Wiki143:Featured list candidates/NBA Most Valuable Player Award

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 06:54, 14 July 2008 [1].

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National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award

I think it meets all criteria and is ready to become featured. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 18:12, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• En dash for "1955-56 NBA season" and the other year ranges
  • Yeah done. The first time while attempting this: I did "[[1955–56 NBA season|1955-1956]]" to all of them. Smart, I know. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 18:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
• Fit "National Basketball Association (NBA)" somewhere in there
  • Added. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 18:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Gary King (talk) 18:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

• Comments
  • Most Valuable Player + (MVP)
    • Added. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • MVP voting takes place... and Most Valuable Player was originally selected... - be consistent: abbr. or full name?
    • Abbreviation. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • 5 times → five times
    • Changed. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Why is the table placed under Key subsection? I suggest removing that subsection.
    • Done. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Place the first image among the others because right now it creates a lot of unneeded white space.
    • Done. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Explain what the numbers in parentheses mean.
    • Explained. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

--Crzycheetah 18:57, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

• • • Even though Gary King striked his comment about dashes, I still see hyphens in the season links in the lead.
    • Russell is a redirect
      • True, but per Wikipedia:R#NOTBROKEN.... (I did change it however) « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 16:26, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
    • As Chris said below, add a new column for nationality, then make the table sortable.
      • Done. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 16:26, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

--Crzycheetah 08:54, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

• Comments
  • I don't get what you mean by "to the top player of the regular season."
    • I just removed it as its explained later on. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • You should link all the years
    • Linked. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Link "Hall of Famer".
    • Linked. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • The picture on the intro is the MVP award for the Playoffs, not the regular season. The regular season one is the one where a basketball player is doing a lay-up.
    • Removed image, didn't see that. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
  • If all is done, I'll support.

Annoyomous24 (talk) 21:38, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

You linked Hall of Famer to Hall of Famer. I meant linking it to Basketball Hall of Famer. Annoyomous24 (talk) 16:57, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

• Done. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 00:01, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

• Support Annoyomous24 (talk) 00:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

• Comment The list looks great. However, the flags make the players column very messy. Could a nationality column be added, similar to NBA Sportsmanship Award?—Chris! _ct 04:02, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Done. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 16:26, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
• Support —Chris! _ct 18:29, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

• Comments
  • Lead is "National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player (MVP)" title is "National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award" - is the official title "Association's ... Player" or "Association .... Award"? The lead suggests that the "Player" is an award...

Fixed. I see how the "'s" makes the sentence sounds awkward. And yes the MVP is an award.—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Maurice Podoloff was the President of the NBA, not the Commissioner.

Well, NBA President is equaled to NBA Commissioner. I think it is just a different name for the same position. Even the official site calls him the first Commissioner.—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I add a note to clearly explain that.—Chris! _ct 22:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• "Voting is done by" yuck.

How about "Voting is conducted by ..."—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• "three from each of the 30 NBA cities" perhaps explanation or reword to ensure non-NBA experts know what an NBA city is.

reword the sentence.—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Is "regular-season" really hyphenated?

They aren't hyphenated. And from my understanding, they don't need to be hyphenated.—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Consistent use of periods in the Key.

Fixed.—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Why comma after Chamberlain in his caption?

Fixed.—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Why can't I search on nationality?

What do you mean?—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Should nationality be Citizenship if you have VIR in there? According to your second note, VIR players are USA by nationality...

OK, I will add back the US flag if it helps clarify the nationality/citizenship issue.—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Is there an NBA lists category you can add this to?

Fixed.—Chris! _ct 21:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The Rambling Man (talk) 08:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

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