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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:Scorpion0422 22:30, 2 December 2008 [1].

List of Wilfrid Laurier University people[edit]

first FLC (18:54, 21 May 2008)
previous FLC (15:52, 25 October 2008)

A lot more people have been added since the last FLC, including a list of honorary degree recipients. Gary King (talk) 18:39, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment The Honorary degree recipients section uses the same ref over and over and over again. Maybe you should remove the ref column in that section and just add it to the top (or put Source [insert link) at the bottom of the section. -- Scorpion0422 21:35, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done Gary King (talk) 21:42, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I opposed the last FLC on the grounds of comprehensiveness, but am happy with that now. However, I would like (a) a note of what the hon degree recipients are famous for and (b) the odd photo of them, if available. Any chance? BencherliteTalk 10:04, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done Gary King (talk) 21:42, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    References are surely required for this info (since it's not covered by the general ref for the hon degree recipients). Some dates (e.g. of holding office) would be good, too. BencherliteTalk 19:16, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay; I will remove the column for now while I work on that. Gary King (talk) 19:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment I know that list like this can never be certain to be comprehensive, but it would be better to put the sub-lists that are comprehensive (chancellors, honorary degrees) first, imo. I hope you do it, but it's not worth an oppose, so i'll weak support for now.Yobmod (talk) 15:02, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I think this format is more useful because for one thing, I imagine most people think of alumni first when thinking of people associated with a university. I'll leave it like this for now unless there is more opposition to it. Gary King (talk) 20:33, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:18, 24 November 2008 (UTC) [reply]
Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs) All the prose issues were resolved at the last FLC, but I have sourcing quibbles:

  • Ref 44 is missing everything except for the URL.
  • Refs 57 and 73 are missing PDF parameters in their citations.
  • I don't have the time or willpower to go through every reference to make sure that all possible information has been included in the citations. I can tell you that all references to public affairs need publication dates. I think the page titles should be more detailed—use the name of the news stories themselves rather than "Wilfrid Laurier University - Public Affairs - Headlines".
  • More examples of publication dates: Refs 26 and 27.
  • In many cases, you've put the base name of the URL as the publisher of the site; put the actual name of the site whenever possible for better descriptions e.g. (Ref 27) Instead of "library.wlu.ca", Put "Laurier Library". Dabomb87 (talk) 18:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
All done Gary King (talk) 19:01, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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