Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Marshals of the First French Empire/archive1

List of Marshals of the First French Empire

Featured list candidates/List of Marshals of the First French Empire/archive1

Nominator(s): BasedMises_{Mont Pelerin} 00:34, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I have worked extensively on this list. I brought it from having 0 sources and no table, with no images, to having enough to qualify. I strongly suggest that you drop as many suggestions as possible below. Thank you! BasedMises_{Mont Pelerin} 00:34, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"The rank was used sporadically" - later on you specifically state that it wasn't a rank...........?

Corrected

"In total, 26 men have been awarded" - this should be "In total, 26 men were awarded" given that the award is long defunct

Done

"The most recent promotions to field marshal came in 1815" - first mention of "field marshal" - how does that relate to the role being discussed?
Done
"when Napoleon promoted Grouchy" - use Grouchy's full name and wikilink them both

Done

"Some, including Poniatowski, served in foreign armies" - can't see any reason to only use his surname here given that he's not been mentioned before

Done

"One Marshal, and one future non-Napoleonic Marshal was present at the Battle of Vitoria" - assuming this refers to two different men, then the comma shouldn't be there and it should be "were present", not "was present"

Removed the "Non-Napoleonic Marshal"

I would merge the existing background section into the lead as both are pretty short and they don't duplicate each other
Battle of Waterloo wikilinked twice in consecutive sentences - only the first one needs to be linked

Done

In the paragraph starting "Marmont, born in 1774", you should use their full names, not just their surnames, as they haven't been mentioned before.

Done

Name column in the table should sort based on surname, not forename

Done

That's what I got on a first pass..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:30, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@ChrisTheDude I have corrected your initial concerns. Thank you for bringing them up. BasedMises_{Mont Pelerin} 21:00, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the table doesn't seem to be sortable any more, just wondering why that functionality was removed......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:17, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I must've accidentally removed it. BasedMises_{Mont Pelerin} 18:23, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you add it back, make sure that the names are set to sort based on surname rather than forename.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:31, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Accessibility review (MOS:DTAB)

The table needs a caption, e.g. at the top of the table code add "|+ <table_caption_text>" or, if that caption would duplicate a nearby header, you can make it only for screen reader software like "|+ {{sronly|<table_caption_text>}}". Captions allow screen reader software to jump to tables by name.

Done

Column headers need to be marked with colscopes, e.g. "!Name" should be "!scope=col| Name". Colscopes and Rowscopes (below) allow screen reader software to properly read out tables verbally.

Done

The primary cell of each row should be marked with rowscopes, e.g. "|style="background:#e3d9ff;"| Louis-Alexandre Berthier†" should be "!scope=row style="background:#e3d9ff;"| Louis-Alexandre Berthier†"

Done

Images need alt text, which can just be e.g. "painting of Louis-Alexandre Berthier"; if it's not present, screen reader software instead reads out the file name. --Pres N 14:49, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done

Okay. I will get right to fixing that. Thank you. BasedMises_{Mont Pelerin} 15:25, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from HAl

The lead is too short. I would recommend merging the background text into it and then expanding it further.
Could you make the table sortable?
For the citations with pages ranges, it should be "pp." not "p.". (I think)

Thanks for the comments. On Wikipedia it should be p. not pp. though (normally I write pp). I'll get right to fixing those problems. BasedMises_{Mont Pelerin} 23:16, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's all for now. ~ HAL333 18:13, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]