Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Task force

"Cleaning up the Featured List process, one bug at a time."

The Featured List Sweeps task force is a co-ordinated effort to clean up Featured Lists and the associated process. More will be added to this page eventually.

Goals

1. To clean up the Featured List process and make sure all FLs are up to the standards of the recently revised criteria.
2. To provide a collaborative environment so that we can review all FLs in depth.
3. To (eventually) take any FLs that don't meet the criteria to FLRC
4. To identify formerly featured lists that we may be able to bring back up to standards.

What this project is not

1. An attempt at vote-stacking.
2. The chance to bad mouth any FL nominators or reviewers. Our purpose is to clean up the FLs, not criticize people. The nominators were simply doing their job by improving content and the reviewers were basing their decisions on the criteria, which allowed such lists.
3. An evil organization with aspirations for global domination... Yet...

Members

1. Scorpion⁰⁴²² (also self-appointed co-ordinator)
2. Matthewedwards (also shotgun appointed co-ordinator)
3.  iMatthew :  Chat  (also self-appointed clerk)
4. This is where I will focus my "featured content" efforts. Risker (talk) 03:20, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
5. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
6. Truco
7. Rambo's Revenge (ER) 09:23, 4 April 2009 (UTC) -Will be slightly inactive right now.
8. —Chris! _ct - can help out a bit, but don't expect too much
9. TRM - as ever, your servant. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
10. I'll be available for almost anything. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 21:58, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
11. --K.Annoyomous (talk)
12. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:16, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
13. —TheLeftorium 20:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
14. I'll try to focus my work on the lists in here. -- Nomader ^(Talk) 06:12, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
15. WFCforLife (talk) 18:20, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Lists compared to the revised criteria

Based on my audit findings, please note that not every list from that page was included here. Bolded lists indicate that they appear here more than once. Lists that have been struck through have been demoted from FL status.

Not up to current standards

The majority of these have a small lead, few references, poor formatting and aren't up to the standards of recently passed comparable lists.

1. El-P discography
2. The Make-Up discography
3. Minutemen discography
4. List of areas in the United States National Park System
5. List of acquisitions by eBay
6. List of Canadian Leaders of the Opposition
7. Current members of the Maryland House of Delegates
8. List of delegates to the Millennium Summit
9. List of signers of the United States Constitution
10. List of winners of the Mathcounts competition

References

1. Timeline of Australian television
2. List of major opera composers
3. Deftones discography
4. Hilary Duff discography
5. John Frusciante discography
6. Nile discography
7. Sepultura discography
8. List of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal
9. List of Ipswich Town F.C. seasons
10. List of Margate F.C. seasons
11. List of West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons
12. List of Test cricket hat-tricks
13. List of Test cricket triple centuries
14. List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions
15. NWA World Women's Championship
16. List of Super 12 champions
17. List of winners of the Boston Marathon
18. List of Castlevania media
19. List of U.S. states by population
20. Order of battle at the Glorious First of June
21. List of French monarchs
22. List of works by Joseph Priestley
23. List of Oz books
24. List of cetaceans
25. List of British Columbia general elections
26. List of Manitoba general elections
27. List of Newfoundland and Labrador general elections
28. List of New Brunswick general elections (post-Confederation)
29. List of Nova Scotia general elections (post-Confederation)
30. List of Ontario general elections
31. List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation)
32. List of Quebec general elections
33. List of Saskatchewan general elections
34. List of Canadian federal general elections

1. Prose

To be fair, I really didn't check for prose issues in my quick audit, so the lack of lists here doesn't necessarily mean that that all are good on this one.

2. Lead

1. List of major opera composers
2. List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
3. List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States

3. Comprehensiveness

3a. comprehensively covers the defined scope

1. Dischord Records discography
2. List of Queensland Roar FC players
3. List of Tampa Bay Lightning players – Not updated for last season

3b. meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists

Some of these selections may ultimately meet 3b, but most or all are worthy of discussion within the community.

1. List of awards and nominations received by Arcade Fire
2. List of awards and nominations received by Arctic Monkeys
3. List of awards and nominations received by Feist
4. List of awards and nominations received by Gorillaz
5. List of awards and nominations received by Norah Jones
6. List of awards and nominations received by Slipknot
7. List of Carolina Panthers first-round draft picks
8. List of Jacksonville Jaguars first-round draft picks
9. List of Baltimore Ravens first-round draft picks
10. 2002 NFL Expansion Draft
11. List of milestone home runs by Barry Bonds
12. List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers
13. List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers
14. List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers
15. List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers
16. List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers
17. List of Toronto Blue Jays Opening Day starting pitchers
18. List of songs in Guitar Hero – Merge discussion
19. List of songs in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
20. List of songs in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
21. List of nicknames of Houston
22. List of DanceSport dances
23. List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the City University of New York
24. List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania
25. List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis

