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The list was promoted by Giants2008 01:06, 3 May 2011 [1].

List of San Francisco Giants first-round draft picks[edit]

List of San Francisco Giants first-round draft picks (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): Courcelles 10:50, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

31 of 31. Yes, this is the end of the line. After this one, you won't see another MLB first-round draft list here unless the league expands. It's been fun, hopefully one last push here and then we'll go bug the folks at FTC. Courcelles 10:50, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
*Comments:
    • Second paragraph is missing a few citations for the quantity, as well as the Cali and Clark notes.
    • "Two of the Giants' selections have won the National League Rookie of the Year Award," semicolon instead of comma
    • This is more nitpicky, but city-state combos that redirect to just the city can have two links (i.e. [[Houston]], [[Texas]] instead of [[Houston, Texas]])

Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:32, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • For somebody not well aware of the subject, it is not clear how much more important is the first round pick vs the second round. Is there some average salaries comparisons to provide a quantifiable measure for the relative importance of the first round picks? Nergaal (talk) 04:47, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 20:11, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments - my usual "try to find something picky" stuff:
  • "which they used on Will Clark." - "with which they drafted Will Clark" would seem more elegant to me?
    • Done.
  • "Four of these players have ..." may have missed this in every list etc, but it is conceivable that, by this point, the reader has lost who "these players" are.
    • reworded.
  • Lincecum is overlinked (and doesn't need his first name repeating) in the lead.
  • I think pitchers should be grouped together in the sorting of the list regardless of handedness.
    • Used the same hack I put in the White Sox list the other night. Courcelles
  • Consider using Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics as a more direct link somewhere in Clark's caption.
  • Probably something similar for Jensen's.
  • "In alphabetical order, David Aardsma (2003) comes before any player in MLB history." this is the best caption I have ever seen in Wikipedia. Brilliant!

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:51, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    • I liked the caption, too- I like finding unusual things for captions instead of just repeating something from the list. Courcelles 20:06, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • No need for two Buster Posey links in the lead. His first name doesn't need duplication either.
  • Some of the footnotes have a hyphen in "free agent" and some don't. I don't think the hyphen should be there, but it should be consistent either way. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 21:26, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done and done. Thanks for the comments. Courcelles 21:31, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from KV5
  • "Since the establishment of the draft in 1965" - comma after
  • How can you have four first basemen and three first basemen? I'm guessing one is third, the only unrepresented position. Check.
  • Extend link for "second baseman" to include the word "base".
  • All outfielders should be "outfield" so it's consistent; the last selection should be changed from center fielder.
  • "Rookie of the Year Award," - change comma to colon
  • "in 1973," - since it is preceded by a colon, this comma should now be a semicolon
  • "failed to sign two of their first-round selections, - change comma to colon
  • semicolon after "1979 pick Rick Luecken"

Otherwise looks good. Hope these comments help. — KV5 • Talk • 23:13, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    • Taken care of everything except one- both ESPN and B-R agree that Gary Brown was picked as a center fielder, not a generic "outfielder". In this entire series, this is quite rare, I think this is the second in the entire run of 31 lists. Courcelles 23:23, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well, since center fielders are outfielders, I'd say it would be fine either way and should be kept the same for consistency's sake, but since it's such a nitpicky little thing, it's easy to overlook. I'll gladly support. — KV5 • Talk • 23:31, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, looks good to me, but then, you've had plenty of practice! Only thing I might suggest is a short explanation of the Cy Young Award in the prose itself (maybe something as simple as "the Cy Young Award for the best pitcher in..") even without that addition though, you have my support: really top work! Harrias talk 21:24, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, good idea, done. Courcelles 10:10, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Just took a look at this addition, and I think the semi-colon that comes after it should be a regular comma. Doesn't read that well the way it is now. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 18:06, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed it in a slightly different manner. Just helping out. — KV5 • Talk • 18:10, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks :) Courcelles 20:31, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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