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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 22:45, 29 August 2011 [1].

List of Israeli football champions[edit]

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Nominator(s): —Cliftonianthe orangey bit, HonorTheKing (talk) 12:25, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because the raw data was already there before I started working on it, I've done a bit of work on the prose and on clarifying some issues, I've done some polishing and brought an untidy but informative list up to scratch. Now I think it's more or less ready. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 12:25, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from bamse (talk) 18:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments:
  • It is not anymore required (or even desired) in featured lists to boldface the article's title. Also for "Lists of X" writing a definition "X is..." at the start is not that popular anymore. You are pretty free in what you write, but it is probably a good idea to mention "Israel", "football" and "champion" somewhere close to the start.
  • Is "began play" proper English? (I am not a native speaker/writer.)
  • You might want to add something like "in the same year" to the key ("Champions also won the Israeli State Cup", "Champions also won the League Cup")
  • "Full league standings and top scorer details not known at this time." Not known at all, or not known by the author of this list? Not sure whether such statement is common practice on wikipedia.
    • It is, I have written numerous featured articles and lists and used these exact words. It's just to make clear that the section is incomplete due to lack of reliable sources rather than incompleteness that the author is unaware of. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 23:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • The second part of this list is very heavy on tables with no prose. Also many tables are narrowish due to the images placed on the right side of the page. I suggest to write short introductory paragraphs for each of the sections; to place the images next to those prose sections and to have the tables run over the full width of the page. Text for those paragraphs can be taken partially from the main intro or from the notes.
    • It's a list, not an article. I don't think this is really necessary. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 23:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • I just thought that it might reduce empty space (below the images) and would make for a more pleasant view. I also like having the main points of the tables pointed out in prose. Alternatively the empty space could be filled with more images. bamse (talk) 19:58, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • Hmmm... actually, I think you're right. My screen is very wide so I don't really notice this kind of thing, but making the window smaller makes me see what you mean... I'll write a few lines for the top of each section. — Cliftonianthe orangey bit 20:25, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • What do you think now? —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 23:19, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
            • Much better and the new prose sections also tell about regional diffferences. Could you do with one image in the "Israeli Premier League" section? This would allow the table to span the full width of the page. bamse (talk) 13:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • The 1942–43 season was "not finished". Could a note be added as to the circumstances?
  • Why are Israeli League and Liga Alef joined in one table/section and not the other league names?
  • Why have an empty "Notes" column for the "Israeli League and Liga Alef" table?
  • Remove the parentheses from "Top scorer" in the heading since it is confusing (in the table cells in fact the club and not the player's name is in parentheses.)
    • You've misunderstood the parantheses. They are there because "Top scorer" is on the second line of the table, beneath "Player" and "Goals". It is done this way so that you can sort by player name and number of goals. It's common practice on featured lists. See some of the others I've written, such as Luton Town F.C. league record by opponent or List of New York Cosmos all-stars. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 23:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • Still not sure I understand. Why would removing the parantheses not allow for sorting? bamse (talk) 19:58, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • That's not the point; the parantheses show that "Top scorer" is something that comes before "Player" and "Goals", not the other way around; in other words, "Top scorer Player" not "Player Top scorer". —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 20:25, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • So if "Top scorer" was in the first line, it would be without parantheses, correct? (In this case it would not be possible to have "Player" and "Goals" be sortable, correct?) bamse (talk) 20:49, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
            • Correct. It is in parantheses on the second line to show that it would be the first line normally, but isn't so that the table can be sortable. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 22:14, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is it possible to put "Top scorer" above "Player" and "Goals" or would that brake sortability?
  • "...club in this regard is Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have been..."; possibly "have"->"has"!?
    • Oh God, not this again. In British English, clubs are referred to in the plural when named ("Maccabi Tel Aviv have been") but in the singular when not ("The club has been"). Hope this clears that up. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 23:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why are two districts with zero title wins mentioned in the last table?
    • To illustrate that there are districts in the country that have never had a title-winning side. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 23:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Possibly Israeli football could be linked to Football in Israel instead?
    • As a compromise I'll link "Israeli" to Football in Israel and leave "football" as it is. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 23:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

bamse (talk) 22:50, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Are "Total titles won by city" and "Total titles won by district" common statistics in sport contexts? Not sure what point theses lists want to make. After all it is a club which wins the title and the club has probably little connection to the city or district it is located in.
    • They are there to demonstrate regional dominance; Tel Aviv is only one city in Israel, and yet far more titles have been won by its clubs than anywhere else. Surely that is worth noting? Also consider the flipside, that certain smaller towns may have had success due to a more involved local fanbase, for example. I disagree very strongly, incidentally, that a club has little connection to where it is located, but that's beside the point here. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 23:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • With the new mini-intros, I can see the point of having such lists. Just one more question: are there any RS that discuss the reason for the dominance of certain districts/cities? bamse (talk) 13:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • Not in any of the ones I've been using so far, but I'll have a look to see if I can find anything new. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 13:24, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Just one from me: in the lead, Maccabi Tel Aviv being the only club never relegated could use a cite. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:38, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 22:46, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I like this good list, but I think somebody should revise the palestine issue in it, maybe move that part in a independient article.--Feroang (talk) 03:18, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you like it, about the revise, there is an article about the Palestine League (1931–47), But if you referring the name "Palestine" in it - it is belong there, as it was founded by Eretz Israel FA (now Israel FA) and the PFA in the support of the British, FIFA and its sub-groups recognise it as predecessor of the Israeli league system and part of the champions.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 03:29, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 13:49, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • At the moment the table does not meet WP:ACCESS requirements; see the data tables tutorial.
  • ref 2 needs the format parameter added to it to indicate that it is a PDF.
  • The symbols used are not ACCESS-compliant. Replace the dagger and double-dagger with the {{dagger}} and {{double-dagger}} templates (the symbols redirect there, so you can just put in the braces) and the corresponding alt text.

