Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of NBA champions

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The list was promoted by User:Scorpion0422 04:49, 30 May 2008 [1].

List of NBA champions

This list seems ready to become FL. It is well referenced, and has a nicely written lead. It seems to meet all criteria. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie ( talk / contribs) 15:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No free images available of the teams? Qst (talk) 16:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm currently looking for the NBA Finals trophy, but can't seem to find one at the moment. I'll keep looking. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie ( talk / contribs) 16:05, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I found one within two minutes, on Spurs page. I've put it up. Noble Story (talk) 02:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I meant free pictures of the teams to go down the side of the list if you could fit them in. Qst (talk) 10:17, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Matthew

Comments

  • Date ranges should be separated with ndash, not hyphens, per WP:DASH
  • Check out the FLC talk page regarding straight repetition of the article's title in the lead (this is a list of...)
  • Wikilink Central division if it exists
  • "prior to 1978 they get to keep the Brown Trophy for a year" wrong tense
  • put a comma after the MVP award link up in the lead section
  • Note 1 is in present tense, but from the looks of the the table, it should be in past tense

-- Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 22:28, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The nominator and I have fixed everything. —Chris! ct 02:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You missed the ndashes, but I put them in. Noble Story (talk) 02:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Could you say that again? I think the champions from the Western Conference are already shaded blue. Noble Story (talk) 06:31, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See NBA Conference Finals. The Western Conference Finals logo is colored red. See also List of Super Bowl champions where the AFC is colored red. --Howard the Duck 11:09, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No offense, but doing that would mean a complete overhaul of the table. It's pretty clear who is from the West and who is from the East, unlike the Super Bowl champs list. I think it can stay the same. Noble Story (talk) 13:36, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Then use light green or any other color except a bluish hue. --Howard the Duck 14:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you decide to change the table, you might want to implement something like this. Hello32020 (talk) 02:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If no one objects, I'll change the light blue to light green. Blue is the color associated to the Eastern Conference so for NBA enthusiasts it'll be quite awkward. --Howard the Duck 14:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I object! :) Please see WP:COLOUR, and choose one that is a little less trippy Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 07:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seriously, that green is yuck. How about one of those nice pastel shade of colours mentioned at WP:COLOURS? Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 08:30, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'd change the color into light yellow. --Howard the Duck 07:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Looks good. Last suggestion: the cross is better then the asterisk, but it's awfully big. Howabout † ? Drewcifer (talk) 06:22, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I made it smaller.—Chris! ct 16:22, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved stuff from Drewcifer

Comment Overall it looks pretty good, but I do have a few questions/suggestions:

  • The year column should be center-aligned.
  • Also concerning the legend, I'd recommend adding the blue background legend to the same table as the other legend.
  • "All NBA Finals are in..." weird present tense, when compared to the rest of the sentence which is past tense.
  • "The home-and-away format was in a 2-2-1-1-1 format (that is, the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in Games 1, 2, 5 and 7) until 1985 (except 1953–55, 1975 and 1978, the latter two in a 1-2-2-1-1 format) when it was changed into a 2-3-2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in Games 1-2 and 6-7), although all other playoff series are still in a 2-2-1-1-1 format.[1]" I realize that this is a complicated issue to explain, but this is a huge sentence with alot of parenthesis and numbers and other stuff going on, which makes it even more confusing.
  • "1984 win the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, from 1978 to 1983 the Walter A. Brown Trophy, and prior to 1978 they got to keep the Brown Trophy for a year until the next champion is determined." Again, a weird mish-mash of tenses.
  • Why is the MVP stuff mentioned in the lead? What does that have to do with anything? Drewcifer (talk) 00:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not entirely sure what "Tied the best regular season standing for that season." means. Also, I think a better symbol then an asterisk should be used, since the asterisk is easy to miss.
  • Support, looks good. GreenJoe 00:05, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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