Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of New York Islanders head coaches/archive1

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 not promoted by User:Scorpion0422 20:34, 19 June 2008 [1].

List of New York Islanders head coaches[edit]

Self-nom - Well referenced, seems to meet all criteria. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 18:06, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is hockey-reference.com a reliable source? -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 23:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I asked another editor on this before I started working on this list. I was considering to use hockeydb.com, but he suggested that it would be best to use hockey-reference, which was reliable. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:57, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- And what makes it reliable? -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 04:03, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - According to the site, the stats are all from the NHL Official Guide & Record Book. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 04:23, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Gary King (talk) 00:00, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Notes" goes after "See also" per WP:LAYOUT
- Moved. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't suggest including the number in the bold in the lead. If you really want bold, then bold "head coaches for the New York Islanders"; however, the link would have to be removed per WP:LEAD. I suggest just removing the bold.
- Removed the bold. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There's an extra line before the "Coaches" section.
- Fixed. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gary King (talk) 23:44, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: According to the list, Nolan coached 82 games in 2006–07, while Arbour coached one game in 2007. Can you please clarify the season. Secondly, Nolan in the 2007 playoffs, in four games, he has an astounding one win and four losses ;-). Is it supposed to be five games? Thanks, Maxim_(talk) 16:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Nolan coached 82 in 06–07, and 81 in 07–08. Arbour was an interim coach during one game of the 07–08 season. Also, Nolan coached five games during the 2007 playoffs. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 18:09, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some Comments (mostly about the Arbour/Nolan part)
- In the lead, it says Arbour had the best win percentage of any coach, and cites his first season before Al Arbour coached a single game as an interim coach. Nolan was still the head coach during that term, so I think his stats should be combined in the lead.
- You should mention why Arbour was brought in as an interim coach
- "Nolan, who had a winning percentage of 0.561.[3] He is followed by Arbour, who has". Nolan is the current coach of the team, so shouldn't he be "has a winning percentage" while Arbour should be changed to had?
- You should mention that Arbour is the only coach to win a Jack Adams Award while with the team. And that he's the only coach to lead them to a Stanley Cup championship (four, in fact)
- In the playoff section for Terry Simpson, you say he coached 19 games, winning 9 and losing 11.
- For Steve Stirling's section, 56 + 51 + 11 does NOT equal 124.
- In Butch Goring's section, 41 + 89 + 13 does NOT equal 147.
- In Peter Laviolette's section, 77 + 62 + 19 does NOT equal 164.
- Perhaps you should double check all of your numbers. I've found several errors just by glancing over it. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 01:52, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose — Math errors. Maxim_(talk) 14:28, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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