Talk:List of Brigham Young University alumni

PR

A peer review for this article was conducted, the results for which are linked at the top of this page. Thanks. --Eustress (talk) 03:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I just added a couple more redlinks. I'll help create some articles. --TrustTruth (talk) 16:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Also, (I think my comment got lost above) what do you think about the table format of the first section? Just want to know before I update the entire article. --Eustress (talk) 16:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

You mean the breakout between University Presidents and Academics / Researchers? Those could probably be combined. Also, the justices sections could be combined as well, but I wouldn't go so far as to combine all public servants (I think the peer review left that one kind of open). Combining Senators and Representatives would be fine with me though. --TrustTruth (talk) 17:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

That's good to know, but I was referring to the column formatting (class year, then have a column for degree) of the first section. --Eustress (talk) 17:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh. Yes, that's probably fine, but it will probably delay FA status because of the burden involved in getting and citing the degree for everyone on the list (while avoiding original research). It may be better to follow the List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni article on this one: Name, year, description. --TrustTruth (talk) 17:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I have updated the table format throughout the article and been fortunate to find the degrees and years for most alumni (we won't need all for FL status). Now we just need some copy editing and to eliminate the red links. --Eustress (talk) 04:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Creating articles

As noted in the "To do" list above, we need help creating articles for the red-link alumni. I have so far created articles for Michael P. Clayton and Jonathan C. Coon. Any help appreciated—thanks! --Eustress (talk) 16:25, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I've created a few more, but 18 remain. I have issued a related challenge in the Awards Center...hope this helps—anyone's invited to participate. --Eustress (talk) 04:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

48 Super Bowls?

The article states that BYU alums have represented in 48 Super Bowls. How is this possible as only 42 Super Bowls have ever been played? --TrustTruth (talk) 06:31, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Good catch. I changed the text to be more accurate. The fact is that BYU alumni account for 48 individual Super Bowl appearances—some players having participated in multiple Super Bowls. --Eustress (talk) 14:14, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Maybe a better and more understated way to say it would be like this: "As of 2008, BYU has produced 146 NFL players and alumni have appeared in 25 Super Bowls." --TrustTruth (talk) 00:17, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. --Eustress (talk) 19:20, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

FLC?

Almost all of the red-links are gone (not required to have all gone) and the article is looking good. Anything to be done before FLC? --Eustress (talk) 19:20, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I've made a lot of final preparations and am nominating it. Thanks. --Eustress (talk) 23:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Renominate

I think we should comment out Julie Stoffer and renominate. I believe it will pass. Wrad (talk) 20:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Excise her. --TrustTruth (talk) 23:19, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree it should be renominated...it only failed because there were not enough votes. The following hidden text is some discussion I have had with the FLC director (User:The Rambling Man) regarding our previous FLC:

Discussion

Hi Eustress, just a quick note to let you know I archive the FLC. There was no community consensus to promote and quite a few outstanding comments. Feel free to get in touch with reviewers, update the list and bring it back to FLC in due course. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:40, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand why this was "archived" (failed). We responded to and resolved all issues presented--it seems that the voting editors just didn't do due diligence (following up). I even spent a lot of time to address your concerns and received little feedback. There were no comments to indicate that the list did not meet the FL criteria, so I'm not sure why the article was not promoted. I don't want to sound ungrateful for your service, but we put a lot of time into this article and I feel that we did not receive a sufficient/fair FLC judgment. Please advise. --Eustress (talk) 02:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey, just operating on a miniscule bandwidth while I'm abroad so apologies for the brevity of my response. You're right, reviewers may not have been diligent enough in supporting your FLC. The only member of the community who offered an opinion was Matthew who remained neutral. You, of course, are welcome to request reviewers return to the FLC and offer an opinion and that's what I would suggest you do now. Ensure you have met the concerns of the community, and bring the list back to FLC. I must see signs of community conensus to promote before I will promote. I hope that's cleared things up. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:39, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Anything we should do before renominating? How can we ensure enough votes? --Eustress (talk) 00:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Comment Julie Stoffer out and renominate. Wrad (talk) 01:10, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm renominating. Thanks. --Eustress (talk) 01:28, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes if there aren't many reviewers things just don't work out. We're doing fine keeping up with concerns. We just need to keep renominating and addressing concerns until it passes. Wrad (talk) 01:39, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Arielle Martin ==

please fix Arielle Martin addition - or i am nominating her - or whatever . . . b betswiki (talk) 01:43, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Gold Medalists in volleyball

This article discusses the seven BYU grads who were part of the 2008 USA men's olympic team. http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2280 Wrad (talk) 17:34, 24 October 2008 (UTC)