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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Karanacs 20:49, 22 May 2009 [1].

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Nominator(s): --TorsodogTalk 18:14, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I am nominating this for featured article because I have worked on this article extensively for the past year and I believe it is finally ready to be featured. It has passed GAN, had 3 separate PR and three users copy edited it on their own (thanks guys). Content-wise, I believe the article more than adequately covers the topic. Let 'er rip! --TorsodogTalk 18:14, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • I remember trying to keep an eye out for this as I was editing, but this article was kind of heavy on the quotes and it looks like I missed some. I saw that you corrected a couple of them, but I will check the quotes again, especially the ones from the book source, just to make sure. --TorsodogTalk 21:04, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Technical comments Dates in body and refs appear consistent (long month-day-year); "p."/"pp." and author name order consistent as well; links checked and work (including a few highlighted ones in the link checker). --an odd name 23:06, 14 May 2009 (UTC) (All have accessdates too. --an odd name 23:27, 14 May 2009 (UTC))[reply]
  • Comments -
  • Please spell out abbreviations in the notes. Yes, they are linked, but you don't want your readers to leave your article, they might never return (I noted JPBPA, but there may be others)
  • I changed "JPBPA" to "Japanese Professional Baseball Players Association". The only other abbreviations in the notes are in URLs (such as ESPN.com), which I assume should be keep abbreviated.
  • I... don't know. Let me check and see what information I can find about the site or look if there is a more easily established reliable source I can find to replace it. --TorsodogTalk 15:45, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks like they publish study materials for the TOEIC (an English language comprehension test), as well as at least one magazine on the topic. They have been in business since 1990. The article linked is apparently an aggregate summary of English-language news information for a particular week. You can see explanation of specific English terminology on the right side of the page. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:26, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Otherwise, sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:17, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image review as follows:

Rest of the Images are verifiably licensed for free use by their authors. I am surprised to see this article is about baseball... From the title, I thought it was about the USPS sorting system. Jappalang (talk) 09:28, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - As a participant at the second of three peer reviews, I must say that this article has rounded into shape nicely. Here are some comments from my second look at the page:

  • History: "(the San Francisco Giants Class-A team)." Perhaps an apostrophe should be used for Giants.
  • Ya, that definitely seems appropriate. I added one.
  • Complications: Not a big deal, but Nomo's contract amount needs a non-breaking space. The other dollar amounts in this section are fine in this regard.
  • Ha, I always miss at least one of these. Thanks for catching it.
  • Resolution: Bud Selig's first name is repeated here from the prior section.
  • I thought maybe since it was a new section, I'd keep his name, but I removing it seems like another good option since he is mentioned so late in the last section. I removed it.
  • Criticism: The quote from Ichiro's agent doesn't have a citation. Is it supposed to be cited by the subsequent reference? Same goes for the Brian Cashman quote.
  • The current format is not bad, but it would be better to repeat the cites directly after quotes. You never know if material cited by another source will be inserted in the middle at some point. Giants2008 (17-14) 03:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's an article that I enjoyed reading again, and I will be supporting when these are addressed. Giants2008 (17-14) 18:21, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support – As I said above, a very enjoyable read. Great to see how good the finished product turned out after first looking at it so long ago. Giants2008 (17-14) 03:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: I recently did a full copyedit which I hope helped. I agree with Jappalang, above, that the title is misleading, and that it should have some reference to baseball in it. This might help raise the article's profile. For consideration, perhaps? Brianboulton (talk) 19:43, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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