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The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 22:35, 13 March 2010 [1].

List of Kansas City Royals first-round draft picks[edit]

List of Kansas City Royals first-round draft picks (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Nominator(s): Staxringold talkcontribs 02:09, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Another installment! The images are coming, ready to jump back in (I'll renom that Dodgers list as suggested in a couple days). Staxringold talkcontribs 02:09, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from KV5
Comments from KV5
  • You don't use "MLB", so remove the abbreviation from the lead.
  • "Eleven outfielders were selected, while and seven shortstops, three catchers, and two third basemen were taken as well."
  • 'Royals' first-round picks have never won Rookie of the Year or Most Valuable Player awards with the team and no pick has even been elected to the Hall of Fame."
    • Comma after "team"
    • remove "even"
  • "The Royals first ever pick"
    • Royals'
    • first-ever
  • "Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School" - should be an en-dash
  • Is Mike Montgomery out of baseball already, that he's not redlinked?
  • "a state which has produced seven first-rounders overall." - sounds ambiguous; I assume that you mean seven first-rounders for the Royals, not for anyone.
  • "one of only three catchers"
  • "one of only two third baseman" and basemen
  • "and is the result of their only first overall pick." - awkward, try and was selected with their only first overall pick.
  • Consider adding the upright parameter to Hurdle's and Damon's images, as Hochevar's picture is forced into the See also section even on my higher-res monitor. I don't have the opportunity to see it at a smaller res here at home, but I can imagine that it might run down into the references.

Hope these comments help. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 20:04, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support from KV5 (Talk • Phils) 20:28, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment In my DYK check, I found reference 5 is dead, saying "Error: Bad Article URL". Bradjamesbrown (talk) 22:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • The link checker shows no bad links of any sort. However clicking it you're right, fixed now (I snipped too much off of the end to remove the KC Royals borders to make it a general MLB page). Staxringold talkcontribs 23:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Mm40 (talk) 23:05, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Mm40 (talk)
Comments from Mm40 (talk). Just out of curiosity, how are you picking which team to do next? Are you going from the bottom of the standings now?
  • Pretty much just randomly. This time I realized we had no AL Central teams yet. Staxringold talkcontribs 17:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Greinke's ALT text can have "baseball" instead of just "ball"
  • In Hurdle's ALT text, it might be worth mentioning that he's middle-aged (or somehow getting across that he's not a player)
  • Two unverifiable things in Maier's ALT text: I can't distinguish the KC on his batting helmet, and it would be better to say "runs on the infield dirt of a baseball field"
  • You may want to include that the franchise was founded four years after the first draft
  • "assigning amateur baseball players from" it's obvious that we're talking about baseball
  • I think "teams that lost" sounds better than "teams which lost"
  • Consider unlinking all the states in the second paragraph: WP:LINK says, to avoid linking "the names of major geographic features and locations"
  • Remove the comma after "Florida and Texas follow" for better flow
  • "at the time of their draft" either cut out "of their draft" or change "draft" to "selection"
  • Have any players won the MVP with another team? If so, it doesn't need to be included, but if not, you can remove "with the team"
  • In the last paragraph, you begin two consecutive sentences with "They have". Use a synonym for one of them, like "The club has" or "The franchise has"
  • Consider centering the left side of the key
  • "indicates the number of the pick" – is this the overall pick number made by all franchises during the draft?
  • This might seem odd, but another editor made this change to the LAA draft picks list. It makes sense, but I'll leave it up to you. I don't particularly care either way
  • For Pittsley (1992), it's "DuBois", not "Dubois". Gees, how could you overlook such a mistake! User:Dschwen/highlightredirects.js is helpful for things like these
  • Fix Jeff Austin's (1997) college. It should be Stanford University
  • Italicize USA Today in reference four
  • Refs 3 and 8, as well as the second general reference, don't match their titles
  • Not directly related to this article, but we probably should make a category for all these lists. Perhaps add it to {{MLB first-round draft picks by team}}

