Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of items with the phrase and all I got was this lousy T-shirt/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 The Rambling Man 07:45, 28 January 2013 [1].

List of items with the phrase and all I got was this lousy T-shirt[edit]

Featured list candidates/List of items with the phrase and all I got was this lousy T-shirt/archive1

Nominator(s): -- Eclipsed (talk) (email) (coi) 16:19, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because: (self nomination) Many hours of research went into finding notable items for this newly created list, and I humbly think it turned out pretty good. I'd be most interested to hear comments on improving the list to meet all FL criteria. -- Eclipsed (talk) (email) (coi) 16:19, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose
- The lead doesn't meet the standard for featured status
- The items are not properly organized and are very unattractive
- I see bare links on the references list, as well as a bunch of sources that are surely not high quality ones
- This list needs a lot of work before being able to become a FL.

I see that you have made great effort into the list, which is good, but it still needs some work before it can be considered for featured status. I'd recommend to read the featured list criteria (in case you haven't) and ask for some feedback before renominating. Regards. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 16:46, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. The bare links can surely be fixed. As for the rest: please feel free to provide more specifics, so I and other editors can work on improving the list. -- Eclipsed (talk) (email) (coi) 21:56, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sorry. On my first bullet, I was trying to say that the lead doesn't meet the standard expected for a featured list. As it is, it really doesn't look like a lead. You should rewrite it to be more specific, bring a bit more of context to the list, etc. WRT the bare links, they should have been fixed previous to the nomination. Lists brought to FLC are expected to be of a high standard, and I'm afraid this nomination falls short of that classification. Regards. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 22:05, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No worry, thanks for the feedback! -- Eclipsed (talk) (email) (coi) 22:21, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Quick comment I'm confused, this list seems quite US-centric, am I right? E.g. most of the "Locations" section is based in America. I've seen these sort of t-shirts sold all around the world. E.g Crete. A quick Google news archive reveals a plethora of such t-shirts noted in major press, odd ones like this. Are there any clearly defined inclusion criteria for this list? Clearly you wouldn't currently claim this list to be complete in any way? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:56, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of course not complete, as all can see by the {{Expand list}} template right on top of the page. There's no centric-ism intended, only what was found in various reliable sources. It would be great for more editors to work on the list and add more items. What would you recommend for a clearer inclusion criteria then what is already in the lede? -- Eclipsed (talk) (email) (coi) 21:56, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think you have bigger fish to fry than this FLC, since the list has now been nominated for deletion I'm afraid. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:01, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, but I'm going to abstain from the AFD, and let others decide the fate of the list. -- Eclipsed (talk) (email) (coi) 22:21, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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