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A fact from Alyssa Mendoza appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alyssa Mendoza and Andy Barat are the first Olympic representatives of their sport for their state and country, respectively?

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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 SL93 talk 21:20, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that boxer Alyssa Mendoza won a Golden Gloves tournament on her birthday?

Source: USA Boxing ("It wasn’t until Golden Gloves in 2022 that she realized her skill and that the Olympics was a possibility. She fought five times in six days and won the event but also won best female boxer of the tournament. 'I fought on my birthday during the Golden Gloves, and I remember winning and going straight to my room and praying.' A passionate Mendoza stated. 'I felt like fighting on my birthday was a sign to me that I was born to do this and to be here in the spot I am today.'"

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Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 194 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:05, 21 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Comment – I will review this nomination. – Editør (talk) 11:35, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Review – The article is new enough (created/moved to mainspace on 14 June 2024), long enough (1600+ characters of prose), has no copyright issues (using Earwig tool and two spot checks), and is presentable (based on a readthrough). The hook is cited, but from the source, I cannot make out whether this Golden Gloves was a single-day tournament that was held on her birthday or that it was a multiple-day tournament and that she merely won a single fight on her birthday. If it is the former, the hook is interesting enough, but if it is the latter, the hook is not interesting enough in my opinion. Could this be clarified with a source or can you suggest an alternative hook? The QPQ is not yet done. – Editør (talk) 11:55, 23 June 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]
@BeanieFan11: Please address the above. Z1720 (talk) 16:00, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BeanieFan11: The QPQ is now done, but the other issue is still open. – Editør (talk) 12:49, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I guess I did the QPQ but forgot to respond. @Editør: It seems to have been a multi-day tournament, but I can't tell if she won the tournament on her birthday or just a match. An ALT would be: ALT1 ... that Alyssa Mendoza won a Golden Gloves fight on her birthday? If you don't think that's interesting enough, I could try to develop a different hook. Thoughts? BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:22, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for clarifying. It looks like the DYK could be featured during the Olympics, so perhaps a hook about her Olympic qualification? There is already something about that in the article. – Editør (talk) 16:17, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Editør: The best I could think of would be: ALT2 ... that Alyssa Mendoza is Idaho's first Olympic boxer? Idaho Press Does that work? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that hook is supported by this source. Maybe change it into ALT3 instead? – Editør (talk) 16:37, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT3 ... that Alyssa Mendoza was the first sportsperson from Idaho who qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics?
The article should probably be changed accordingly. – Editør (talk) 16:38, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I kind of like ALT2 better (but could live with ALT3 being promoted if ALT2 doesn't work) – the source does seem to support it: Mendoza, who attended Middleton High, is set to become the first Olympic boxer from the Gem State. Thoughts? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:40, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The source is geoblocked from my location. I visited the page via a proxy, but it contained only two full sentences and not your green quote. But if that's in there ALT2 is alright with me.

pass ALT2 – Editør (talk) 16:56, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Once approved, please place this nomination in the Olympics: Special occasion holding area