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Contents 1 Cleanup 2 Trims 3 DYK? 4 Formatting 5 selected biography

[edit] Cleanup

This could certainly use some cleanup. I'll look this over and see if I can make it flow better.--Wizardman 23:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trims

I trimmed some of the intros as they were way too long. When I archive them (in the next day or two) I'll archive the full versions. Quadzilla99 16:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Done on two of them, selected article and selected biography. Quadzilla99 04:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK?

The DYK? hooks are at least twice recommended length in each instance, see the main page or any featured portal. Quadzilla99 06:59, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

See any portal listed here. I'll try to clean these up tomorrow. Quadzilla99 07:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Or just see the Main page. Quadzilla99 07:04, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I fixed the DYKs.--Wizardman 02:22, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

They look great. Thanks. Quadzilla99 12:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting

Basically I feel the article should follow the formats of other featured portals and should follow the guidelines of the main page sections. Also the portal was filled with run-on sentences which need to go. Quadzilla99 17:09, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

• I think that <categorytree>American football</categorytree> would be a better option to use in the category section. Perhaps we could move the category tree to the right hand side and move the selected picture to the left side? --Pinkkeith (talk) 15:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
  • I don't think that would work very well. It would take showcased content out of view and replace it with a long list that is more useful to editors than to readers. Selecting the most common/popular/important categories and displaying those is more useful. Also, on larger monitors, displaying a large list just creates a ton of whitespace. --B (talk) 17:14, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
    • That's what I was thinking as well. I just thought I would throw the idea out there. --Pinkkeith (talk) 15:13, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] selected biography

why was rex grossman selected? his playing skills aside, he's not nearly as well-known as someone like manning, tomlinson, or any number of other high profile players. Deutschebag17 05:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)