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Featured articleGeorge Floyd (American football) is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
Main Page trophyThis article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 9, 2024.
Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
July 11, 2021Good article nomineeListed
August 10, 2021Featured article candidateNot promoted
January 6, 2022Featured article candidateNot promoted
July 1, 2024Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 3, 2021.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that at George Floyd's funeral, a montage mistakenly included a photograph of the still-living former American football player George Floyd?
Current status: Featured article

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Ebony Solomen is not related to him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.129.175.55 (talk) 21:46, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

@74.129.175.55 6477557644557
Stay⚽ 2A02:C7C:D86C:6800:A9F5:19B7:E844:BE73 (talk) 21:05, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 May 2020

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Procedural close, article moved again to base title by HJ Mitchell (non-admin closure) – Thjarkur (talk) 14:39, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

George Floyd (American football) → George Floyd – There are only two articles about "George Floyd", and a National Football League athlete would likely be more notable than an incident of police brutality Jax 0677 (talk) 19:07, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Disambiguation is required here as the death of George Floyd is a heavily publicized topic right now and for the foreseeable future, considering how such cases go on for lengthy times. Despite the one being a stub, both articles are notable in their respective ways, but I can see the other article becoming he primary topic soon. However, this article definitely needs to have the subtitle of "American footballer" instead of "American football". AshMusique (talk) 20:51, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - It's already taken care of with a disambiguation page. A hatnote on this page redirecting to Death of George Floyd might be appropriate. That incident is looking to be the most notable police brutality incident ever filmed. Kire1975 (talk) 06:39, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Oppose You are kidding me right? A look on page view analysis reveals this page was receiving on average around 2 views a day for the past month. This has only blown up massively now because of the police brutality case. The police brutality case is extremely likely to receive much, much more coverage, not only now but for a significant period of time. The increased interest in this article will be purely because of the police brutality case alone. I would go as far to even suggest the page George Floyd should redirect straight to the Death of George Floyd but that's a debate for another time. Inexpiable (talk) 18:53, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: May be you should consider a third case, that of Sir George Floyd Duckett. Of course he may have Floyd as his middle name only, but Floyd Duckett may well be his "surname" werldwayd (talk) 03:27, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This Floyd only played three seasons in the National Football League with non-notable statistics. There is a reason why his article is still a stub. He is not as notable as an Ed Reed, a Ronnie Lott or a Deion Sanders. Zzyzx11 (talk) 03:33, 28 May 2020 (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.

Requested move 28 May 2020

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Speedy move. Highly visible page with over 100,000 views/day recently. The previous move by HJ Mitchell, who appears to be offline, presumably was a bold move which missed that there was an ongoing move discussion (above) at #Requested_move_26_May_2020. The page was also then admin move protected. The move was not only contrary to the consesnsus at the time (after only 2 days open), but the edit summary of "WP:2DAB"—a guideline which allows for WP:NOPRIMARY even with two topics—seems to have been confused with the essay WP:2DABPRIMARY, which is more liberal about choosing a primary topic. No prejudice if someone wants to restart the previous preempted discussion.—Bagumba (talk) 04:48, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]


George Floyd → George Floyd (American football) – Per the voters above. The football player has limited coverage and insignificant stats, the police brutality subject has significant coverage in international media. Readers are not looking for this article. – Thjarkur (talk) 14:44, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging all the participants of the discussion that was ONGOING (and for which there was a CONSENSUS) when the page was moved to "George Floyd". @Jax 0677, AshMusique, Kire1975, Inexpiable, Werldwayd, Zzyzx11, Zhuk20, Usedtobecool, Quahog, and Levivich:. Paintspot Infez (talk) 19:46, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I had previously moved this page to George Floyd (American football) and created a disambiguation page, so HJ Mitchell was reverting my undiscussed move. I do think it was unnecessary to move it back since there was clear consensus against it. – Thjarkur (talk) 19:54, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see. Thanks for helping clarify! Paintspot Infez (talk) 19:55, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just because someone participated in a popular sports league doesn't mean they immediately become extremely notable to the world at large. (And it's irrelevant whether you happen to consider it "one of the greatest sports leagues in the world". I might agree, and it very well may be, but that doesn't mean that players in that league automatically are granted "primary-topic notability".) Based on pageviews, it's clear that not very many people were coming to this page (literally 2 single pageviews A MONTH), until recently with the death of a completely different George Floyd. And even now (especially as the death of the other George Floyd has led to a wave of riots and protests across a country) people are only ending up on this page erroneously as the other George Floyd becomes more and more relevant. The only thing currently being accomplished by having the football player at the basename is inconvenience – which we should strive to avoid. Paintspot Infez (talk) 21:02, 28 May 2020 (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.

