Wikipedia:Peer review/Washington Redskins seasons/archive1
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Washington Redskins seasons[edit]
I've listed this article for peer review because with a little more work, it can compete for Featured List status. I think its up-to-par with other like it (Cleveland Browns seasons and New England Patriots seasons) and would be a valuable part to the rest of the Team season pages. Any comments, criticisms, or questions would be appreciated.
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Jwalte04 (talk) 23:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
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Comments from Twigboy[edit]
I am aware that some of these issues are also present in your referenced lists, but that does not conventionalize them:
- I'm not a big fan of the self-referential statement This is a list of .... Consider rewording.
Not done I could not think of anything other than that to start it, but since its the same on all similar pages, I decided to just keep it.
The Redskins won the ... also played in and lost can be condensed to pipe-link the years, i.e.: won the 1937 and 1942 NFL championships and Super Bowls ...Done done.
Only three teams have appeared ...: change Redskins' five to just Redskins. Express the count of five in the next sentence, adding something like with five to the end.Done completed.
The "periods of success" should be refined (as a nontitle year could still be considered successful) to state, for example, All of the Redskins league titles were attained during two ten-year spans. From 1936 to 1945...Done Did it, but could not think of anything for period of failure.
- A brief explanation of the differences in division titles (pre-1970, post-1970), league titles (Super Bowl era/before) and Wild Card qualification (pre- and post-realignment) would aid the understanding. Wikilink to History of National Football League Championship, because it doesn't need to be an exhaustive explanation.
Not done not sure what that means
Abbreviations—such as COY, ROY, BBA—should be defined in a footnote or next to the color key. Or better yet, spell it out (there's enough room) on at least the first reference. Per WP:EGG.Done I wrote them out in full during their first reference. I don't know if I like too much how it looks, but if people want it, they got it.
Spell out Cleveland in C. Rams. I would also spell out L.A., but I could concede based on the ubiquitousness of the abbreviation. Maybe note somewhere about your convention of listing the city name if the opponent has since left that city.Done completed.
Conventionally, postseason is used rather than playoffs when referring to win-loss records of such. Divisional Playoffs and Wild Card Playoffs are proper terminology. Also the header for that column should be one word Postseason.Done completed.
The Eastern Division playoff existed as a tiebreaker, as a variant of the modern tiebreaker system. Therefore, the 1st in 1943 does not require unique highlighting. It should be highlighted as a division title. Those games are considered by the NFL to be equivalent to the Divisional Playoffs of today. Remove the one-game playoff from the key as well.Done completed.
Use footnotes to explain tiebreakers, much like Browns and Patriots, just not as wordy as those.Done completed.
- Thumbs up for thorough references.