Template:Did you know nominations/A.C. Monza

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 12:05, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

A.C. Monza

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Monza players celebrating their Serie A promotion in 2022

... that, prior to their promotion in 2022, Italian football club A.C. Monza had played in 40 Serie B seasons without playing in the Serie A, more than any other team in Italy? Source: Stadium Astro
- ALT1: ... that Italian football club A.C. Monza were first promoted to the Serie A, the top division in Italy, in May 2022? Source: Goal.com, ESPN
- Reviewed: Nick Solak
- Comment: I'm aware that both hooks can potentially be written in a better way. I'm open to any variation. Also, the image can be replaced with any present at Category:AC Monza Serie A celebrations, 31 May 2022.

Improved to Good Article status by Nehme1499 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:33, 25 June 2022 (UTC).

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ~~Awaiting qpq;~~ am pretty sure back in the glory days of Football Italia they didn't call it "the Serie A", just "Serie A" — is the "the" necessary? ~~Also, can't access the hook citation, just spins and spins, but AGF on that;~~ qpq now done (plus I can now access the original hook ref (no. 133!), which checks out); good to go with the original hook, thanks, ~~Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 18:31, 25 June 2022 (UTC)~~ Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 21:19, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

@Maculosae tegmine lyncis: Weird, the Goal.com link opens easily for me. I've added an ESPN link. To me, it sounds weird calling it "Serie A". It's akin to saying "Manchester United play in Premier League". Also, the league itself uses "the" (legaseriea.it). Which of the two hooks do you prefer, btw? Nehme₁₄₉₉ 18:40, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

I've added the QPQ. Nehme₁₄₉₉ 18:55, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, looks like there's usage within and without wiki both with and without "the", so as you prefer; I prefer the original, more detailed hook; thanks, interesting article, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 21:19, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

I'd just like to point out the pleasing symmetry in that "Serie A" and "Serie B" are both mentioned exactly 39 times in the article, best as I can tell. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 12:04, 26 June 2022 (UTC)