Sorry for being so picky, the list is fine otherwise, and I'll support once everything is fixed. Mm40 (talk) 13:40, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support—NMajdan•talk 21:53, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from NMajdan
Comments
  • I know this is another list in a series of MLB teams' first round draft picks, but has the topic of sortability every been raised? If so, what was the reason it was decided not to go this route?—NMajdan•talk 16:58, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • It was raised the first time these lists came to FLC (Phillies) and it was determined to keep the current format because of the sortability issues with the towns/schools/colleges as well as the colspans used for the years. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 17:16, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding the year column, that's an easy fix. Just remove the colspan and list each entry's year. I had to make the same change to one of my FLCs ([2]). I just think it would be nice to be able to sort by year, name, position and pick. Reading back through the Phillies FLC, I still don't completely agree with your reasoning, and we all know that FLC is a very fluid process and that FLC is over a year old. Might be time to revisit. So let's. Lose the colspan. Sort by all columns except Organization and Ref. Done!—NMajdan•talk
  • Not "done", as you say, because others may disagree with you. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 20:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • There, I've added basic sortability. I'll start working on adding {{sortname}} so the names go properly right now. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:24, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • All done! Implementing sort name is a bit tiresome, but that only took about 10-15 minutes, I'll go do it to Mets, Red Sox, Astros, and Dodgers. I leave it to KV5 if he wants to do it to the Phillies list. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The pick column isn't sorting correctly. You'll probably need to use some sort of numeric sorting template in that column as well.—NMajdan•talk 20:43, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • What browser are you using? I'm in Firefox and one click sorts it properly. Are you getting the 10s with #1, the 20s with 2, etc, etc? Staxringold talkcontribs 20:47, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yeah, the first click sorting works. But once the 1990 row is the first row, it breaks the sorting. The sort order is determined based on what is currently in the first row, which obviously changes when you sort. I am also using FF 3.6 but I see the same behavior in Safari.—NMajdan•talk 20:55, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hardcoding digits less than ten with {{sort}} should do the trick (Phillies works with it}. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 20:59, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why is Puerto Rico wikilinked but no other state?—NMajdan•talk 21:27, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Because it's not a US state. Agreed tho, delinked as a well-known geographic place. Staxringold talkcontribs 21:43, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 20:36, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments ka-pow, great lead image!
  • "primary mechanism for assigning amateur players" (once again, I'm learning, so forgive me...) are there other mechanisms used for the same purpose?
  • Yes, there are; there is the posting system (which is used for both amateur and pro players from Japan), the Rule 5 draft (which is for inter-club transactions), and independent scouts for each teams are responsible for amateur talent from Latin America and other parts of the world. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 18:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "to its frachises" tyop.
  • "on the previous season's standings, and the team that had the worst" I think "standings, and" would read better "standings with"...
  • "Of the 53 players picked in the first round by Kansas City..." repetitive per the previous paragraph. Perhaps "Of the 53 first-round draft picks..."?
  • (again, forgive me for going on) Is there a suitable link for "compensatory draft"?
  • No, I get that. But I don't find the term "compensatory draft" anywhere in this article. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, me being yet another ass. I meant compensatory pick and I see that it's already linked. I can owe you one for that...! The Rambling Man (talk) 19:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not sure about this, but not keen on Location being capitalised in the table heading... just me perhaps?
  • Another typical sorting issue under Safari - if I sort Name, then Pick in ascending order (I would expect the no first-round pick to come last here by the way), then Name order, then Pick (how did I think this up??) then I get Pick sorting "in ascending order" showing as 7, 4, 7, 7, 9, 2, 5, 5, 9, 3, 1, 9 ... which is waaay odd.

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:52, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't know what I can do for you. Sortname is used and the single digits are all properly sorted. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:21, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's an odd one, for sure. Us Safari users (and me in particular) are a real pain in the ass... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:31, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think it can be fixed right now. Can we leave it "exposed" for others to see, but since I seem to be the only "sort pedant" here, there's a good chance nothing will happen. I certainly won't oppose because of inadequate browser development, but it's a shame that I seem to be the only person who can break sorting on a regular basis! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:36, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • "They club has had 13 compensatory picks...".
  • Just to prove that TRM doesn't have the only sensitive system, on my Internet Explorer-using computer the bottom four photos are being cut off by the table. Can anyone replicate this one? Giants2008 (27 and counting) 23:16, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fixed the typo, thanks for that. What do you mean cutoff? As in the table is on top of them? Let me try setting a width parameter. Staxringold talkcontribs 05:37, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • That was exactly what I meant, and the parameter fixed it nicely. I subsequently found J.P. Howell's name was missing a period, but took care of it myself. With no other complaints, I support. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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