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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 13 April 2020 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Torrens Trophy[edit]

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Nominator(s): MWright96 (talk) 21:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is the Torrens Trophy, an award given to those who improve the status of motorcycling in the United Kingdom. I believe this list meets the criteria to become a featured list and am welcome to all comments regarding this nomination. MWright96 (talk) 21:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from CAPTAIN MEDUSA
  • In the table, change "No award" to Not awarded.
  • Add a short description.

After you have made these changes, I will be more than happy to support this for promotion. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 12:43, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:18, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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  • In the infobox, since the first field is "Awarded for"< I don't think you need the word "for" at the start of the description
  • "an individual or organisation who demonstrates" - "who" isn't really the right word to use when referring to an organisation, but "which" would seem odd when it can also cover an individual. So I would maybe reword to "The Torrens Trophy is awarded to an individual or organisation for demonstrating"
  • Full stop should be outside the quote marks
  • "It is named in honour of The Motor Cycle editor and the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) vice-president" => "It is named in honour of The Motor Cycle editor and Royal Automobile Club (RAC) vice-president"
  • "the award has not been awarded" - to avoid repetition, change to "the award has not been presented"
  • "from 1982 and 1988, between 1990 to 1997" => "from 1982 to 1988, between 1990 and 1997"
  • "between 2009 to 2012" => "between 2009 and 2012"
  • In the table, the citations are not complete sentences so don't need full stops
  • Refs would look better centred
  • "for 20-years of tireless work" - don't need that hyphen there
  • Notes are inconsistent, because for 2016 you include the eventual winner amongst the nominees but for other years you don't
  • Think that's it from me -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:38, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "honoured just once" => "honoured once"
    • @ChrisTheDude: Thanks for the review. Have addressed all of the queries raised above. MWright96 (talk) 10:56, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • Nice one. One other thing I just thought of - who is/was Frederick Lovegrove? Given that there was (apparently) no citation for his win in 1979, it might be worth adding something to the lead to give a vague idea of who he actually was, rather than simply list his name with no context. Does that make sense? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:04, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        • @ChrisTheDude: There does not seem to be any detailed information about Lovegrove other than he was a Lieutenant-Colonel and was awarded the OBE. MWright96 (talk) 11:20, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Dank[edit]

  • Standard disclaimers: I don't know what I'm doing, but I'll probably claim Wikicup points anyway.
  • It may be that I'm not up to speed on table formatting ... but
Year Image Recipient Nationality Citation Ref(s)
1982– 1989
Not awarded

seems prefereable to

Year Image Recipient Nationality Citation Ref(s)
1982
Not awarded
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
    • FLC criteria:
    • 1. Prose is good to go.
    • 2. The lead meets WP:LEAD and defines the inclusion criteria.
    • 3a. The list has comprehensive items and annotations.
    • 3b. The article is well-sourced to reliable sources, and the UPSD tool isn't indicating any problems (but this isn't a source review). All relevant retrieval dates are present.
    • 3c. The list meets requirements as a stand-alone list, it's not a content fork, it doesn't largely duplicate another article (that I can find), and it wouldn't fit easily inside another article.
    • 4. It is navigable.
    • 5. It meets style requirements. You make excellent use of images (but this isn't an image review).
    • 6. It is stable.
  • Support, since this is close enough to the finish line. Well done. - Dank (push to talk) 20:48, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thinking about it, it would be more aesthetically pleasing with the "no award" rows merged.......... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:25, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • MWright96, if that works for you, I can make the changes. (It's a little tricky, it needs something like width="3%" to keep the first column from expanding.) - Dank (push to talk) 12:54, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd appreciate any thoughts or concerns you might have over at WP:Featured list candidates/Stearn's botanical names (U–Z)/archive1. - Dank (push to talk) 04:24, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source review – The reliability and formatting of the sources look okay, and the link-checker tool shows no problems. This source review is a pass. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:28, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Harrias
  • "..which is composed by a.." Should be "composed of".
  • Do we have any information on who Frederick Lovegrove was, or why he won it? It feels like quite a significant hole in the article at the moment to not have anything about him?
  • In the table, can the "Year" column be made wider, to allow "1982–1988" (etc.) to appear on one line. The "citation" column can take up the slack.
    • Harrias, see my comment above, it was my suggestion and I coded it into the table. I have no preference. - Dank (push to talk) 11:45, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The images are all free, with appropriate licenses, and alt text.
  • The "External link" just goes to the general RAC website; given that the Torrens Trophy page is already used as a reference, I'd consider removing this completely.

Overall, nice work; not much to catch on this one at all. (I might claim points for this review in the WikiCup, though it is a bit on the short side!) Harrias talk 10:38, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Harrias: Done all except for adding further information about Frederick Lovegrove which is practically non extistant bar the fact he was a Lieutenant-Colonel and was awarded the OBE. MWright96 (talk) 11:11, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • In looking around for something about it, I did find a couple of article talking about the trophy itself, an "eight-pint silver tankard", which might be worth including. Here if you have a British Newspaper Archive subscription.
    • It seems like Lovegrove was the organiser of the RAC/ACU National Training Scheme, so I guess it was for that. But I can't verify that, so no matter. Harrias talk 11:42, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: all looks good to me, nice work. If you get a chance, I'd appreciate your thoughts on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Alain Prost/archive1. Harrias talk 12:39, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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