Talk:James Sofronas

A fact from James Sofronas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that racing driver James Sofronas worked as a salesman for a technology company to buy the Nissan NX 2000 required for his first competitive race?

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:53, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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GMG Racing's Porsche 911 GT3 at Lime Rock Park in 2010

... that American racing driver James Sofronas worked as a salesman for tech company Pitney Bowes in order to buy the Nissan NX 2000 his first competitive race required?
- ALT1:... that Global Motorsports Group co-founder James Sofronas worked as a salesman for tech company Pitney Bowes in order to have enough money to enter his first race? (GMG car pictured)

Reviewed: Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Office_of_Public_Works
Comment: Image does not work with the first hook, but does with the ALT. I have no preference towards either hook.

Created by SmackJam (talk). Nominated by A. C. Santacruz (talk) at 20:59, 27 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Tackling the criteria one by one:

1- The article was created within the last week, four days to be exact. 2- Meets the length requirement easily. 3- I see no issues with neutrality, sourcing or obvious copyright infringement. I would like a few more references, but the pivotal parts of the prose are sourced. 4- At 165 and 185 characters, both hooks are long but within standards. As far as it being appealing, I would remove the “for tech company Pitney Bowes” part since the article doesn’t elaborate on it having a long term effect on his career. Stating that he was a salesman may be enough. But that is my opinion, its not an important issue. 5- QPQ done. No issues with the image.

Overall, I would say that this hook is good to go. El Alternativo (talk) 05:48, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P6 without image