Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2002 NFL Draft

2002 NFL Draft

Much like the 2003 NFL Draft, 2004 NFL Draft, 2005 NFL Draft, and 2006 NFL Draft, this list is among the best wikipedia has to offer. Everything that needs citing is taken care of, there's no serious problmes anywhere, it's comphrehensive, etc. Support as nom.--Wizardman 06:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Note: I'll close it myself around the start of February. I'd rather wait for onr other person though, FL's shouldn't fail due to lack of participation.--Wizardman 23:18, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• Support Meets the requirements of a featured list, and same quality as the other featured drafts. Jay32183 19:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
• Conditional support Image:2002nfldraft.gif needs a fair use rationale. Not sure if the other featured drafts have fair use rationales for their images, but they should. Other than that it looks good. VegaDark 20:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Nope, none of them do. I'll create one though, would've assumed the logo fair use tag would've covered it, but apparently not.--Wizardman 21:29, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

It's actually a licencing tag, and does mention that a detailed fair use rationale should be added. Jay32183 21:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately not. Images with a tag only like that and no additional fair use rationale written out are actually speedy deletable if uploaded since May 4, 2006 and tagged as such for 7 days. In this case the image was uploaded before that so it isn't speedy deletable, but it still needs a fair use rationale.

From Wikipedia:Fair Use- 10.The image or media description page must contain:

• Proper attribution of the source of the material, and attribution of the copyright holder (if it is different).
• An appropriate fair use tag indicating which Wikipedia policy provision permitting the use is claimed. A list of image tags can be found on the Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Fair use page.
• For each article for which fair use is claimed, the name of the article and a "fair use rationale" as explained at Help:Image page#Fair use rationale. The rationale must be presented in a manner that can be clearly understood and which is relevant to the article in question. (emphasis mine)

So it needs a rationale in addition to the tag. VegaDark 21:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair Use Rationale provided, hope it's sufficient.--Wizardman 06:27, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

• I'm concerned by the number of redlinks. Guettarda 04:08, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Well, for many of those players I can't write an article since it would fail WP:BIO. Delinking them wouldn't look right to me, though I may not have a choice.--Wizardman 19:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Yep, players that don't actually end up playing in at least one game shouldn't have an article made for them, unless they are notable for another reason. At this point, if they haven't played by now after being drafted in 2002 they are unlikely to ever make it in the pros, so delinking them would probably be acceptable. However, you may want to check if they ever made it in the AFL or NFL Europe before delinking them, as that would be notable enough for an article. VegaDark 20:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
• Support. (Moving comments from IRC):
  • Please link all the player names, whether they currently have an article or not.
  • "...shown on ESPN" > "...broadcast on ESPN".
  • Unnecessary space before the references section
  • I prefer switching to wikitable sortable class for easier navigation.
  • "NFL.com: NFL Draft History" > "NFL Draft History on NFL.com" or "NFL Draft History"
  • "The draft was shown on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2 both days." - Confusing, how could the draft be moved to ESPN2 for both days?
  • The third reference is coupled with a note, split it the note to a new subsection or get rid of it.
  • Link all the cities mentioned in the "NFL Team" column.
  • Add NFL Draft as a see also. Michaelas10 (Talk) 20:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC)