Talk:Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy

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September 30, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
October 30, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
November 17, 2008	Featured topic candidate	Promoted

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This article would be a logical place to list the winners of the trophy. Where is this list? Flibirigit 09:31, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please Change[edit]

Someone has edited the article. Someone please change it 75.19.163.222 (talk) 04:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Eric (EWS23) 04:12, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

As the nominator has already stated, this article does not currently meet GA standards. I disagree, however, that nothing can be done to improve it. The obvious problem is comprehensiveness, but sources appear to exist. I did a search and came up with a few sites:

I believe that more can be added to this article, so I will place this nomination on hold. Comments and/or questions can be left here, as I have placed the article on my watchlist. GaryColemanFan (talk) 23:07, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for telling me the sites.—Chris! _ct 00:30, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you take a look at the changes I made? It has been seven days since the first review. Thanks —Chris! _ct 21:42, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have requested a second opinion at WP:GAN and WT:GAN, as it is still a short article but might meet the GA criteria. GaryColemanFan (talk) 21:49, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't an official second opinion, because I am thoroughly undecided on the issue, but I do think adding some headers and a proper lead would make it look less stub-like. Nikki311 02:10, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One more thing...the other lists in this possible Good/Featured Topic had lists of the winners (or the couple that I clicked on did). Is that not possible here? Nikki311 02:14, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Nikki on both points. I think that two things that I think might help are (1) a short lead section (and headers, although the sections will be short), and (2) information about the teams that have held the trophy (eg. the Celtics were the first winners in 1984, which team has held it the most time, and a table like the "Winners" section of List of Walter A. Brown Trophy winners. GaryColemanFan (talk) 02:29, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if it is a good idea to have a list of winners here in table format. I think the resulting article would closely resemble List of NBA champions, a featured list. This page is more about the trophy itself, though I could at least mention about the winners.—Chris! _ct 18:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If all of the NBA champions get the trophy, I would see your point. Another option is to have a section with the header "Winners" (or something to that effect) with a main link to the List of NBA champions and a sentence or two describing that the NBA champions get the trophy (and maybe include the first winner and whoever has won it the most). Nikki311 23:53, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I tried it out in the article. What do you think? Feel free to revert if you hate it. :) Nikki311 00:04, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It looks good though I think a table of content is unnecessary since the article is short. I will remove it if no one objects.—Chris! _ct 01:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article looks good now. Any more comments/suggestions?—Chris! _ct 19:06, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Further review: The article is actually looking pretty good. The new information and the section headers have helped. I think it definitely has potential to reach GA status now. I just read through it and had two final concerns:

"playoffs and non-playoffs cities" - this is awkwardly phrased

reword —Chris! _ct 00:02, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find proper sourcing information for the Spurs' trophis. Can you ask User:Dknights411 to verify that he/she is the one who took the picture? GaryColemanFan (talk) 20:34, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you want me to ask him this directly myself or ask him to comment here?—Chris! _ct 00:02, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I leave User:Dknights411 a message. [1] I also ask him to comment here.—Chris! _ct 05:43, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To respond, yes I took that picture myself. Do you guys need any more information? Dknights411 (talk) 13:41, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any more comments?—Chris! _ct 19:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just that someone with a Wikimedia account needs to add that information (Photo taken by original uploader ([[User:Dknights411]) to the image's description page at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:LarryOBrienTrophies.jpg. I've placed a couple of requests but haven't had any success in getting people to add the information. GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:50, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did I fix it? I added a proper template on the image's description page at Wikimedia Commons.—Chris! _ct 05:01, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The date format is incorrect (it says December 5 instead of 20), but yes, you did. Thanks. GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:28, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'll admit that I didn't think this article had much of a chance. From what I understand, though, one of the original purposes for the Good Article project was to provide assessment for shorter articles. I did some searcing for information, and all of the stuff I could find from reliable sources is now included in the article. To go through the GA criteria: (1) The article is well-written. I hope done some copyediting and proofreading. My concerns about the prose have all been addressed. (2) It is verifiable. All information is backed up with reliable, properly formatted, and up-to-date sources. (3) It is neutral. Point of view is not a concern in this article. (4) It is stable. No edit wars exist here. (5) It is as comprehensive as possible at this time. All available information is included in the article. (6) All images have proper licensing and sourcing information. In other words, it's short, but it's a Good Article. Congratulations! I am promoting it. From what I understand, this is part of a Featured Topic, and I wish you all the best with that. Thank you for your hard work and your patience with this article and its review. GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:28, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks —Chris! _ct 05:33, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Misuse of "World Champion" for NBA Champion team[edit]

Many people tend to call the NBA champion team "world champions" (google "chicago bulls world champions" and you'll see hundreds of hits). There could be some mention of this, and I'd be curious to know whether the league itself has, at some part of its history, adopted, encouraged or tolerated this convention. elpincha (talk) 04:15, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They have never called the NBA championship the "world championship". The FIBA World Championship are called that though. -- SRE.K.A~~nnoyomous~~.L.24 _{review me} 08:38, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on who "they" are. Some people definitely do this... see [2] [3] [4] [5]. My question was: is there any evidence of the League acting or reacting in this respect? I would think it very plausible that the league tended to use the term, at least informally, especially during the 1970s. But I am not sure and I have no evidence. elpincha (talk) 16:16, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See what Coach Pop has to say about this: [6] elpincha (talk) 03:54, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is actually not my problem, since I only watch this page for vandalism. Chrishomingtang is currently busy, so you'll have to wait until he comes back. -- SRE.K.A~~nnoyomous~~.L.24 _{review me} 03:57, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

After reading this discussion, I must ask: how is calling NBA champs "World Champion" relevant to the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy?—Chris! _ct 06:44, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy is awarded to... elpincha (talk) 20:58, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

...to the winning team of the NBA Finals. As far as I know, the NBA never officially called that team "World Champion." Americans and the media like to use that name to describe NBA champs because they think NBA champs are the best of the entire world, when they are not as the NBA Finals is not a world championship of basketball.—Chris! _ct 21:25, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think elpincha wanted to add the misuse of "World Championship" onto the article, not saying that the championship IS the "world Championship". -- SRE.K.A~~nnoyomous~~.L.24 _{review me} 22:06, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's correct. And I agree with Coach Pop. My ulterior motive is: I want to educate people on the usage being not just USA-centric when it is not warranted (and yes, that's POV) but also factually incorrect, as the league does not use it. On the other hand, it would be informative to see instances of such misuse by the league, if and when it did happen. elpincha (talk) 02:38, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then, feel free to add sourced info to NBA Finals. I don't think this article is the right place for this.—Chris! _ct 03:11, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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