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2017 AFL Rising Star

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Nominator(s): Allied45 (talk) 09:32, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

This is my fourth instalment in a campaign to increase the number of Australian Football League FLs (there have been three successful promotions since August 2018). The AFL Rising Star is a prestigious annual award presented to a standout young player in the league. I hope that if this attains featured status, it can be replicated across a lot more lists across the project. Allied45 (talk) 09:32, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

• Support - I honestly can't find anything to pick you up on......... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:40, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
  • BTW, is it coincidence that no player was nominated in more than one round, or is there a rule that a player can only be nominated once per season? If so, might be worth adding that. I clicked on the ref about the 11 players who have been nominated more than once in history and they all seem to have been nominated in two different seasons, so I was wondering if being nominated twice in the same season was actually possible..........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:41, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks ChrisTheDude! A player can only receive one nomination per season, therefore it is uncommon for players to be nominated in more than one season as few would meet the age/games criteria. I have added a line in the lead to clarify this :) Allied45 (talk) 09:52, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

• Support Looks good to me. I was sort of expecting to see the 2017 AFL Women's Rising Star. It's just that time of year. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:02, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Hawkeye7, I am hoping to do that next and get the pair to FL-status! Allied45 (talk) 08:33, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

• (Note: minor points, not a review, came here from WT:WikiProject Australian rules football)

• The club that garnered the most individual nominations this season was Carlton with five players nominated for the award across the season. (emphasis mine) One of the bolded parts could be cut without losing any information.
• Additionally Brisbane Lions player Alex Witherden, who received a nomination in round 17, was subsequently nominated for the award again in the 2018 season–becoming the eleventh player to ever be nominated twice for a Rising Star award. Is 'additionally' necessary? Either 'subsequently' or 'again' could also be cut. 'eleventh player ever to be' seems a more natural phrase than 'eleventh player to ever be', but that might just be personal preference.
• Andrew McGrath, winner of the AFL Rising Star in 2017 Why not 2017 winner Andrew McGrath or Andrew McGrath, 2017 winner?
• Alex Witherden, who received a nomination in round 17, was also nominated for the award again in the 2018 season. Cut 'also' or 'again'.
• table of nominees The header immediately above says nominations; it's clear that the list is a list of nominees without the need for a subheader. Same with 'table of voting' below, but that one is tricky to eliminate as there's no other clear place for the citation.
• Who publishes AFL.com.au? I have seen Bigpond, Telstra Media and AFL Media all used in articles as the publisher. My understanding is that AFL Media provides the content but Telstra Media publishes the site (previously under Bigpond branding). – Teratix ₵ 10:15, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Teratix for the comments, I have actioned them all except for the table headers, as it is my interpretation that the Manual of Style prefers captions on tables for accessibility. In regards to AFL.com.au, I have changed all publishers to Telstra Media (as per this report) – Allied45 (talk) 08:43, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

• Comments by NatureBoyMD

• The infobox image is missing alt text; add using |alt=
• The existing alt text for the other images is a little lacking to my taste. Instead of using the player's name, which the caption provides, give a brief description of the image.
• The en dash (–) in the last sentence of the last paragraph should be an em dash (—).
• Everything else looks fine. NatureBoyMD (talk) 23:26, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks NatureBoyMD, I have fixed as per your suggestions, is the alt text now more descriptive? Allied45 (talk) 09:05, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

• Support - Nicely done. NatureBoyMD (talk) 13:50, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Source review passed; promoting. --PresN 16:21, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

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