Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Failed log/September 2020

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 archived by The Rambling Man via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 9 September 2020 (UTC) [1].

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List of Malta international footballers

Nominator(s): —Chrisportelli (talk) 13:52, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I have been carrying out changes to this list article, making it in line with other similar articles about international football. I think it's sourced enough for it to be considered for featured list. —Chrisportelli (talk) 13:52, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Resolved comments from ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:19, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

;Comments "and a year later with the Union of European Football Associations" => "and a year later joined the Union of European Football Associations" Done —Chrisportelli (talk) 19:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC) "As of November 2019, Malta has played [.....] In global and continental competitions, Malta have competed" - so is Malta singular or plural? Done —Chrisportelli (talk) 19:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC) "Playing positions are listed according to the player's preferred position, and not based on tactical formations that were employed at the time" - why not? Other such lists use playing positions that were relevant to when the player played (half-back, full-back, etc for players from before the 1960s) Not done as there isn't a source for this information. —Chrisportelli (talk) 10:20, 29 June 2020 (UTC) Why are so many players not wikilinked in the table? Just a cursory check reveals that Robbie Buttigieg, Paul Xuereb, Djibril Sylla, Aldrin Muscat and Edward Azzopardi all have articles, so I suspect that many more of the unlinked players do too. And given that all full international players meet WP:NFOOTY then really they should all be wikilinked, even if the articles haven't yet been created...... Done —Chrisportelli (talk) 19:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC) Some players' positions are missing. Surely these are known? Done. Marked those where I couldn't find their respective position. —Chrisportelli (talk) 10:20, 29 June 2020 (UTC) This says Benetti was a striker and this says Borg was a defender -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:52, 29 June 2020 (UTC) Updated Benetti's position and set Lawrence Borg's position as a goalkeeper based on the following publication and the player positions shown in this lineup. There are a couple of Lawrence Borg who have played for the Maltese national team, one of them is a defender born in 1945 and the other is a goalkeeper born in 1950. —Chrisportelli (talk) 16:32, 30 June 2020 (UTC) Recognised/recognized is spelt differently in the two notes Done —Chrisportelli (talk) 19:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC) "The match is recognised as an official International A Match from the Malta Football Association" => "The match is recognised as an official International A Match by the Malta Football Association". Also this is a complete sentence so it needs a full stop. Done —Chrisportelli (talk) 19:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC) Think that's it from me..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:06, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

• Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:19, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Comments

• Could you find a higher-quality lede image? ~ HAL333 21:35, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

• Quick comment – References 3, 7, and 8 should have their publishers italicized since they are print publications. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:22, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Comment I've worked on several of these international lists and got six promoted so far and I've typically found that it's easier to cut the lists into sections. Normally I cut off at 25 caps, while further lists can be created for players with lower caps then to manage the content size. This list already has more than 300 players and is only going to grow. Perhaps worth considering? Kosack (talk) 15:51, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Source review

• ref 10 link broken
• Mamrud, Roberto ref missing date
• Everything else looks reliable and well formatted. Obviously not much to say due to the reliance on EU-football.info. Aza24 (talk) 07:26, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Drive-by query: What makes "EU-football.info" a reliable source? Harrias ^talk 09:48, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Comments from TRM

WikiCup points claim etc

• I agree with Harrias' comment above, can you demonstrate the reliability of eu-football.info?
• "The first goal was scored" firstly this is ambiguous because I assume you mean the first Maltese goal as opposed to the first goal in the game? In any case, it would be perfectly cromulent to include both Malta's goalscorers instead of just one.
• Cauchi is red-linked in the table but not linked in the lead, that's inconsistent.
• "opponent has been" is.
• Image caption is a complete sentence so needs a full stop.
• "more than 300 players" presumably we know exactly how many?
• Times of Malta, The Malta Independent etc are works.

That's it for me. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 10:34, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Chrisportelli are you intending to return to this review? The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 13:50, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: it looks like the nominator hasn't been active since 12 July, perhaps time to consider closing the nomination? Aza24 (talk) 07:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

• Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 07:46, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

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