Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2007 Pan American Games medal table/archive1

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 not promoted by User:Gimmetrow 21:16, 24 August 2008 [1].

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2007 Pan American Games medal table

Modeled on the featured Olympics medal counts. Felipe C.S ^{( talk )} 19:05, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

• Comment The "Changes in medal standings" section should be expanded. You should add which nations were given the medals, and it wouldn't hurt to have an English language source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scorpion0422 (talk • contribs) 17:09, August 13, 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment  Done. Felipe C.S ^{( talk )} 08:49, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
• Comment. I'm wondering why is this list named "medal count" while Olympic lists are titled "medal table"? Maybe some consistency would be better. And I prefer if the "Changes in medal standings" section is put after the medal table, since the table is the main subject of the list. Eklipse (talk) 10:21, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment  Done. Felipe C.S ^{( talk )} 15:39, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

• Comments
  • Avoid bold links in the lead.
  • Lead could use expansion, probably doubling in size. Include an overview of the doping scandals to hit the games post-competition.
  • No need to abbreviate to NOC if you don't use it again in the list. Same with PASO.
  • Only link dates which are useful.
  • Grammar in first image caption needs attention.
  • The pdf linked seems to take forever to load so it's not really an appropriate link. I've got 2Mbit/s link and I'm still waiting after ten minutes...
  • I imagine it'd be useful to make the 25 into 25= to emphasise the fact all those countries tied.
  • Is Falcao's nickname referenced anywhere (you use it in the caption)?
  • And shouldn't the tense there be "won a gold medal"?
  • Caption for first medal doesn't need a full stop.
  • I think the First gold medal explanation in the key needs a little expansion to make sure it isn't confused with first of this games, rather it means (I assume from the lead) first ever gold medal for the country in the Pan American Games...
  • Avoid the bullet point text in the Changes... section. Stick to a prose introduction and then hit it with the facts in tabular form if you see fit.
  • Some odd bolding and italicising going on in those tables, not needed.
• The Rambling Man (talk) 17:48, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Comments - sources look good, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:38, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

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