Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Telecaster players

List of Telecaster players

This list has come a long way from the almost random "fanlist" of guitarists it was before several dedicated editors began working on it. It is now a well-defined, stable, useful list of guitarists who have made notable use of the Fender Telecaster and related models. There are solid criteria for list inclusion, and every entry is properly sourced. Since the list is sourced from actual books about notable Telecaster players, it can be considered comprehensive and useful to someone researching the history of this instrument. Join me in recognizing this excellent list with FL status. --Aguerriero (talk) 22:45, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support An excellent reference list for a historical musical instrument. Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 19:11, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support A very impresive resource. -- Run e Welsh | ταλκ 01:45, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It is a good list and I can tell that establishing a restrictive entry criteria has been hard. The result is that the lead spends most of its time explaining the rationale rather than just getting on with the facts. Words like "because" and "consequently" are give-aways. Just tell us how popular the guitar is, that thousands of musicians have picked one up and that this list only includes xxxx (your criteria). The first paragraph currently mentions the "lots of" fact and the criteria twice. The second paragraph is similarly pleading. If the two guitars are considered variants of the same model, then just say so (not "can be", just "are"). You could add a citation for this claim (one of your books, or Fender's web site perhaps). A few of your links are dead (fender.demonweb). I see you've got one from the Archive. Is there not a new web site with the info? If not, use the Archive for the others. Try to ensure all your web citations have author (if you can find it), date written (if given) and access date. The date ranges will look better with an ndash. You must provide a fair-use rationale for this list for the Fender, Steve Cropper, and Waylon Jennings photos. Colin°^Talk 16:30, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for the feedback! Will get to work on these items right away. I think the somewhat verbose lead section is a result of the almost-daily attempts at "drive-by" additions of various guitarists. Will work on pruning it, and the rest of your items. --Aguerriero (talk) 16:38, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, I believe I have addressed all of your concerns. The lead section has been pruned to use more imperative language, and a citation added for the Esquire statement. I have changed the hyphens in lifespans to endashes. I removed all fair use images and all images in the article are from the commons. I fixed all the web citations to proper format using {{cite web}} and provided date and author where available. I found updated citations for the broken ones, or used the internet archive. --Aguerriero (talk) 19:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Support Great work! Glad you found some free images. Colin°^Talk 21:17, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support I checked this list out and was immediately impressed. Incredibly well-referenced; the alphabetization makes people easy to find. Great job. —Cliff smith 03:44, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]