To be honest, I don't get what you mean. I also sorted the # of coaches since I think I get how to sort numbers now. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. 02:58, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
          • The colspans are the team names that go across the whole table. They are causing an issue with the sorting because they go across the whole table. So, either eliminate those rows (which I would recommend, since you explain the name change in the lead) or no sorting. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 03:41, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
            • DONE! btw, just call me K.A24 instead of K. Annoy. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. 03:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
              • You got it, bud, didn't even think about how that could be misconstrued until I read it closely. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 17:26, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just one last thing, not a deal-breaker, but I think the name column should sort by last name. It can be done the same way as the other sorts (List of Philadelphia Phillies managers does it, if you need an example). KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 17:32, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
DONE! -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. 18:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
DONE! -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. 23:18, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

So should I do Boston, Massachusetts or Boston, Massachusetts?
The second one. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 01:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
DONE! -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. 01:57, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please fix the huge amount of whitespace in the Managers section.
So what should I put on the huge whitespace?
Eh, I dunno how to fix it. Sorry :( Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 02:02, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 01:15, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by huge whitespace. Are you talking about the onw under the pictures since I don't see any huge whitespace. -- K. Annoyomous24 GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. 02:06, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, nevermind. My wife had my text size set to medium. I prefer it smaller so when I shrank it it looks okay. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 02:14, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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