Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Savilian Professor of Astronomy/archive1

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Savilian Professor of Astronomy

Featured list candidates/Savilian Professor of Astronomy/archive1

Nominator(s): Bencherlite ^Talk 17:40, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A companion piece to Savilian Professor of Geometry, another list of Oxford University academics, which I took through FLC in 2010. I rewrote this in 2012, but never got round to nominating it - I think I just forgot. Anyway, I've rediscovered it, repaired a couple of deadlinks and I think it's good to go. No doubt you will tell me what I've missed, but I hope you enjoy reading about what Christopher Wren did when he wasn't rebuilding St Paul's Cathedral! Bencherlite ^Talk 17:40, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 10:53, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

You link Warden and Provost in the main body but not in the lead, seems anomolous to me.
- Done, but would you prefer single/direct links to the lists Warden of Merton College, Oxford and Provost of Eton College? Bencherlite^Talk 08:38, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Ooh, tempted by that... The Rambling Man (talk) 08:40, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - Done. Bencherlite ^Talk 00:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"as the first professor, and Bainbridge took " why not "as the first professor who took..."
Joseph Silk is (a) overlinked in the lead and (b) over-named in the lead - surname only after first mention.
- Removed first reference. Bencherlite ^Talk 08:38, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
" "the wretched state of mathematical studies in England",[2]" don't we nomally attribute these sorts of quotes?
- Not only done, but written Ida Busbridge to provide a link to the person who said this. How's that for service? Bencherlite ^Talk 00:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"of reforms of the university" just a question really, were they reforms "of" or "to" the university?
- "Reforms of" is best, I think. Bencherlite ^Talk 08:38, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You link the Observer and the Observatory to the same page, I would "hash link" the former to the section which describes the position of Observer.
University Parks is pipelinked to Oxford University Parks which redirects back to University Parks. Unnecessary.
Minor, but instead of "not carry on his" why not "not continue his"?
"and John Flamsteed (Astronomer Royal) " I'd ditch the parentheses, and add "the" here, it's a reasonable inclusion to the sentence.
Link all colleges in "College as professor" column as it's a sortable table.
- The only ones that are unlinked in that column are linked immediately to their left - I don't repeat the link in the same row
The Queen's College vs Queen's College, be consistent.
Blackwell is missing a University of Cambridge.
It appears that you may be using MIT without explaining it....
"Ecole Normale Supérieure " is one accent down on the deal.

That's it for a quick once-over. Hope it helps. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:15, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed it does. All done save where noted. Bencherlite ^Talk 08:38, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support The Rambling Man (talk) 10:53, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, sir. Bencherlite ^Talk 13:03, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Just one comment from me: in Bradley there is a "discoveration of nutation". Would discovery be better? Superb otherwise! – SchroCat (talk) 12:38, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good spot! Non-word changed to something in the English dictionary... Thanks, Bencherlite ^Talk 13:34, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Excellent list, informative and interesting. No comments from me, although one thing I was wondering - was the stipulation that the professor stargaze every night repealed in the 19th century reforms? I imagine the records up to that point probably include a lot of clouds. --Jackyd101 (talk) 10:35, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Answering your question caused me to hunt down the original statutes (fortunately I found a 19th-century translation of the Latin!) and add some more detail. The short answer is that, yes, the 19th-century reforms removed the original specifications, which were very detailed and prescriptive, although the requirement to stargaze was in fact at "fitting times and seasons" rather than every night as my original source said, so the professors had a complete excuse for going to bed whenever they wanted! Bencherlite ^Talk 13:03, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If they were anything like the lecturers I knew at university, quite a few of those observations would have been somewhat bleary-eyed. Glad I could help. Really is a nice article - I always enjoy your professor lists. --Jackyd101 (talk) 23:03, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's very kind of you. By the way, Laudian Professor of Arabic is going to be "Today's Featured List" on 9th March, so anything you can spot to improve it before then would be welcome. Bencherlite ^Talk 08:34, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another fine article - I left a couple of minor comments on the talk page, although its entirely up to you whether you want to action them.--Jackyd101 (talk) 11:01, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, 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. – SchroCat (talk) 13:03, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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