4. Structure

1. List of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal
2. List of Norwich City F.C. Players of the Year
3. List of Liverpool F.C. statistics and records
4. List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics
5. List of provinces of the Philippines
6. Timeline of chemistry
7. List of Athabasca University people
8. List of British Columbia general elections
9. List of Manitoba general elections
10. List of Newfoundland and Labrador general elections
11. List of New Brunswick general elections (post-Confederation)
12. List of Nova Scotia general elections (post-Confederation)
13. List of Ontario general elections
14. List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation)
15. List of Quebec general elections
16. List of Saskatchewan general elections

5. Style

5a. Visual appeal

1. List of awards and nominations received by No Country for Old Men
2. 2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
3. 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

5b. Images

None identified

6. Stability

None identified

Brought up to standards (kept at FLRC)

1. List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year – Brought up to standards by YellowMonkey, with help from Rambo's Revenge (March 2009)
2. IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Brought up to standards by GaryColemanFan (May 2009)
3. List of London Underground stations – Brought up to standards by DavidCane (June 2009)
4. List of state highways in Marquette County, Michigan – Consensus was that the list does not fail 3b; improvements by Imzadi1979 (June 2009)
5. List of English football champions – Brought to standards by Oldelpaso (June 2009)
6. List of New Jersey Devils players – Brought up to standards by FutureNJGov (July 2009)
7. List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks – Brought up to standards by Jpeeling and The Rambling Man (August 2009)
8. List of awards and honors received by Judy Garland – No consensus that the list fails 3b; improvements by Otto4711 (August 2009)
9. List of Minnesota Vikings seasons – Brought up to standards by Killervogel5 and Giants2008 (August 2009)
10. List of Test cricket records – Brought up to standards by Moondyne, with help from Jpeeling (August 2009)
11. List of brain tumor patients – Brought up to standards by many editors: expansion, referencing and updates by Colin, DO11.10 and Durova, formatting and cleanup by Dabomb87 and The Rambling Man (August 2009)
12. Territorial evolution of Canada – Cleanup and additions by Golbez and SriMesh (August 2009)
13. List of Super Bowl champions – Brought up to standards by Psantora and Giants2008 (September 2009)
14. List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago – Referencing and updates by Guettarda, formatting by Rlendog and Dabomb87 (September 2009)
15. List of Indiana state symbols – Brought up to standards by Charles Edward and Reywas92 (September 2009)
16. List of recognised political parties in India – Brought up to standards by Hometech, formatting and cleanup by several editors (September 2009)
17. List of Arsenal F.C. players – Brought up to standards by ChrisTheDude (October 2009)
18. List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame Brought up to standards through a collaborative effort by WikiProject Baseball, as well as efforts from Giants2008 (October 2009)
19. List of Zimbabwean national cricket captains – Brought up to standards by The Rambling Man (October 2009)
20. List of Cricket World Cup records – Brought up to standards by The Rambling Man (November 2009)
21. List of Formula One drivers – Brought up to standards by WFCforLife (January 2010)
22. List of Manchester United F.C. players – Brought up to standards by PeeJay2K3 (April 2010)
23. List of Nintendo 64 games – Brought up to standards by Floppydog66 (June 2010)
24. List of Church of England dioceses – Brought up to standards by ChrisTheDude (July 2010)
25. List of Testudines families – Brought up to standards by Sandman888, with help on formatting and style from several other editors (July 2010)
26. List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries – Brought up to standard by WFCForlife, along with several other editors (September 2010)
27. List of administrative and municipal divisions of the Republic of Adygea – Brought up to standards by Ezhiki (November 2010)
28. List of English words containing Q not followed by U
29. Smoking Popes discography
30. List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Princeton University
31. List of state highways in Hamilton County, New York
32. List of San Jose Sharks players – Brought up to standards by Leech44 and Resolute (March 2011)
33. Municipalities of Lithuania – Brought up to standards by GiW, Novickas, and WFCforLife (May 2011)
34. List of Alberta general elections - Brought up to standards by Tompw and 117Avenue (May 2011)
35. List of Columbus Blue Jackets players
36. List of members of Stortinget 2005–2009
37. List of state and union territory capitals in India

Brought up to standards, but did not go through FLRC

1. List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America) – Cleaned up and converted to tabular format by Rlevse and Gadget850 (April–May 2009)
2. All-Star Final Vote – Cleaned up by TonyTheTiger and Dabomb87 (July–August 2009)
3. List of Kirby media – Non-free image removed (August 2009)
4. Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific – Brought up to standards by Jan.Kamenicek (November 2009)
5. List of Kentucky state symbols – Brought up to current standards by Bgwhite (September 2010)
6. List of Maryland state symbols - Brought up to current standards by Bgwhite (January 2011)
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers discography

Formerly featured lists

A complete record of former featured lists can be found at Wikipedia:Former featured lists. All of these have some good qualities, and might one day be suitable candidates for repromotion.

See also

• Wikipedia:Featured list candidates
• Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates
• Wikipedia:Featured lists/Cleanup listing
• User:Scorpion0422/FL audit
• User:Scorpion0422/State of the FL process
• Wikipedia:Featured list review volunteers