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List of international cricket centuries by Steve Smith[edit]

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Nominator(s): ~Binod~(talk) 15:17, 5 September 2018 (UTC), The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because the list contains a well sourced and informative list of international cricket centuries by Steve Smith. The citations are reliable as ESPNcricinfo is a reliable source for cricket articles. ~Binod~(talk) 15:17, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from TompaDompa
Resolved issues
#scoring 138* against – readers not familiar with cricket notation are likely to be confused by this. Try to reword it in a way that doesn't rely on the asterisk.
  1. Addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  2. With 23 centuries, he is equal eighth in the list of Test century-makers for Australia. – I'd use "tied for eighth place", and this should specify as of when this is true (I'd suggest using the {{As of}} template).
    Addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  3. "batting rating" should be explained.
    Addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Smith's Batting average of 61.37 is the third highest in the list of Test batsmen. – "Batting average" shouldn't have a capital "B", and this should be rephrased to avoid saying "list of".
    Addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  5. his match winning 101 runs – I'd add a hyphen.
    Addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  6. against Pakistan and South Africa one each – I'd put "one each" first instead of last.
    Addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  7. "No." should use the {{abbr}} template per MOS:NUMERO.
    Addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  8. The "Ref" columns should be "Ref" (i.e. {{abbr|Ref|Reference}}).
    Addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  1. The key should not have its own section.
    I don't see why not. It's a reasonably consistent approach across most such century lists. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Much of the information in the key is unnecessary in that format. All the abbreviations in the table should be explained with the {{Abbr}} template instead (and have links where appropriate). Only the symbols need to be explained in the key.
    I don't see why not. It's a reasonably consistent approach across most such century lists. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

TompaDompa (talk) 20:57, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

TompaDompa, responded inline above. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The problem I have with the key is that it is overly prominent and takes focus away from the actual content. TompaDompa (talk) 18:05, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine but I'd rather be consistent across the vast majority of these lists. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
TompaDompa, anything else? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:46, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's it. TompaDompa (talk) 19:49, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
TompaDompa Okay, could you collapse your comments then please as they appear to be discouraging further comments. Feel free to leave your preference related to the Key out for others to see of course. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:14, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Like so? TompaDompa (talk) 20:35, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Note, the nominator (Binod Basnet) has subsequently retired from Wikipedia, and if no response is forthcoming in the next few days, I will adopt this review and address the above concerns and any others raised. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:21, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Now running with this myself. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:46, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Allied45 (talk) 00:52, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "As of September 2018, Smith's batting average of 61.37 is the third highest in Test cricket." I feel like it should clarify this for all time and not just current players.
  • "at Melbourne Cricket Ground" as a local, "at the Melbourne Cricket Ground" sounds more natural in a sentence
  • "Smith has scored his ODI centuries at six different cricket grounds" link to List of One Day International cricket grounds since test grounds is linked
  • "He has scored eight centuries in ODIs and shares ninth position with Michael Clarke in the list for Australia." maybe clarify what this list for Australia is?
  • The "Test centuries" table uses both "Draw" and "Drawn" in the result field

Allied45 (talk) 11:48, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Allied45 thanks for your comments, I've addressed them all. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:36, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • Not sure that the first word of "International cricket" should be capitalized like it is now. That's all I found to nitpick.
    Quite so, thanks for spotting that, now de-capitalised. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:10, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • While I'm here, I did a source review. All of the references are well-formatted and reliable, and they are all archived, so I consider that a pass. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:13, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:10, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Support – Everything looks to be up to standard now after that one minor fix. Nice work as usual on this one. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:13, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting! --PresN 15:41, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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