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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 promoted by Giants2008 21:10, 12 March 2012 [1].

Public holidays in Rhodesia[edit]

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Nominator(s): —Cliftonian (talk) 11:19, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it meets the criteria. I look forward to your comments. —Cliftonian (talk) 11:19, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 11:58, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Might be considered picky, but would prefer "(renamed Zimbabwe in...)" to "today's Zimbabwe"
  • "Cecil Rhodes's " vs "Rhodes' Day". Would like a consistent approach to s's or s'...
  • "along traditional British lines, along " along along...
  • "Patrol's being " is there a need for that apostrophe? I'm not sure...

The Rambling Man (talk) 10:37, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, all done. Thanks! —Cliftonian (talk) 11:38, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Giants2008 (Talk) 12:15, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments –
  • "and their raising there of the Union Jack." This is a touch repetitive and odd to look at. Any chance of getting rid of "their" or "there"? Same goes for the table note.
  • "as the internationally-unrecognized state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Zimbabwe Rhodesia...". Try to avoid this repetition from one sentence to the other.
  • "after the country's internationally-recognized independence in April 1980, now called Zimbabwe." The independence was called that, or the country? The prose implies the former, which I don't believe is the intention.
  • Add a period at the end of the Boxing Day note? Giants2008 (Talk) 03:47, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, all done. Thanks! —Cliftonian (talk) 05:11, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 22:03, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  • The use of "whites" doesn't sound right to me, think white people would be better
  • I would split the first sentence, as it is quite long, at the "short history" point

NapHit (talk) 23:01, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think most would have a problem with "whites", but okay. I've split the first sentence too. Thanks! —Cliftonian (talk) 06:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The list satisfies all the FL criteria, also a good read. Good job! --Reckless182 (talk) 10:36, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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