Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of University of Waterloo people

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 promoted by User:Scorpion0422 02:05, 24 December 2008 [1].

List of University of Waterloo people

previous FLC (20:12, 11 May 2008)

After adding a few more hundred people, I think this list is now ready. Gary King (talk) 21:47, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What is the inclusion criteria for the list? –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 21:56, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This list, like List of Wilfrid Laurier University people, was missing a lot of people before. After nominating and having successfully passed List of Wilfrid Laurier University people, I realized that I had to go out and do more research to find people that weren't in the list. I just spent a few weeks looking for more people to add and finally came up with this list. It's significantly more comprehensive than it was at its last FLC nomination; of course, it will never be completely comprehensive, but most of the university's notable graduates are in the list. Gary King (talk) 22:06, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~Speedy fail due to it being a list about an inferior university~~ How come you didn't add any honorary degree recipients this time? -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 22:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
For one thing, I added honorary degree recipients to Wilfrid's list because there weren't as many people associated with the university. Another reason is because WLU offers a handy-dandy list that shows all honorary degree recipients. Waterloo, however, does not offer such a list. Gary King (talk) 22:07, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Sources looks good, checked with the Checklinks tool. Canniba loki 00:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:53, 7 December 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

"The list is drawn from faculty, alumni, staff, and former University presidents." Why is "University" capitalized?
"The school has approximately 135,000 alumni in 140 countries." "approximately"-->about, it is simpler.
University of Waterloo doesn't need to be linked in the caption.
Images need checking, but it shouldn't be a long job. One of these days, I will get around to reading the Featured Content dispatches so that I can check images myself.
Full year ranges should have spaced en dashes.
Sources
- Ref 87 needs to be formatted.
- There are inconsistencies in the linking of University of Waterloo in the references. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:12, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All done Gary King (talk) 20:34, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have now formatted the image pages where necessary. Here is the current status of the images:

Image:WaterlooMathBuilding.jpg – self-made
Image:Erik Demaine et al 2005 cropped.jpg – confirmed to use the correct license on Flickr
Image:Rick-green.jpg – self-made
Image:Mark Tilden Oslo.jpg – confirmed to use the correct license on Flickr
Image:Dana Porter.JPG – can be found here; search for the "Reference Code" with "C 3-1-0-0-460". I would like directly to the image if I could, but I can't, so you'll have to search for it manually. It claims that the image was taken on 1948, and the PD-Canada tag states the photo is in the public domain if it's taken before 1949.
Image:David Lloyd Johnston(Brubacher House).jpg – self-made

Gary King (talk) 20:54, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sources and images look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:53, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment from Killervogel5

~~I believe Lynne Woolstencroft is the "mayor" of Ontario. *clears throat*...~~ Otherwise, cheers, looks good. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 18:03, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice catch; fixed. Gary King (talk) 18:28, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Thanks for your kind responses to my concerns. The list looks good and appears to meet all FL criteria. --Eustress (talk) 00:06, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eustress' concerns (resolved)

Comments from --Eustress (talk) 22:49, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe all publishers in the citations should be hyperlinked (Wikilinked, ideally)
If I counted correctly, 160/242 references (66%) come from the University of Waterloo. Does this violate NPOV?
I understand that since this is a list, the name of the article need not be repeated verbatim in the first sentence of the lead (see MOS:BEGIN), but the current first sentence does nothing to capture what this list is all about. You might mirror FLs GA Tech alumni, BYU alumni, and Dartmouth alumni to assuage this issue.

I'm basing this list off of the recently promoted FL List of Wilfrid Laurier University people. Publishers don't need to be linked; I personally prefer not to link them because it just creates a bunch of blue links in the references, which takes away the focus from other more important links. I don't think the UW references violate NPOV, as they just list the students that have attended their school, etc. Gary King (talk) 22:54, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The opening sentence provides general context on the topic and is engaging. We at FLC have stopped using the formulaic This is a list of..., which has been effectively deprecated for the past 4–5 months. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:38, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs)

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I was thinking of putting the template immediately below the TOC, yet still above all the section headers. It's just a thought, I liked how it looked. Either way, I support. Nice work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 01:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, then, I would prefer having it above the TOC rather than directly below, because I think it looks better when immediately after the TOC comes a section heading. In my opinion, that should always be the case. Gary King (talk) 01:34, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fine with me! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 01:38, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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