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List of Best in Show winners of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

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I've listed this article for peer review because I've never nominated for a Featured List before and I'd like a second opinion on if this meets the criteria. I'll be citing each particular win individually before putting it up for nomination - I know I've still got a handful missing at the moment. I'm reluctant to switch this to a sortable list as I think the current format of the main table shows the run in groups and breeds better - to this extent I added two additional sections to show victories by breed and group.

In citing the individual victories I actually found further information on the owners, which was more detailed than that held by the Westminster Kennel Club, where this is available I've used the alternative information in the table as most before a certain point the Westminster held information lists women owners by their husband's name rather than there own - where known I've switched this back to their actual name.

Image-wise, I've only used the image of Stump in the infobox. Other images are avaliable but are not free use like this one and so as I didn't think it added anything to the article I did not add them.

Thanks, Miyagawa (talk) 16:41, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments from Maria

I have no experience writing FLs myself, but from what I know of the criteria, this is a very good overview of the subject. On a sidenote, I grew up with a Wire Fox Terrier, and I had no idea it was the winningest breed! :) A couple comments, mainly on technical issues:

• I suggest resizing the infobox image to at least 250px, or even slightly larger; the dog is difficult to make out in plain thumb-size, and as per MOS:IMAGES resizing is appropriate if important details are difficult to see.
• Speaking of images, the photo of Ch. Warren Remedy is wonderful, but its current placement unfortunately squishes the table on my monitor. Could it be moved down in the article, perhaps to "Most successful groups", which has some whitespace available?
• Two of the "General" refs need further information, such as publisher info; best to treat them as sources, rather than ELs.
• Many of the citations require a little formatting fixes:

• Italicize printed publishers, like The New York Times, Life, and Time.
• Include the publisher's city for books -- Google Books has the annoying habit of not listing the city, so you may have to search for the individual works at WorldCat or a similar site.
• In clicking some of the links, I noticed some of the articles have authors listed (ref 2, for example), but such details are not included in the citation info. Although not of vital importance, more detail is good detail, so you may want to go through and see what else can be added.

• Is there a reason why 1907 is linked in the lead? It seems out of place, and I believe that year-linking is now depreciated for various reasons.
• ...following further changes in rules it was awarded again in 1924 annually to the current year when Scottish Terrier Ch. Roundtown Mercedes of Maryscot was judged the winner. -- This is confusing, as it doesn't clarify whether the Scotty won in 1924 or the "current year". Reword the sentence, perhaps ending with a full stop after "again in 1924"; "annually" is unnecessary as it's stated earlier that it is awarded "every year" other than that one. "The 2010 prize was awarded to..." or something similar?
• The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show could perhaps be given a little more background info, despite it having its own separate article. Conformation show is also not really explained, nor is how the winner is chosen or what the purpose of the prize is in the first place. Just a couple sentences should be enough, I think -- although I know that lists shouldn't "largely recreate material from another article", more context could be given. We don't want readers clicking away from the article in the middle of the lead, and never coming back! :)

I hope these comments help. I enjoyed reading the list, and like I said, I learned something in the process! Best of luck, María (habla conmigo) 20:59, 27 April 2010 (UTC)