Other than this it looks good. NapHit (talk) 13:06, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Cliftonian did the second and third, and I have done the first.
      – HonorTheKing (talk) 03:10, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There's no alt text for the daggers and the you need to align the years centrally as they are to the left. NapHit (talk) 14:47, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, done. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 15:34, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support NapHit (talk) 13:49, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 13:58, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Would appreciate the addition of "association" in front of football in the opening sentence of the lead.
  • "began play in" reads very USEng to me...
  • " Since the first league season, 1931–32, only Maccabi Tel Aviv have not been relegated." this factoid seems oddly placed in the lead. I know it's a "since the first season" fact, but it's a little incongruous for me. I suspect it'd be better off in the next para.
  • "Including all of these league seasons..." any reason why you shouldn't just say "In all.."?
  • "13 and 12 victories respectively" - prefer titles to victories here. Or championships.
  • " who finished the season unbeaten and also won the Palestine Cup during that season" repetitive...
  • Not really convinced the double needs to be capitalised here.
  • "On Israel's independence..." perhaps "Following" or "After" or even "Upon"...
  • Third Place -> Third place.
  • Ref for Steimach playing for Hapoel Petah Tikva in the image caption?
  • "since the very first league season" no need for "very"
  • "came top" would prefer "finished top of the league" or similar.
  • "third places " shouldn't that be singular?
  • thrice - I love it but it's archaic, three times is much more commonly used.
  • "In the 1966–68 season, often referred to as the "double season", the sixteen teams played each other twice at home and twice away during a season lasting two years." is that referenced? particularly the quote?
  • " six new names" strictly it was six new teams.
  • "Due in part to this, these teams are sometimes known as the country's "Big Four"" copy-and-paste from the lead. I know the info is the same, but couldn't you rephrase it a little so it doesn't stick in my craw?
  • I'm not sure how accessible that pie chart is.
Do you think it should be removed?, the point in it was to show percentage. exemple that Hapoel and Maccai Tel Aviv almost won half of the titles.
  • You use plainrowheaders in the titles table but not the preceding tables. Is there a reason for that?
Yes because plainrowheaders doesn't bold and center the text. easier to read (seen it as one of the exemples in ACCESS page).
I understand what it does, I'm just curious why you use it inconsistently in the article. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:28, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You are right, I have redid all now to include plainrowheaders, for consistently matter.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 18:54, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is uber-anal but can you cite the cities/districts where the teams are stated to play?
  • Ref 15, use pipeline to avoid the double full stop after F.C.
  • External links dead for me (this could be me though).
Should tell people the official Israel FA page is in Hebrew, the Soccerway page (is it RS?) links to this week of this season, is that the intention? Perhaps worth an explanation. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:30, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Took Soccerway off and put "(Hebrew)" on the IFA one. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 18:57, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have changed the IFA to the english version, hope you don't mind.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 19:06, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good stuff. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 19:13, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • This has "Ligat ha'Al" as a category. What's that? There's no mention of it in the article.
  • Similar question about Liga Alef.
My mistake about Liga Alef. Sorry. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:28, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Both me and Cliftonian done, I also moved the Ligat ha'Al category to Israeli Premier League.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 18:26, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
All done now. I don't know about the pie chart, as you say it may be an issue. I didn't do the plainrowheaders, I can only presume that was Honor; I've taken it off in any case. Ligat ha'Al is the Israeli Premier League's name in Hebrew, I don't know why the category is called that. I have added the translation to the lead. Liga Alef is mentioned in the article, it has a whole section in fact; have I misunderstood your question? External links are fine for me. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 18:40, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have expanded on a couple of points while you were fixing up the other bits.. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:41, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We should also talk to User:RexxS about the accessibility of the pie chart. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:44, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have commented on the above, in addion I sent RexxS a message and will see what he says.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 19:03, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If there is a concern about the accessibility of any object in a webpage, ask yourself a question such as "Is that object conveying information visually that ought to be also available to those who cannot see it?" In the case of the pie chart, it has all of its essential information also presented as text below the chart, so it provides the information. Of course, the visually-impaired can't take in at a glance information like 'Hapoel and Maccai Tel Aviv won almost half of the titles', but we are not actually denying anyone that information, we are merely adding a convenience for the sighted – much the same as a photo does when we add one. In fact, it would be true to say that the pie chart only summarises the information in the table (which is accessible), so the author is due some praise for enriching the information provided in the article. Well done! This is all just my humble opinion, of course, but feel free to ping me if there's anything I've been unclear about. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 23:38, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your opinion.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 23:53, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Lekker lekker. —Cliftonianthe orangey bit 07:49, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, close to Support

  • The URL of reference 17 is causing it to break. I think there is a way around it, but can't for the life of me remember what it is. Argyle 4 Lifetalk 17:28, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done, it is now working.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 17:33, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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