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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 20:17, 12 February 2008.

List of winners of the Mathcounts competition[edit]

I'm nominating this list as well-structured, sourced, and satisfying the criterion outlined in WP:WIAFL. (except perhaps images, but it's quite a short list, and the image-to-content ratio I believe to be healthy)

This is a rather short list for FL, but that's obviously not the fault of the list, seeing as its a timeline of events. Cheers, Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 04:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not entirely sure if the article is appropriately titled. It appears to be a list of winners, so perhaps it should be titled List of winners of the the Mathcounts competition. As well, the lead needs expanding. -- Scorpion0422 19:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done I've followed up on your suggestion. I also merged the first section into the lead, as it doesn't really deserve a separate section, and introduces how the competition process works. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 22:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support With reservations Id like to see a referance beside all of them, but if they just plain dont exist i understand
there may be a small problem with wp:oversource on the bottom
Source density.
Overall id approveRankun (talk) 20:06, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll try to find a source for all of them, but they seem to WP:DEGRADE, so it's rather difficult. Thanks for your comments. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 21:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I've sourced nearly all of them, and I'll try the rest tomorrow, but these last few are extremely tricky. (Presumably because they're the oldest.) Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 03:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - the lead seems somewhat irrelevant to the list. What does the preparation matter? Perhaps some more information on the people and schools who have won, and what they get by winning. --Golbez (talk) 03:47, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    All right, I'll try to make the lead more relevant. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 01:21, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
     Done The lead was rewritten. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 01:38, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - well written, meets FLC criteria. Shouldn't this be closed by now? Rudget. 13:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I think there's a guideline that requires four supports before closure. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 17:33, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ah I thought that over ten days would be sufficient if there were no opposes, and one or more supports. My bad. Rudget. 11:28, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak opposeSupport Format the references properly. You're missing the publisher info and access dates.--Crzycheetah 00:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • I have one more concern. In some of the notes, it is stated that "The competition was held between Date1 and Date2, with the actual competition taking place on Date3." I don't understand the difference between competition and actual competition. I'd suggest you to be clearer.--Crzycheetah 01:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Sorry, I used date= instead of accessdate= for all of them; I've fixed this. Not all of these sources have publishers in the normal sense, per se, and according to WP:CITE they're not required, but I'll try to fix them. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 01:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        •  Done All the issues you pointed out have been resolved. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 02:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
          • I fixed the rest of them. Book publishers are not required, but whenever there is a link to some website, that website becomes the publisher and should be mentioned.--Crzycheetah 02:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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