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The list was promoted by Giants2008 21:08, 9 November 2012 [1].

Arthur C. Clarke Award

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Nominator(s): PresN 21:50, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Next up on my sporadic project of improving sci-fi and fantasy award lists, we have the Arthur C. Clarke Award, given out for the best sci-fi novel published the prior year in the United Kingdom. Although respected by authors and insiders, this award isn't as noted by the public at large as the Hugos or Nebulas- though that may just be due to the relative sizes of Britain and America. Nevertheless, the list is now up to shape with those other awards, and is ready for judging. Thanks for reviewing! --PresN 21:50, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from TBrandley (talk) 15:10, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments very nice list, good work, just some quick comments:
  • Link science fiction in the infobox
  • Done.
  • Done.
  • "SCI-FI-LONDON" shouldn't be in capitals, for MOS:CAPS
  • Done.
  • "clarkeaward.com/" remove the slash at the end
  • Done.
  • Done.
  • Same goes for "recent"
  • Done.
  • In the list, you use "£", can you make a note that that is referring to the UK pound
  • It does, 7 words prior.
  • "the award has been presented on the opening night of the SCI-FI-LONDON film festival", unlink SCI-FI-LONDON, as its first link is further above in the prose, this is for WP:OVERLINK
  • Done.
  • "of which 23 have won" just a suggestion, but maybe "23 of which have won" instead
  • Done.
  • Add table captions to the table as per MOS:DTT
  • Done, though the whole preceding paragraph is a table caption.
  • Add plainrowheaders to the table's coding for WP:ACCESS
  • "Please note that the use of "plainrowheaders" is not necessary, it's a choice of layout." - MOS:DTT. Not to mention that "plainrowheaders" un-bolds the row headers and un-highlights them... which is already done in this table.
  • "clarkeaward.com" to "Arthur C. Clarke Award" just say that, perhaps
  • Done.
  • No worries if there is nothing, or no issue, as this one is bot-generated, but it says "*As done in WP:FOOTNOTE, footnotes usually are located right after a punctuation mark (as recommended by the CMS, but not mandatory), such that there is no space in between. For example, the sun is larger than the moon [2]. is usually written as the sun is larger than the moon.[2]"
  • The bot doesn't like ref columns in tables, FYI; ignored.

TBrandley 03:05, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Responded inline; thanks for reviewing! --PresN 18:41, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 21:35, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • For BritEng, organisation has an s, not a z.
  • Done.
  • "Sci-Fi-London film festival" notable enough to be linked?
  • Already linked in the first paragraph.
  • "23 of which " should that be 23 of whom?
  • Done.
  • For winning works which simply redirect to the author, I suggest you link them to a (non-existant) article about the work.
  • Done.

The Rambling Man (talk) 21:13, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Responded inline; thanks for reviewing! --PresN 21:34, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Crisco 1492 (talk)
;Prose comments from Crisco 1492
  • Running out of American awards?
  • first published in the United Kingdom - If it were published in the US before then, would it be eligible or not?
  • Yes, they ignore publication history outside of the UK.
  • Prior to 2001, the award was £1000. - Any reason for the change, even one related to A Space Odyssey?
  • None that I could find.
  • As of 2012, the award has been - Has been, or is still? Has been seems to imply it's not anymore.
  • Changed to "is"

Comment - "...and then select a winning book from there." This is the only issue I could find, I think it could be worded slightly better. NapHit (talk) 13:55, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to "... book from that list." --PresN 19:05, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I changed it again, feel free to revert if you disagree. Anyway as thatwas the only issue I could see, I Support. NapHit (talk) 19:36, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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