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https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RashLo20.htm

https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/r/rash00200.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/34120007/?match=1&terms=louis%20rash

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BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:45, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:35, 22 October 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.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Lou Rash/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 00:03, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 15:02, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:02, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Maybe make a note on was also a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL and the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL) that although he was on their teams, he never played a game for them?
Change about 18 pounds to almost 20 pounds to better summarize the source
at the position, and that he no need for the comma
You don't need to repeat Canadian Football League since you defined it in the lead
and was considered to have impressed early at cornerback, although he eventually was released on June 18 --> and although it was noted he impressed at cornerback, he was released on June 18.
Link to Free safety
Ref spot check:
- Link Delta Democrat Times (Ref 3)
- Red link Beaver Dam Daily Citizen (Ref 17) (it is red linked at The Daily Citizen)
- Add access-dates to Ref 2, 4, 12
- References are consistently formatted and match what is being cited.

Nice work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:33, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:26, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Nice work. Passed! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:34, 22 October 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.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 15:40, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in his first year in the NFL, Lou Rash was told he was released and began flying back home, but was told upon landing that the release was a mistake and he was to return?

Source: Was it a Rash decision?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alan Rosen (restaurant owner)
Comment: QPQ to be done within 24 hours. Open to other ways of wording the hook.

Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 266 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:49, 29 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article was nominated seven days after it was promoted to GA so it meets that requirement. No close paraphrasing was found, a QPQ has been done, and the hook is interesting and cited inline. My main concern is that I'm not sure if the article meets WP:DYKCOMPLETE: is there no known information about him after his gridiron football career ended? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:49, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Narutolovehinata5: WP:DYKCOMPLETE says nothing about having to provide details about every part of a person's life. Parts of a football player's life, such as when they are in elementary school or after their career often aren't notable, and thus not reported on. This does not run afoul of WP:DYKCOMPLETE, which provides the following example: For example, an article about a book that fails to summarize the book's contents, but contains only a biography of the author and some critics' views, is likely to be rejected as insufficiently comprehensive. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:17, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It probably at least violates the spirit of that rule, or at least the "articles that fail to deal adequately with the topic" aspect. I've seen articles in the past that were held for similar reasons. Or at least, that's how I've seen DYKCOMPLETE be implemented in practice. If no information can be found, that's okay, but usually that has to be confirmed first. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:23, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

- Well, he got married and had two children ([1]). Should I add that? BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:21, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That should work at least. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:23, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:06, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't the article mention his children by name? They're both in the source provided. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If I was reviewing this and saw either name in the article, I would yeet them on sight per WP:BLPNAME.--Laun chba ller 01:22, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

yeet made me lol Launchballer « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:17, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My concerns above have been addressed and the Newspapers.com snippet verifies the hook fact, so this should be good to go. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:19, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]