Talk:Joe Gray (American football)

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Review: August 27, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Joe Gray (American football) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that football player Joe Gray was nicknamed the "Gray Ghost" because when running "it was like he wasn't there anymore"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joe Gray (American football).

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 23:56, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that football player Joe Gray was nicknamed the "Gray Ghost" because when running, "it was like he wasn't there anymore"? Source: Statesman Journal
- ALT1: ... that the Gray Ghost could "pass anything from a milk bottle to a watermelon"? Source: The Oakland Post Enquirer
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1901 Boston Marathon & Template:Did you know nominations/Ңajoti Miⱨnati
- Comment: ALT1 might make a decent quirky hook.

Created by BeanieFan11 (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 161 past nominations.

Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article passes creation and length requirements, both hooks work and contain a source. The article itself is adequately sourced, I would suggest changing "Portland, Oregon" to just "Portland" in the sentence "He moved to Portland, Oregon, when he was young." due to the state already being specified in the previous sentence, but the sentence itself may be an issue with its similarity to the source, not sure though. QPQs need to be finished, feel free to let me know once they are. Thanks! B3251 (talk) 20:58, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @B3251: QPQs done. Reworded that one sentence. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:14, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - All good to go now. B3251 (talk) 02:34, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:18, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 19:16, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 20:33, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Added some baseball cats
Added army cat.
Added "Members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks", even though it's at CfD right now?
The sources kept calling him a halfback, so I went ahead and added the cat for that.
I'd like the lead to be a little longer.
The early life section isn't chronological right now. Could you change it to "He attended Roosevelt High School, winning three varsity letters on the football team and two on the baseball team, being a two-time first-team All-Portland Interscholastic League (PIL) selection as a back" or something along those lines.
link All-American in the body.

That's all. Nice work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:33, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9: Expanded the lead and made the other changes. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:52, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Passing the article. Nice work! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:18, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.