Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Philadelphia 76ers head coaches

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The list was promoted by User:Scorpion0422 16:30, 26 June 2008 [1].

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List of Philadelphia 76ers head coaches

I have recently wrote and published this list and I believe it meets the featured list criteria. Hello32020 (talk) 00:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• Non-breaking spaces, please?
• "They were purchased by Philadelphian Irv Kosloff and Ike Richma, and the NBA approved their franchise shift and name change to the Philadelphia 76ers in the spring of 1963, which returned professional basketball to the city." When were they purchased? Also, try to explain "which returned professional basketball to the city". Was another team there before them?
• ...which went 51-13 in their first NBA season under Al Cervi, and won the Eastern Division crown." Using which here really isn't grammatical.
• Removing the redlink.
• If you wikilink someone's full name once in the lead, you should only need to refer to them by their last name the next time (i.e. for Cervi, Hannum, Cunningham, and so on).

Noble Story (talk) 03:07, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know where you would like me to enter non-breaking spaces, other then that I have completed your requests. Hello32020 (talk) 22:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• References should go in numerical order, so [3][5], not [5][3]. And [4][5][12][13][14][15], not [4][12][5][13][14][15]
• Use mdashes, not ndashes for "empty" cells

That's all. Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 08:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. Hello32020 (talk) 20:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• At this point there is no reason to just bold "head coaches" so completely remove bold.
• There isn't a single image of a head coach that you can add?

Gary King (talk) 04:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Unbolded head coaches. I am trying to get a few people to license their images, but there isn't any free images for use on Wikimedia projects as far as I know. Hello32020 (talk) 12:28, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I haven't gotten a response yet, so I'd assume no images are going to be added. Hello32020 (talk) 12:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments from The Rambling Man (talk · contribs)

• Explain what the Philadelphia 76ers are (for the non-expert).
• It's confusing that you introduce Syracuse Nationals before P76ers. I'd do it the other way around and say something along the lines of "formerly the Syracuse Nationals..."
• Put (NBA) after first use so subsequent abbreviation use is understood.
• "went 51-13 " - needs an en-dash but also very jargony.
• "...coached with the 76ers total of ..." missing word?
• "...their latest title..." most recent title would sound better.
• "...coach for a few years..." a bit vague, non-encyclopaedic.
• "Number of coaches" in the key is confusing. It's the number of the coach...
• "W – L %" in table needs to lose the spaces so it's the same as the key.
• It's confusing having 3 in the # table - other lists I've seen place an en-dash here.
• Any reason present is in italics?
• Is there a basketball lists category?

That's it. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:01, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I believe I have addressed all of your concerns. Hello32020 (talk) 01:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Oppose But you don't wanna soften that glaring red colour?TONY (talk) 03:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

• Prose:
  • "They were formally the Syracuse Nationals, and that team joined the NBA at its foundation in 1949, had a record of 51–13 in their first NBA season under Al Cervi, and won the Eastern Division crown." This chain of and ... and ... and ... is not good. Can you split it into two? Semicolons and periods are useful, and perhaps ", which joined ...".
  • Overuse of "and". "They were purchased by Philadelphian Irv Kosloff and Ike Richma in the spring of 1963, and the NBA approved their franchise shift on May 22 and name change to the Philadelphia 76ers on August 6." Here, try a semicolon: "... 1963; the NBA ...". Judge whether the two ideas are sufficiently close for "and"; if not, use a sharper boundary between them.
  • Is the "also" necessary? Remove if not (I'm unsure since I'm out of the context loop).
  • This is clumsy: "He led the team to their most recent title, as a coach, in 1983." --> "He coached the team to their most recent title in 1983." Surely?
  • "for a few years—this is a no-no. How many?
• Not actionable, but is there not one image you could dredge up?
• One "blank" en dash in the numbers column, versus em dashes in the playoff "blank" squares. Consistency is required; my personal preference is for en dashes.
• If you don't end up inserting an image to the right of the table, perhaps you could widen the "Regular season" and "Playoffs" columns just a little, since there's spare horizontal room and they're just a little compressed at the moment.
• Key: lower-case c in coached and loss. No space before percentage sign.
• Issue of "–present" in terms of out-of-dateness I'm going to raise on the FLC talk page now.
• I need sunglasses to read the neon-red/blue "Syracuse Nationals" in the table. Perhaps choose slightly more pastel colours? Suggest white print against black background for "Philadelphia 76ers", but up to you. TONY (talk) 07:51, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I believe I have addressed your concerns. Hello32020 (talk) 21:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and no, I sadly can't find any free images of the coaches. Hello32020 (talk) 21:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Resolved comments from Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs)

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• Support Nice work, it looks good. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 02:06, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Support. All comments seem to be addressed. I made a quick change and put the references into numerical order. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 03:15, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

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