Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Astronauts)
- The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.
The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 06:56, 3 March 2009 [1].
List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Astronauts)[edit]
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I am nominating this for featured list because I think it meets the criteria. It is a full list of all US Naval Academy graduates who became astronauts (over 50 of the them, more than any other university). All images are free licensed. All entries have refs. I'm in WikiCup. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:09, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Truco
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- Support -- Previous issues resolved to meet WP:WIAFL standards.--TRUCO 02:57, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- FWIW, regarding the above comments, NASA isn't a primary source; even if it was, it wouldn't be a problem as the information is highly uncontroversial. This seems to be addressed, however. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 04:44, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comments
- Why are all the other Naval Academy alumini links listed in the General references. They should be removed, escept for the astronauts.
- This list of alumni is a not a college or university, so the template at the bottom should be removed. That one especially, but none of the navboxes link to this list. I generally believe that navboxes should only be on the article if the article is in the navbox.
- "This list is drawn from graduates, non-graduate former students, current students, and faculty of the Naval Academy." None of the astronauts are current students, and I don't think they're faculty either, and surely all of them graduated.
- Maybe a more specific lead image than a generic hat toss?
- I don't see the need for any of the collquial names of the Naval Academy, especially Canoe U. and Boat School.
- "This list is drawn from graduates, non-graduate former students, current students, and faculty of the Naval Academy." What does this have anything to do with astronaut alumni?
- The table is very good, but the lead isn't very descriptive of it specifically. I see that most of copied verbatim from List of United States Naval Academy alumni, and I really don't like that. Reywas92Talk 03:21, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The lead really needs to be more specific to the astronauts. You can't just copy and paste the lead from the main article. "A few are also given the option of entering the United States Army or United States Air Force. Most students are admitted through the congressional appointment system." This is not relevant to astronauts. Many good lists have statistics in the lead. What year(s) had the most future astronausts graduate? How about a breakdown by NASA project - Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle? How many naval grads actually walked on the moon? Did any naval grads go on the the same flight together? Reywas92Talk 16:18, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Support as a co-nom since I did a large quantity of the work when this list was still integrated with List of United States Naval Academy alumni. -MBK004 18:33, 21
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Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs) Pretty good list
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Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The work should only be used if the website is a publication or is different from the parent company, i.e., "Biographical Data" in the NASA refs should not be there. Same with USNA Astronauts.Dabomb87 (talk) 20:55, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]