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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 User:Gimmetrow 22:22, 8 November 2008 [1].

Walter A. Brown Trophy[edit]

previous FLC (22:55, 30 September 2008)

I am nominating with User:SRE.K.A.L.24 because we think it now fulfilled the FL criteria.—Chris! ct 22:17, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Killervogel5
Comments from Killervogel5

Some things to be addressed:

  • Some years in the lead are linked and some are not. It should be all or none.
1949 is linked in the first instance.—Chris! ct 23:40, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Still some reference problems. Website names are works, not publishers; the converse is true, in that companies or entities are publishers, not work names. Either NBA is the publisher, or NBA.com is the work, or both, not the reverse. Reference 1, 2, 4, 5, and 44 are formatted incorrectly in this way.
  • There are footnote links on two different instances of the Minneapolis Lakers to the same note. It should be linked at the first or only instance to which it applies, not both.

I think that's it for now. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 23:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All done —Chris! ct 23:39, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well done. The only thing that concerns me about this list is the heavy reliance on official league sources, rather than independent sources like basketball-reference.com. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 00:11, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done —Chris! ct 00:29, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support from KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on!
Addressed Review by SrX
Review by SRX (talk · contribs)
  • The Walter A. Brown Trophy was awarded to the National Basketball Association (NBA) (or Basketball Association of America (BAA) from 1946 to 1949) team who won the NBA Finals at the conclusion of each NBA season from 1949 to 1977 - the "or" makes it seem like they are not the same promotion. How about use the instead of or.
DONE -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 01:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The first winner of the trophy was the Philadelphia Warriors, who defeated the Chicago Stags. - How about The inaugural winner of the trophy was the Philadelphia Warriors, who defeated the Chicago Stags. This also needs to be verified with a source.
DONE -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 01:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The trophy was once referred to as the NBA Finals trophy,[1] but it was renamed in 1964 after Walter A. Brown, in honor of the original owner of the Boston Celtics who was instrumental in merging the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League into the NBA in 1949. 1)"once" is weasel talk, be more specific when. 2)Since you already stated earlier the acronyms, the acronyms should just be used here versus the entire names.
FIXED -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 01:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Unlike the original championship trophy, the new trophy was given permanently to the winning team and a new one is made every year. - is --> was.
FIXED -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 01:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Boston Celtics, who won the NBA Finals eight years consecutively and made it to the NBA Finals 12 out of 13 years from 1957 to 1969, won the trophy a total of 13 times, most in league history. - This sentence is confusing, so they won the finals 8 straight years and were featured in the finals 12 out of 13 years, 13 years of what? the trophy's exsistence?
FIXED sentence. Check to make sure itmakes more sense. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 01:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • National Basketball Association should be linked in the references, all of them.
DONE -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 01:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
--SRX 23:54, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - my review was addressed to meet WP:WIAFL.--SRX 15:12, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:41, 3 November 2008 (UTC) [reply]
Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

I actually think that the article should be called "Walter A. Brown Trophy," too. It is more consistent that way.—Chris! ct 18:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I see what Matthew(Edwards) was saying, however, this article is also the main source of information on the trophy; therefore it needs to be named "Walter A. Brown Trophy". I will ask him to revisit the discussion. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:47, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If consensus is to move it back to Walter A. Brown Trophy, I'm okay with it. While I'm here, please see WP:BUNCH Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 17:10, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed the bunched-up edit links issue.—Chris! ct 19:00, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ref 1 needs a publication date (it's at the top of the web page in small text)
Fixed—Chris! ct 18:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The Boston Celtics, who won the NBA Finals 12 out of 13 times, eight of them consecutively, from 1957 to 1969, won the trophy a total of 13 times, the most in league history."-->The Boston Celtics won the trophy 13 times, the most in league history. From 1957 to 1969, they won the NBA Finals 12 out of 13 times, eight of them consecutively.
Fixed—Chris! ct 18:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed—Chris! ct 18:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - although I don't know how much my vote counts because I worked on it quite a bit.   jj137 (talk) 03:11, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments -

Well, I wish I had a more reliable reference but this is the best one I could find to source a particular info.—Chris! ct 19:30, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Otherwise sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:37, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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