Talk:Jake Witt

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 Bruxton (talk) 21:47, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that although he only had ten minutes to learn to play offensive lineman, college football player Jake Witt was able to successfully block against one of the "best defensive lines in the U.S."? Source: The Athletic ("As Jake Witt sat at his locker during halftime of a game against eventual Division II national champion Ferris State, he saw his coach coming toward him with a new jersey: No. 65. An offensive lineman's number. 'Oh no,' Witt thought. Injuries had ravaged Northern Michigan’s O-line and, out of necessity, the Wildcats needed their 6-foot-7, 265-pound tight end to fill in at right tackle. Witt had never played or practiced on the offensive line, but his size made him the next man up. 'After 10 minutes of coaching Jake to play a whole new position, he allowed zero sacks or pressures against the best defensive line in the country,' former Northern Michigan offensive coordinator and interim coach Dylan Chmura later said, via WLUC.")
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Trimarjono

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:38, 27 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Jake Witt; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - minor paraphrasing

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - problem

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @BeanieFan11: Good article. Though, it does look like there's some paraphrasing in the article, enough to make want some reworking. Also the hook seems too extravagant. Yes, it is explicitly said in the source but you should either dumb it down a bit or put quotations around it with a mention to who said it. Also "one of the best defenses in the country" what country? Also need QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:09, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

• A ping to BeanieFan11 – can the issues be resolved within a week? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

  I should have the issues done by then; I'll make sure to work on this on Sunday or Tuesday at the latest. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:22, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

  @Onegreatjoke: I turned out to be busier than I thought I would, so I only got to this today. Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Trimarjono as a qpq and did some rewording of the article; let me know if its enough. As for the hook, I changed the "in the country" phrase to "in the U.S."; as for the hook being "too extravagant," how exactly do you think the hook should be written? Also, if this gets approved, I'd appreciate if it could get reserved for April 29 (when Witt is likely to be a late-round draft pick). BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:45, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: Personally, i'd just say that we should put quotation marks around the "one of the best defenses in the country" part Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:06, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: So, like this: that although he only had ten minutes to learn to play offensive lineman, college football player Jake Witt was able to successfully block against "the best defensive line" in the U.S.? BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:21, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Yeah pretty much. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:22, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: I moved a hook from prep 7 which is the date requested. I will copyedit the article and encourage you to do so also. Bruxton (talk) 21:44, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing issues

Hi all, while I love to see articles about people who attended my small alma mater, there's some issues with close paraphrasing/substantial similarity that the DYK nomination did not address. In addition, the quotations added for the previously detected close paraphrasing should probably be attributed in the text per MOS:QUOTE#Attribution.

I've listed a couple of the additional close paraphrasing below, and there's more substantial similarities to the Athletic piece in the article.

• Article: "He grew up in the small town of Bruce Crossing, Michigan which is located south of Lake Superior by approximately 30 minutes, and east of Duluth by three hours."
• Source: "Witt grew up in Bruce Crossing, a small Michigan town about 30 minutes south of Lake Superior, three hours east of Duluth, Minn ..."

• Article: "It took "five or six" practice repetitions for him to get the correct stance, and that was the only preparation Witt had before he went up against undefeated Ferris State and their lineman Caleb Murphy, among the top players in Division II."
• Source: "Donning his new No. 65 jersey, Witt said he took “five or six” practice reps to get his stance right before Northern Michigan headed into the second half against Ferris State. That was all the preparation he had for his O-line introduction against the undefeated Bulldogs and pass rusher Caleb Murphy, one of the best players at the Division II level and a projected draft pick this April."

Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 16:12, 27 April 2023 (UTC)