Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of National Football League annual receiving touchdowns leaders/archive1

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List of National Football League annual receiving touchdowns leaders

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Nominator(s): Hey man im josh (talk) 15:56, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The style and format of the list is modeled after the NFL featured lists of List of National Football League annual receiving yards leaders and List of National Football League annual receptions leaders. This is my first FL nomination and I will be doing my best to quickly address any input and suggestions that are put forth. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:56, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Harper J. Cole
  • The fact stated below Gronkowski's picture looks wrong, as Vernon Davis is listed as a co-leader in 2009.
  • Perhaps there should be a symbol denoting when a tight end appears on the list? It looks like there's three in total.
Harper J. Cole (talk) 16:52, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Good catch, thanks for that @Harper J. Cole. I've changed the text under his picture to read "Rob Gronkowski's 17 touchdown receptions in 2011 are the most among tight ends."
If we wanted to call attention to a player's position we might be better off including a column instead of a symbol, as we have several players from earlier seasons who were not wide receivers. Though this gets a bit more complicated given how players' positions were a bit more ill-defined in the early years. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:07, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
To be clear, I decided not to add a column for player positions or a symbol denoting when a tight end appears on the list. If I did so, I'd have to denote each player's position. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:38, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's okay - support the article as it stands. Harper J. Cole (talk) 18:08, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "but any offensive player" - is there an appropriate wikilink for "offensive player" so people don't think it means players who are swearing or have a personal hygiene problem? ;-)
 Done – Offense (sports) exists, but I chose to wikilink to American football positions#Offense instead.
  • "Jerry Rice ranks second with six league-leading seasons" - already mentioned so just use surname
 Done
  • "The number of games played by a player the season" => "The number of games played by a player during the season"
 Done
  • "Rob Gronkowski's 17 touchdown receptions in 2011 are the most among tight ends." - source?
 Done – I've added a source, but I did so in the description under the player's photo.
  • " The NFL did not have a set number of games for teams to play until the 1935 season, instead setting a minimum." - source?
 Done – Source from Pro Football Hall of Fame added.
  • Think that's it, nice work! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:56, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the quick feedback @ChrisTheDude, I very much appreciate it. I believe I've addressed all of your concerns. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:19, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Comments by Drat8sub

  • Add a short description on the top.
  • Ref. 6 used more than 100 times, refs. 24, 70, 77 used 5-6 times. If any alternative reliable sources available for these refs. add to reduce the use of each of these refs.
Rest seems ok for me, well written prose, well structured and sourced with RS, article seems stable. Drat8sub (talk) 05:00, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reviewing the list @Drat8sub, I appreciate you taking the time to do so. I believe, based on WP:SDNONE, that this is a situation where the article title is sufficiently detailed enough that an additional short description would not be helpful. Additionally, List of National Football League annual receiving yards leaders and List of National Football League annual receptions leaders, the two featured lists I based this one off of, also do not have short descriptions for the same reason.
Regarding the references:
  • Ref. 6 – This is a reference that is used to verify the leader for each year in the tables.
  • Ref. 24 – This reference is to Don Hutson's stats and is used 9 times because they appear in the table / lead the league 9 times. It is used to verify the number of games played that season.
  • Ref. 70 – This reference is to Jerry Rice's stats and is used 6 times because they appear in the table / lead the league 6 times. It is used to verify the number of games played that season.
  • Ref. 77 – This reference is to Randy Moss's stats and is used 5 times because they appear in the table / lead the league 5 times. It is used to verify the number of games played that season.
I'd add alternate references if these were being re-used a number of times in paragraphs, but in this situation I don't think it would be an improvement. It would be inconsistent to add a different reference halfway through the table just to avoid re-using a reference too many times. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:59, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well reasoned, satisfied, happy to support. Drat8sub (talk) 14:19, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:42, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Source review – The sources used are reliable enough across the board and the link-checker tool shows no issues. There are a few formatting items that could stand to be fixed, though:

  • The all caps in the title of reference 10 should be taken out.
  • Espn should probably be fully capitalized in ref 11, since that is customary usage.
  • The publisher formatting for the NFL.com links in refs 2 and 65 should be made consistent. Right now, one says National Football League and the other says NFL.com. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:22, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Giants2008:
  • Reference 10 is no longer all caps – [2]
  • Good point, ESPN is now fully capitalized – [3]
  • References 2 and 65 are now consistent with one another – [4]
Thank you for taking the time to review my nomination and provide feedback, I very much appreciate it. Please let me know if you take a take second pass and find anything else. Hey man im josh (talk) 23:35, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting. --PresN 18:15, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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