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The list was not promoted by User:Gimmetrow 22:55, 30 September 2008 [1].

List of Walter A. Brown Trophy winners[edit]

previous FLC (15:45, 16 August 2008) It previously failed because of a lack of comments, and I still believe it meets the criteria. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie » 03:15, 15 September 2008 (UTC) A couple of Comments[reply]

  • What was it called before it was renamed in 1964?
    • I don't think it even had an "official" name until 1964.
  • The intro seems a little short, couldn't you expand it like List of Heisman Trophy winners. Expanding on it's history.

REZTER TALK ø 10:46, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Killervogel5

  • "The Boston Celtics hold the record for the most wins of the Walter A. Brown Trophy, with a total of thirteen times."→"The Boston Celtics won the Brown Trophy a total of 13 times, most in league history."
  • Basketball Association of America should be linked at its first appearance (currently second).
  • "The Walter A. Brown Trophy was a trophy" - It is obviously a trophy. Change to "The Walter A. Brown Trophy was awarded to...".
  • "conclusion of every NBA season"→every should be "each," and link NBA season to this location.
  • "The trophy was kept by the winning team for one year, and given to the next championship team after the following finals." - remove comma.
  • New trophy design doesn't need to be linked in the lead and the footnotes.
    • I removed the link from the footnotes.   jj137 (talk) 03:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Boston Celtics linked twice in lead.
  • The "1" note in the 1950 season doesn't go anywhere. Remove.
  • Footnote C: The trophy was replaced by a new design.
  • Reference lists should be no more than 2 columns per MOS.
  • I would also like to see some expansion in the lead.
  • What about sorting? Colspans would need to be removed for that to happen.
    • Sorry, I guess I don't really see how sorting would help. Could you explain a bit? Thanks.   jj137 (talk) 03:25, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Review by Killervogel5

Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Working on everything, please give me some time. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie » 14:53, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

  • "from 1946–49" - never keen on this in prose - why not just "from 1946 to 1949"?
  • Hmm odd - " of each NBA season from 1947 to 1977. " - but the comment above discussed the BAA being from 1946 to 1949... so what happened in 1946?
  • "next championship team after the following finals" - not good English - I know what you're saying but currently it sort of says "the next one the following time" which is awkward.
  • "the NBA in 1949." but previously... "NBA season from 1947 to 1977." - implying NBA existed from 1947.
  • "The trophy was renamed in 1984 to honor former NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien.[3][4][5][6] " - four citations for this one claim
    • I removed one of them that was redundant.   jj137 (talk) 04:22, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hang on - this list finishes in 1977 but the renaming took place in 1984 - what's the deal? New design but same name so surely this list needs those winners too?
  • And it wasn't named after him until 1964...
    • Nothing to change there I think, as I don't think it even had an official name until 1964.   jj137 (talk) 22:44, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1950 - what's the superscript 1 mean?
    • MFC fixed it - it links to the notes section now.   jj137 (talk) 03:36, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • No need for full stops in the key table.

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:27, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from SRX

Comments

  • A new trophy design was created for the 1977 NBA Finals, though it retained the Walter A. Brown title. - I don't see why you need to link to the Brien trophy in "new trophy design" since that trophy came about in the 80s.
    • Fixed, I removed the link.   jj137 (talk) 03:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Boston Celtics won the trophy a total of 13 times, most in league history. - this is all that is summed up from the list?
  • You should add who the first winner was, an intermediate winner, and the final winner (in the prose) to expand the prose.
    • Done, I added sentences about the first and last winners and added more about the Celtics.   jj137 (talk) 03:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would make the key into a separate section to squeeze in a table of contents.

--SRX 23:48, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Now that you removed that link from the sentence you should add it in the other sentence where yo say that it was renamed.
  • Instead of "last winner" you can say "the final recipient of the trophy were the 76ers"--SRX 14:10, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - meets the FL Criteria.SRX 02:38, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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