Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Sultans of Zanzibar
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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 07:52, 1 July 2008 [1].
Nishkid is trekking the African safari as part of the FLC contest. Hope you enjoy the list! Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 23:43, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment "1886, The Sultan of Zanzibar" – Lowercase the "the", unless it's part of the title? Gary King (talk) 00:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Fixed. Weird, I had taken this article off FLC before your comment (I still had some issues I had to work out). Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 03:22, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Oh okay; I suppose I had the window open before you closed it, and then I edited it afterwards. Gary King (talk) 07:05, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Fixed. Weird, I had taken this article off FLC before your comment (I still had some issues I had to work out). Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 03:22, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Support: Excellent list!--Dem393 (talk) 20:39, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Matthew
Comments
- "This is a list of the Sultans of Zanzibar." We know this from the article's title. Please find something more engaging for the reader.
- Zanzibar needs wikilinking on it's first use (but not where it's bolded)
- It was already wikilinked on first non-bold use. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 12:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "In 1832[1] or 1840,[2][A]" refs should go after punctuation. Perhaps also try "Some time between 1832 and 1840,[1][2][A]"
- The ref here does not need to be placed after the punctuation. That MoS guideline only regards the placement of a ref directly after or before a punctuation mark. So, "In 1832[1] or 1840[2][A]," wouldn't be appropriate, but "In 1832[1] or 1840,[2][A]" would be. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 12:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Why wikilink plantations, but not cloves? I would think cloves is more important
- Link added. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 12:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Do the sultans names need to be bolded in the table?
- No, but I've stuck with this convention on all my lists. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 12:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Rename the notes column as comments, and create a notes column for the footnotes and references
- Unnecessary. Clumping up notes/references in a single column just makes matters confusing. It's better to have the refs and notes where they are relevant. "Comments" doesn't seem like an appropriate title for a column, as it gives off the aura of personal commentary (when it's not, really). I think the current title is appropriate. I'll rename the "Notes" heading to "Footnotes". Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 12:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but did they gain independence from Great Britain, or the United Kingdom? Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 15:32, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- UK, fixed. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 19:15, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comments
- 1832/1840 in lead probably needs explaining in the lead rather than footnoting since it's quite confusing.
- Yeah, per Matthew, I would imagine it to be the UK.
- Why is each sultan's name in bold?
- Just a personal preference. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 19:15, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Rule in the table need not be capitalised.
- "This treaty essentially turned..." - what does "essentially" add/mean here?
- ref [8] seems incomplete.
- ref's [20] and [21] don't have a p. in front of page numbers.
The Rambling Man (talk) 18:35, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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