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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 12:05, 2 July 2008 [1].

List of first overall NHL draft choices[edit]

This list is in honour of the 2008 draft, which started today and concludes on Saturday. For those who think this may cause a lack of stability, please note that the first pick was selected earlier and there won't be any changing information. Anyway, the list is fully sourced and most of the concerns will be addressed by me. I will be going away on June 28, so any comments after that date will be addressed by Maxim. -- Scorpion0422 05:38, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, I got drafted. :D Maxim(talk) 12:44, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from The Rambling Man (talk · contribs)
  • Should "entry draft" and "amateur draft" be capitalised as proper nouns? entry draft definitely links to Entry Draft.
    • Done.
  • Fourth entry in the key says "Player..." but none of the others do. Could just leave it as "Never played.."
    • Fixed.
  • "Comite des jeunes (Rosemont)" links to a borough of Quebec, not a school etc.
    • Fixed.
  • And Montreal Jr. B links to Montreal - misleading linkage. Check the others.
    • Fixed.
  • I would also consider making a key for the league acronyms, especially as CZE really just means Czechoslovakia.
    • I was going to, but I'm not sure if it's necessary, since every league has a wikilink.
  • Centrally align all league acronyms.
    • Done.
  • Ext links link looks like it's missing a ).
    • Fixed.
  • Can the list be added to an NHL lists category?
    • Yes it can.

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:28, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look. -- Scorpion0422 22:07, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Gman124 talk
  • why are the Amateur/junior/former club, Position, Selected by, and League column overly-wikilinked? Link them only the first time they appear. Gman124 talk 22:58, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment
    • I think List of first overall NHL draft picks sound better.
      • "Picks" is not encyclopedic tone, and it may confuse a reader who's not as familiar with sports. Choices is much more clearer.
    • Since this list is srtable, I think you should link everything on the list.
      • Makes sense if the list is sortable.  Done.
    • You should delete the link to List of NHL second overall draft choices since it has not been written yet.
      • Redlinks encourage article expansion. I'm not sure if that list is useful, but I'll enquire at WT:HOCKEY. It was deleted yesterday per WP:PROD. I also asked, but, of course, such lists are nearly infinite (we'd list the entire NHL's draft history in 200 pages...) (23:13, 29 June 2008 (UTC))
    • The picture of Sidney Crosby is too big. You should shrink it a little to around 200-250px.
      • Done.
    • If all of this is done, I'll support.

Annoyomous24 (talk) 22:49, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Nurmsook (talk · contribs)
  • Instead of linking to the NCAA for DiPietro and Murphy, should you link to Hockey East and CCHA respectively like what seems to be the standard across all the draft articles?
  • Roman Hamrlik's league should link to Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League as the Czech Extraliga was not founded until 1993. Also, you should put "Czech" rather than "CZE" as the pipped link for this. You didn't use "SWE" or "RUS" for the Swedish or Russian leagues.
  • Do we need to have everything wikilinked here? I'm not sure the MOS on this, but it seems to me that linking Goaltender, Defenceman, and Forward each and every time isn't necessary. Same for leagues and teams.
    • The list is sortable so the "first time" link varies, and having seemingly random links scattered is unsightly and can potentially be a timesink. (12:38, 30 June 2008 (UTC))
  • According to this, Nacka HK was part of the Elitserien when Sundin was drafted, not HockeyAllsvenskan.
  • Check your disambiguations, there should be no links to dab pages (ie: Stefan, Fleury, Hamrlik, Quebec Remparts) and make sure to have no dios in the article (ie: Houle)
  • I personally think the flag beside Hamrlik should be a Czechoslovakian flag, as that was the nation at the time in 1992. (Use TCH for this in the template)
Those are all of my concerns with the article, some you may disagree with, but for the most part I think these are some pretty decent requirements. After these are addressed, you have my support! – Nurmsook! (talk) 01:07, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support All of my concerns have been addressed, you have my support! As for the overlinking, I never even noticed that it was a sortable table...makes perfect sense now! Thanks. – Nurmsook! (talk) 07:35, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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