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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.

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List of New Orleans Saints first-round draft picks[edit]

Modeled on current FL lists about first-round draft picks. Covers trades has no red links in the main article (althought there are two in the footnotes). Buc (talk) 10:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment I have a few suggestions before I lend my support:
  • Delink the two red-links in the foot-notes, no need for them to be linked at all.
How so? Buc (talk) 09:58, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just take away the brackets, you dont have to do this, I just doubt that the players in question will receive an article, so it may be better just to make them plain-text.
Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 19:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't do any harm to have them. Buc (talk) 21:48, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Go through and delink any repeat links, such as Leslie Kelly and Robert Meachem which are linked in the intro and the table. Just link there names in the intro and delink in the table (You mention 6 total players in the intro, so all those should be delinked in the table). Also go through and if a college is mention more than once, then pick the first instance and only keep that one linked, while delinking the rest. So Alabama and Tennessee only needs to be linked in the intro, and any of the repeats in the table should be delinked. Same goes for the positions, if QB is mentioned more than once, then just link the first instance and delink the other (for all the psoitions).
When it comes to tables I think multiple links are ok. Buc (talk) 09:58, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nah, look at all the past lists (precedence), linking the positions is highly repetitive, I can understand the names but the positions and colleges are overlinked. Look at WP:MOSLINK, that should help with linking.
Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 19:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's a gray area I'll give you that, the writers preference. Buc (talk) 21:48, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The last two lines in the intro dont flow. Is their 3 picks from Georgia the most from one college. Right now all it is stating is that they have selected from this college 3 times, with no mention to why it is important. Also the last sentence should be phrased as "As of 2007, no first-round draft pick by the Saints has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame."
  • In your "Footnotes" section, delink any mention of an NFL team that is linked more than once (i.e Colts is linked like 3 times, you only need one link, the first one, do this for all the teams mentioned).
  • There are free photos of Reggie Bush, Donté Stallworth, and Ricky Williams in each of their articles. I think adding these photos along the right side of the table would be a great addition to this list.
Keep in mind an image is not a requirment. Also the list is about the Saints and none of these images show them with the Saints. Plus I don't think Saints fans would enjoy being remined of giving up all their picks for Ricky Williams and Stallworth wasn't great.Buc (talk) 09:58, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No offense to any Saints fans, but I dont care what they think :P the addition of these photos would add encyclopedic value by representing people who were drafted by the Saints in the first-round. And saying those statements about Ricky and Dante are your own POV and opinion. I think the images would be great and would also help to fill the empty space.
Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 19:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As said before. It already has one image it doesn't need another and it isn't even a requierment. Buc (talk) 21:44, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well done and if you can do these things, it will look great!
Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 21:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral While I don't mind too much how many images end up being used, using the stadium when the list is about players feels quite inadequate. Circeus (talk) 04:07, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • I was told it needs an image to have a better chance of becoming a FL. Buc (talk) 17:48, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • My point is that the image is almost unrelated to the topic at hands: Saints players. Circeus (talk) 21:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        • Can't find another free use image that would be anymore related. Buc (talk) 19:49, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
          • And yet I mentioned three photos of high-profile players that were first-round draft picks of the New Orleans Saints. It doesnt matter what those players went on to do (the list is about first-round draft picks, not the players or their careers) you have three photos of players that are on this list, why not use them?
            Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 01:57, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
            • It doesn't show them as Saints. Buc (talk) 09:26, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Due to the fact that none of the issues that have been raised have even been attempted to be fixed. I am tired of trying to argue here.
    Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 00:26, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've already said why I've not fixed them. Buc (talk) 20:18, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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