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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 by Dabomb87 00:00, 8 April 2011 [1].

List of Atlanta Braves first-round draft picks[edit]

List of Atlanta Braves first-round draft picks (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): Courcelles 01:36, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

29 of 31. Only the White Sox and the Giants to go in this Featured Topic drive. Though there's no hall-of-famers here, this is a more accomplished list of players than some of these have been. Enjoy. Courcelles 01:36, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Wizardman Operation Big Bear 05:38, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
*Comments:
    • "The franchise has drafted eight players from colleges or high schools in the state of Florida, more than any other." more than any other state.
    • The players drafted from Puerto Rico and Canada should get a mention in the lead.
    • "The Braves have held the first overall pick once, which they used to select Horner." They had it twice actually; used it on Horner and Jones.

Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:25, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Taken care of all of those, thanks. (I'll go wipe the egg off my face for that Chipper Jones mistake...) Courcelles 04:37, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Now to go work on the White Sox list. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 05:38, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    As a further comment, there's enough room for an extra picture addition if you desire; both Wainwright or Heyward would be good options there. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:15, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Good catch. Our picture of Wainwright isn't very good, (being mostly of his back) but Heyward is a good addition, and there's something interesting to say about him, too. Courcelles 16:31, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - best I could do...!

  • Shouldn't "a no hitter" be "a no-hitter"?

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:17, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Seen it both ways, but since our article is at no-hitter, makes sense to do it that way. Done. Courcelles 20:04, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support gah, very good indeed. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:06, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • After "Two selections have come from outside the 50 United States", shouldn't there be a colon instead of a comma? Also, I'm not sure the number is needed with the country there.
  • There are a couple of capitalized Awards that could stand to be in blue with their respective links. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 20:27, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done both. The reason I have "50 United States" is because the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is part of the United States, so without the 50 the sentence becomes a bit nonsensical (or requires a discussion of the political status of the COPR.) Courcelles 20:48, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Same as above: having some quantification of the importance of the first round pick vs other rounds by say looking at the median salary would be nice. Nergaal (talk) 04:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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