Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Deccan Chargers cricketers/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 The Rambling Man 08:33, 8 October 2012 [1].

List of Deccan Chargers cricketers

Nominator(s): Thine Antique Pen (talk) 18:01, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I feel that the list meets the FL criteria. Requested by TheSpecialUser off-wiki, although I have contributed to the list. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 18:01, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Ref 1 is not reliable.
Readers would like to know the INR value of US$107 million.
"team won the series" >> "team won the league"
"The last coach" >> "Their last coach"
"Deccan Chargers played their" >> "Deccan Chargers played its" (be consistent, use either plural form or singular form)
"who now plays for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) as their captain" - no ref is provided for this
"are the only batsmen" >> "were the only batsmen"
"Cameron White, the former captain of the team" - get a ref for this
"has the highest batting average" >> "had the highest batting average"
"has the highest strike rate" >> "had the highest strike rate"
"holds the record" >> "held the record"
"highest number of runs in a single match" >> "highest score in an innings"
"who has played the most number" >> "who had played the most number"
"is also the team's leading" >> "was also the team's leading"
"holds the record of having the highest strike rate of 12.0 as well as having" >> "held the record of having the highest strike rate of 12.0 as well as had"
"have the best economy" >> "had the best economy"
"is the only bowler" >> "was the only bowler"
"having taken 22 catches" >> "had taken 22 catches"
"have the most" >> "had the most"
"has performed the" >> "had performed the"
You could link "5-wicket haul" to List of Indian Premier League five-wicket hauls

Done Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page... tag; see the help page." - Fix this.

Not done, there are not errors. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:25, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Because it was fixed by someone else.

The stumps column should come under the fielding section

Fixed Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Year of Twenty20 debut for Kings," "Year of latest Twenty20 match for Kings." Huh?

Changed Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It should be West Indies and not Barbados.

No, as it is a link to the national cricket team, not the generic West Indies one. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all. Barbados is a first class team, and there is only West Indies in international cricket world, there is no T&T, Jamaica, Barbados, etc.

Not sure how much it matters, as when I do lists I tend to go by nationality, kind of a hard one when WI is the "national" team but isn't a nationality. Howzat?Out!Out!Out! (talk) 18:14, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, but in this list nationality refers to under which nation does the player participates in the IPL (i.e, what is shown as his country in the auction). So, it should be WI not Barbados. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 05:12, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Styris is an Australian?

Yep. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Man he is a New Zealander! Check his article.

Ummmm, he's New Zealand's seventh leading run-scorer! Note: Being born in a barn doesn't make one a horse. Howzat?Out!Out!Out! (talk) 18:14, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Symonds is an English?

Yes, actually, from Birmingham. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

He is an Australian, we have nothing to do with his native land.

Again, being born in a barn doesn't make one a horse. He has played for Australia, therefore is Australian, besides which, he moved to Australia with his adoptive parents at a very young age. Howzat?Out!Out!Out! (talk) 18:14, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OMG! Shahid Afridi is an Indian!! :P

Fixed Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:19, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

4 disambiguation pages

Fixed Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:19, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sanjay Bangar played his first match for DC in 2007?

Fixed Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:19, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chipli made a century?

Fixed Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:19, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 06:16, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

As Vaibhav points out there are multiple issues with tense in this list. As the team is no longer playing it should be in past tense, ye in the opening sentence we have this: "Deccan Chargers (DC) is a former franchise cricket team which was based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, and was one of the teams participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL)." This does not fill me with confidence for the rest of the article. Thorough copyedit is needed. NapHit (talk) 14:31, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

I rarely comment on FL candidates, but on this rare occasion, sadly it's a fail. I think User:Vibhijain has pretty much summed up with his list what is wrong with the list. Is Shahid Afridi really Indian?!?!?! Ensure before nominating a list or article that it reaches the required standard for a nomination likely to succeed. On this occasion, on a cricketing note, it's out. Howzat?Out!Out!Out! (talk) 18:08, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above. TBr and ley 01:56, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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