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 May 2020

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uhh change 'age to aged' he died a few days ago ;-; 2600:1008:B026:AB6:2605:F171:4A55:5F7B (talk) 00:12, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: I believe the football player is still alive, and it was a different George Floyd who died a few days ago. Levivich [dubious – discuss] 00:59, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 31 May 2020

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George Floyd Died May 25th at 46 years old Suffocated under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer THG918 (talk) 02:04, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: wrong George Floyd. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 02:26, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
To editor Eggishorn: to completely close these edit requests, add the |answered=yes parameter to the {{edit extended-protected}} template. Thank you for your help with these edit requests! P.I. Ellsworth  ed. put'r there 05:27, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 19:53, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shall review for the July 2021 GAN Backlog Drive MWright96 (talk) 19:53, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. 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):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Lead

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  • "Floyd appeared in ten games during the Jets' 1982 season, including three playoff games, and eight in their 1984 season, with two games started." - repetition of "games"
  • "After a knee injury in the 1985 NFL preseason, Floyd retired." - possibly better Floyd retired after sustaining a knee injury in the 1985 NFL preseason.
  • "In 1999, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; in 2007, he was inducted into EKU's Hall of Fame, and, in 2011, he was inducted into Hernando High School's Hall of Fame." - too many uses of the term "he was inducted into the"; try something different that doesn't lose meaning if possible

Early life

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Collegiate career

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Professional career

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Personal life

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Notes

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References

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Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query each of the points raised above MWright96 (talk) 10:39, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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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 The C of E (talk) 08:02, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Improved to Good Article status by Therapyisgood (talk). Self-nominated at 15:03, 11 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

GTG with "... that at George Floyd's funeral, a photo montage mistakenly included an image of the still-living former football player George Floyd?". Courtesy ping Therapyisgood. firefly ( t · c ) 08:43, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unresolved comments from FAC

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American football is English as a foreign language to me, but here goes

  • eight in their 1984 season, with two started. — two games started?
  • all-area football team all three varsity years — in all three?
  • sophomore, —I don't know what that means, link?
  • After the season, he made the GC —I think you need to repeat his name, there's been another subject in between
  • At Hernando, he set a school record for most interceptions in a single season, with nine, that stood for four years — clunky, perhaps At Hernando, he made nine interceptions in a single season, a record that stood for four years
  • returned an interception one hundred yards and scored a touchdown; —of one hundred yards?
  • Floyd was in the school's record book no less than eight times, —no fewer
  • he worked construction, installing windows in skyscrapers —in construction
  • at 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).— Why have you converted to metric here and nowhere esle, not consistent?
  • I assume that he must have done a teaching qualification at some stage, but I can't see where. I appreciate that the US system might be different from the UK, but presumably you can't just walk into a class and start teaching?
  • As of 2020, —Any update?

Headnote?

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Should there not be a headnote so to link to the other George Floyd or a disambiguation page? Ifly6 (talk) 04:18, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think adding such a headnote is controversial so I just did it. Ifly6 (talk) 04:19, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It appears to have been removed. But I agree that it should be there. The other one's full name was George Perry Floyd Jr., so it just makes sense to clarify that they're not the same person. BucketOfSquirrels (talk) 12:52, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
George Floyd was not an American football player, so WP:NAMB applies. (CC) Tbhotch™ 19:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
He was an American. George Perry Floyd Jr. (American) vs. George Floyd Jr. (American football player). I'd say they're similar enough for a hatnote. It would have helped me today, as I didn't know whether George Perry Floyd Jr. ever played American football. (Of course, I knew that wasn't what he became known for.)
And there's also the confusion mentioned in the "Did you know nomination"-section above, and the repeated calls for a hatnote or disambiguation when this page was moved in May 2020, when his namesake became the primary topic. And there was apparently also a second attempt to add a hatnote just today. BucketOfSquirrels (talk) 02:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gaps

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This is a Featured Article about a living person, and his parents aren't even mentioned? The "early life" section notes his birthdate and birthplace, and quickly moves on to his high school prowess. There is no mention of his parents' names (one is left to presume that his father's name was George Floyd), occupations, or interests that might have been formative. His siblings are relegated to the "personal life" section at the end, and his 39 years of post-football employment are reduced to three or four sentences. This information is surely out there; it looks like someone simply couldn't be bothered to do the work. If his background truly is a mystery (bet it isn't), the article should say so. Disappointment reigns. JingleJim (talk) 12:28, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's entirely possible that that information does not exist in sources deemed acceptable for Wikipedia. Sports journalists may not have had any particular reason to mention his parents. He was never a household name like Jim Brown. The information we have available is typical of players of his stature. 2600:1008:B01F:173E:2CFD:7A94:D330:4D65 (talk) 21:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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