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The list was promoted by Crisco 1492 00:51, 4 July 2015 [1].

Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World[edit]

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Nominator(s): Harrias talk 19:30, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another cricket award list! A fair bit of tidying work on this list, and hopefully the prose helps to make sense of it all, though I've gone around in circles a couple of times on points. As always, all thoughts and comments welcome. Harrias talk 19:30, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Support, with a few comments: I'm sure you've thought long and hard about the running order, but it seems odd to go from Sangakkara in 2014 to Ranji in 1900 – yet the distinction between current and retrospectively-notional is entirely rational, I admit. I struggle to understand why the totals of the Awards by country table and of the graphic next to it differ by one, but am quite prepared to be told I'm missing something obvious. Seeking to find anything more to grumble about, I mention the inconsistency of image sizes, with Sir Viv's so much narrower than his compeers'. That apart I can see no reason to withhold support for this article, which seems to me to meet all the FL criteria. – Tim riley talk 22:53, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The totals for the country table and the graphic were just a typo, so I've fixed that now. Viv's image is narrower because it is already full size: you're right that it does look odd, I might remove it for that reason. Thanks for your review! Harrias talk 07:34, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • For consistency you should use the {{DISPLAYTITLE}} template to italicise Wisden in the article title.
  • "This criterion continued for" would "This criterion was applied for..." be better?
  • I know we know but you could mention that Ponting was Aussie.
  • "panel helped to select the winners" helped to select or did select?
    Both. I'm not sure which is more accurate. Engel collated the listed with help from experts on certain eras, and then those in question had a final smaller panel to determine the winner in case of dispute. The sixteen figure refers to the whole lot, experts plus the deciding panel. The details gets a bit complicated. I could try and expand it out more to explain it if you think that would help? Harrias talk 13:07, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sangakarra caption, "Leading Cricketer of the Year." do you mean "Leading Cricketer in the World"?
  • Here's a weird one, sort by Player name up and then down, then sort by Country, it doesn't work....
    I think it's because of the sorting I used for the World War columns. It does work if you then click to sort by Country again. I don't know if the functionality would be improved by removing the forced sorting? Harrias talk 13:07, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Split the refs using {{reflist|30em}}

Otherwise nothing to complain about. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:50, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your review. I've addressed all but those noted above. Harrias talk 13:07, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from —Vensatry (ping)
Comments from —Vensatry (ping)
  • Alt text needed for Sangakkara's image. Be consistent with it, per WP:ALT you should simply name the subject in these lists (talking about Bradman and Warne).
  • "reverted back" is tautology
  • "Ricky Ponting was chosen as the first winner of the award, for scoring eleven international centuries during 2003" Was he really selected because he scored 11 centuries, but not for his runs?
  • I think the list could do with a bit about the selection process (criteria, board members who decide the winners, etc.,). This one is more than enough.
  • Where is the reference for the first two tables?

—Vensatry (ping) 11:41, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Vensatry: Think I've dealt with all of these, thanks! Harrias talk 08:03, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Can we specify the period considered for the award. Whether it is January - December or September to September or whatever. Tintin 13:40, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Something like "...to select the best cricketer based upon their performances anywhere in the world in the previous calendar year."? Harrias talk 16:57, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • "A sixteen-person panel helped to select..." helped to select sounds like they were not actually making the decision themselves when they obviously were. I would change it to selected.
  • "Don Bradman was listed the most, winning in ten years..." the winning in ten years doesn't sit well with me. I think it could be made clearer that he simply was the leading cricketer ten times. Sounds a bit ambiguous at the moment.
  • "as the Leading Cricket in the World..." think there is a typo here, should be cricketer

NapHit (talk) 18:35, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@NapHit: Think I've dealt with all of these, thanks! Harrias talk 08:03, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Cool beans, happy to support this now. Great work. NapHit (talk) 18:46, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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