Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ice Hockey/NHL Entry draft format

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Minor point: the transition tables are different from the ones used in the NHL seasons. The ones I've written are done using this:

<div style="border:1px solid black; padding:2px;">
<div style="float:left">Preceded by: [[1918-19 NHL season]]</div>
<div style="float:right">Followed by: [[1920-21 NHL season]]</div>
<div style="text-align:center">[[List of NHL seasons]]</div>
</div>

So that it looks like this:

Preceded by: 1918-19 NHL season

Followed by: 1920-21 NHL season

List of NHL seasons

Despite the unwiki-like HTML code, it does take up the entire width of the article section, and it does look a lot cleaner (no tables, for one).

Do we need a unified way of showing article series? kelvSYC 22:21, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Draft Trades[edit]

A section about draft day trades should also be included, since they often play a pivotal role in the draft, especially if Mike Milbury is involved. I'm going to add that section to some of them.

I added some draft day trades to the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Are they in a good spot before the picks, or should they be at the bottom of all the picks? Bigdottawa 15:51, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Improved Format[edit]

I think that the formatting of the drafts should look more like the 2005 Draft than what the template actually uses because, if the template from the WikiProject Ice Hockey is used, when a draft picks nationality is shown it takes up two lines for country names that are two words such as United States or Czech Republic. Does this seem like the official template should be changed in regards to this? MBob 03:52, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notability for linked players[edit]

The text in the Draft List section seems outdated. The guidelines seem to be based on criteria different from WP:HOCKEY/PPF#NOTE. The draft articles themselves seem to implement the format in various ways. --Bamsefar75 (talk) 14:17, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think its just a case of this being written well before anyone came up with the notability guidelines. I have made somewhat of an adjustment who how it was worded. Feel free to rewrite it better if you can. -Djsasso (talk) 23:07, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup and revamping of Draft pages[edit]

A discussion has been underway regarding the update and subsequent revamping of the NHL Amateur / Entry Draft Series of pages. So far 1963 NHL Amateur Draft - 1978 NHL Amateur Draft pages have been expanded and redesigned. References and minor cosmetic changes continue to take place daily within this updated format. I'm opening discussion here prior to changing the existing project page to reflect these new format changes. Slysplace ^talk ^♫ 00:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]