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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 Giants2008 17:11, 4 September 2012 [1].

List of international cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar[edit]

List of international cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): —Vensatry (Ping me) 08:14, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it meets the criteria. It is based upon existing FLs of the same type. Look forward to your suggestions. —Vensatry (Ping me) 08:14, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from TBrandley (talk) 09:07, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • There are too many "he" in the lead. Perhaps re-word "Gavaskar", etc. Example of too many: "He was the first player to score two centuries in a Test match on three separate occasions.[14][15] His highest Test score of 236 not out came against West Indies at Chennai in 1983.[6] It was also the highest score by an Indian at that time.[6][16] He has scored 150 or more runs in a Test match innings on tweleve occasions". Consider re-writing
  • the performance ensured India's victory and earned him a Man of the match award → the performance ensured India's victory, which earned him a Man of the match award
  • Remove unneeded header on the top of tables
    • I see that in most of the lists and some reviewers have even said that to be extremely useful. —Vensatry (Ping me) 17:44, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Just a note, table captions are encouraged per MOS:DTT. NapHit (talk) 21:30, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TBrandley 14:06, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:48, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • No need for Cricketer to be capitalised.
  • "who represented the Indian cricket team and also captained the side" -> "who both represented and captained..."
  • "at the international level" no need for "the".
  • "to cross the 10,000 run mark " -> to score 10,000 Test runs"
  • "record for most runs until Allan Border surpassed the record." record record... repetitive.
  • "broke it only in December ..." -> "surpassed it in December"
    • Since I've already used the word surpassed in the previous sentence, won't it be repetitive —Vensatry (Ping me) 18:21, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Cricketer of the year " I suspect that should either be "Cricketer of the Year" or "cricketer of the year".
  • "Fame.[10][2]" prefer to see those refs in numerical order.
  • "against West Indies" we normally say "the West Indies".
  • " the third test " shouldn't that be "third Test"?
  • "centuries against each of them " no need for "each of".
  • "at the Leeds in " I think you just mean "at Headingley in..."
  • "five out of his 34 " comparative numbers, either all numbers or all words, not a mix.
  • Test 31, why are you linking Oval?
  • Test 18 is missing its note.
  • I don't think Note 1 is necessary at all.
  • Cricket Archive -> CricketArchive.
  • No need for the leading zeros in the days of the month in the Cricinfo ref titles.
  • Don't repeat refs, e.g. ref 20 and 21 are the same so should use the "ref name" referencing. Check others.

The Rambling Man (talk) 12:11, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 13:10, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "who both represented"
  • Would provide link to test cricket on first use
  • in the cricketing history..."
  • "Gavaskar's record of 34 Test centuries lasted for almost two decades before Tendulkar surpassed it in December 2005." -> Gavaskar's record of 34 Test centuries stood for almost two decades before it was surpassed by Tendulkar in December 2005.
    • Why do you think this should be rephrased. I'm not convinced with this sentence —Vensatry (Ping me) 15:52, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oops forgot to add stood, while typing. NapHit (talk) 17:39, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
done —Vensatry (Ping me) 18:44, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • refs should come after punctuation, currently ref 8 does not
  • "...both the innings"
  • "thus becoming only the second Indian player to perform the feat" -> becoming the second Indian player to achieve the feat.
  • "came against West Indies should against the West Indies, this was mentioned by TRM above
  • "3092 runs" -> 3,092 runs
  • ref 4 should be removed as it does mention him being one of the best opening batsmen ever and as the other two do, there is no need for it
    • It does mention the fact. Check the second page of the link —Vensatry (Ping me) 15:52, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Still, not needed though, don't need three references for this. NapHit (talk) 20:58, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
done —Vensatry (Ping me) 09:07, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • ref 12 should be removed, ref 11 already covers the statement, and I'm not convinced its the most reliable site
Regardless of whether its reliable or not you don't need two refs for a sentence about him making his debut. NapHit (talk) 20:58, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
done —Vensatry (Ping me) 09:07, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Think there is a mistake in re 29 title. don't think they played from Dec 30, 78 to Jan 3 78
  • ref 36 hyphen should be an en dash

NapHit (talk) 15:14, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Zia Khan 19:08, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "Making his his Test debut against the West Indies in March 1971" should be "Having made his Test debut against the West Indies in March 1971".
    • Given the fact that he scored a century on the same (debut) series, what is the need to rephrase it as "Having made...." —Vensatry (Ping me) 05:28, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since "Port of Spain" is a locality, it should be Queen's Park Oval or pipelink it. Same for Chennai and Headingley.
  • Link the "innings" in the lede as well as in the Key.
  • "becoming only the second Indian player to perform the feat." --> "becoming the second Indian player to achieve the feat." This was also pointed by NapHit.
  • "most successful against West Indies and......" --> most successful against the West Indies and...
  • I think "Gavaskar's solitary ODI century came" would be better than "Gavaskar's only century in ODIs came".
  • "Gavaskar scored five out of his thirty four Test centuries" --> "Gavaskar scored five of his Test centuries". You have already explained that he scored 34 centuries in Tests.
    • Since this is used as a comparative measure, I think there is nothing harm in retaining it —Vensatry (Ping me) 05:28, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes, I know this is a comparative measure, but you should avoid unnecessary text. Zia Khan 06:34, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Feroz Shah Kotla is a fortress. This should be Feroz Shah Kotla Ground.
  • You've mentioned the ground and the city separately. So for consistency National Stadium, Karachi should be National Stadium, Karachi. Same for the Green Park Stadium, Kanpur.
  • Ref 3 doesn't need date, I think.
  • Refs 4, 6 and 9 need authors. Zia Khan 02:15, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I could not find any names whatsoever. Tell me if I'm missing something —Vensatry (Ping me) 05:28, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • You are using "Chennai" in the lede but it is "Madras" in the table? Be consistent. Zia Khan 06:34, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Chennai was known as Madras then. Same for Kolkata and Mumbai. I've already added a note for each entry —Vensatry (Ping me) 08:06, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • As you say Chennai was known as Madras and you've added a note. Do the same thing in the lead. Zia Khan 13:54, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support— Meets the standards. Zia Khan 19:08, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • Don't see why International is capitalized in the first sentence.
  • "He has scored 150 or more runs in a Test match innings on tweleve occasions." Typo in "tweleve". Giants2008 (Talk) 02:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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