Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/New York Knicks seasons

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The list was promoted by User:Matthewedwards 18:59, 15 November 2008 [1].

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New York Knicks seasons

With two FLs already under my belt, I'm coming back with another seasons list. This mostly follows the format of my previous lists, but has a few differences, most notably sortable tables. I think this meets the FL criteria, and will address any concerns as they come up. Giants2008 (17-14) 23:31, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Resolved review from SRX

Review by SRX (talk · contribs)

• One of the Basketball Association of America's (BAA) 11 teams during its inaugural season, the Knicks won the league's first game, defeating the Toronto Huskies 68–66 on November 1, 1946. - link to BAA?
  • The BAA link redirects to NBA, so I added a link to the History section of the NBA article. That way, there aren't two straight NBA links in the lead. Giants2008 (17-14) 04:22, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
• The team's best opportunity to win a championship during this period came in the 1993–94 season, when it lost the NBA Finals to the Houston Rockets in seven games. - sounds POV, the beginning needs rewording, I suggest taking out "best opportunity" or reword that in a different way.
  • I did reword that. Giants2008 (17-14) 04:22, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
• Entering the 2008–09 season, the Knicks have not made the playoffs since 2004, when they were swept by the New Jersey Nets in four games. - to wordy, just say they lost versus "were swept"
  • Made the suggested change. Giants2008 (17-14) 04:22, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
• Why aren't the "Knicks seasons, conference, GB, and division made sortable?"--S_RX 00:46, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, the "Knicks seasons" column doesn't need to be sortable, as sorting the "season" column would do the same job. The "conference" and "division" columns don't need to be sortable as well because they have basically the same items in every row. (two items in the "division" column, to be accurate) I guess "GB" can be sortable, but it isn't that important.—Chris! _ct 02:21, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I made the GB sortable. Since there is a disagreement over whether the other three should be sortable, I'll probably hold off on them for now. Giants2008 (17-14) 04:22, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

• Support - my review was addressed to meet WP:WIAFL.--S_RX 21:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Comment: As per this Checklinks tool, all the edits seem good. NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 00:55, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

• Comment: Change "Did not qualify" to "Did not reach the Playoffs" as the first one is vague —Chris! _ct 02:24, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Did all of them; I counted 23 in all. Giants2008 (17-14) 04:22, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support —Chris! _ct 06:28, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:37, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:57, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

• "One of the Basketball Association of America's (BAA) 11 teams during its inaugural season"—Per MOSNUM, comparative quantities should be written the same way: "One of the Basketball Association of America's (BAA) eleven teams during its inaugural season..."
• "The club qualified for the playoffs in the league's first three seasons, before the BAA merged with the National Basketball League in 1949 to form the NBA." No comma necessary here.
• "New York and Los Angeles faced each other again in the 1972 Finals, with the Lakers winning in five games." No with + -ing sentence structure please.
• In the references, you have cited the names of the websites as the publisher when they should be the work:
  • Basketball-reference is the work, not the publisher. Sports Reference is the publisher.
  • Same with references with NBA.com as the publisher; it is the work. Turner Sports Interactive is the publisher.
  • In ref 21, Basketball Hall of Fame is the work. CBS Interactive (or just CBS) is the publisher.
  • Ref 4, History is the work, and A&E Television Networks is the publisher. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:43, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I made all of the changes. Giants2008 (17-14) 22:45, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

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