Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Los Angeles Lakers first and second round draft picks

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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 06:54, 14 July 2008 [1].

List of Los Angeles Lakers first and second round draft picks[edit]

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I am renominating this article for the second time because the last one had barely any Supports and Opposes and I'm hoping for this one to have more reviews. Annoyomous24 (talk) 01:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator Annoyomous24 (talk) 01:06, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Shouldn't this article be retitled "Los Angeles Lakers draft history"? I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding, but doesn't the NBA just have 2 rounds, and if the Lakers' 1948 pick (the first draft) is listed through 2008, isn't this just a full list of their picks? Sorry, just a comment. Other than that, this article looks pretty good to me. conman33 (. . .talk) 03:02, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Earlier draft had 3 or more rounds. See, 1966 NBA Draft that had 19 rounds, for example. Annoyomous, I suggest you add this information to the list because, as you can see, this situation really confuses readers. DONE! --Crzycheetah 07:32, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Good start, but I do have some minor suggestions:

  • Not a fan of the colored table column header. DONE!
  • The draft column should be center-aligned. DONE!
  • An external links section would definately be good. Drewcifer (talk) 04:06, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Oppose Based mainly on the colorful table header. Not a big deal, but it serves no purpose and, per WP:COLOR, adding color arbitrarily should be avoided. DONE! Drewcifer (talk) 01:27, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support My main concern has been addressed. Good work! Drewcifer (talk) 00:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • ConditionalWeak support The "Picks" and "round" columns are not sorted correctly. As soon as it's fixed, I'll support. DONE! --Crzycheetah 18:16, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • No, it's not done. They are still not sorted properly. Click on the sort arrow several times, and you'll see that every time they are sorted differently. --Crzycheetah 19:43, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's done now...Annoyomous24 (talk) 23:12, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
...by removing the sorting altogether? That's not the solution I was looking for. Add sorting back and then take a look at {{nts}} to see how you can fix the sorting problem.--Crzycheetah 23:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know where you put it...Annoyomous24 (talk) 21:12, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
All right, the table is sortable now and I fixed the "round" column. In order to fix the "Pick" column, just put the pick # inside the {{nts}} template: {{nts|#}}.--Crzycheetah 03:16, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for your help. Annoyomous24 (talk) 03:21, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Are you going to fix it or not?--Crzycheetah 02:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think I'm done....Annoyomous24 (talk) 03:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You added the template to rounds, which were fine anyway. Picks are the ones that need that template.--Crzycheetah 03:23, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think I'm done now...Annoyomous24 (talk) 21:01, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(→)Yes, it works! There are a couple of minor issues I notice, though. Footnotes for 1980 and 1981 are too small. The trade note at 1998 row is unsourced, the one about new jersey. Lastly, the key section can be devided into more columnsbecause it's too long as is now. Overall, though, you have done a great job, Annoyomous24! --Crzycheetah 00:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support Looks really good —Chris! ct 23:14, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the footnotes should be <small>, as there is 21 of them, and the general rule for references is to use <references/> when there are 10 or less, and {{Reflist}} when there is more than 10, which will produce small text references. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 19:10, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
but they aren't references, they're footnotes. Annoyomous24 20:11, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think they fall under the same bracket though. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 20:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Rather than making the footnotes small, I'd suggest puting them in two columns; see this example.--Crzycheetah 20:21, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That would work for me. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 22:09, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
DONE! Annoyomous24 22:34, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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