Template:Did you know nominations/Atonio Mafi

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The result was: promoted by Edge3 (talk) 16:01, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Atonio Mafi

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... that at the start of his college football career, Atonio Mafi weighed 411 pounds, wore a jersey sized XXXXL, had 40% body fat and had a favorite meal consisting of over 3,200 calories? Source: LA Times ("...the UCLA offensive lineman remembering how he once strained the scale at 411 pounds, stretching the fabric of his XXXXL jersey on a frame measuring 6 feet 2 ... Every bite he took, his mind thanked him. His body didn’t. His favorite fast-food meal consisting of five beef patties with cheese plus a double order of fries and a shake added up to 3,240 calories and 177 grams of fat, according to nutritional information ... His all-time recorded high of 411 pounds came the first time he stepped on the scale inside the Wasserman Football Center before fall training camp in 2018. Oh, dang, he thought ... When Mafi crammed into the device resembling a giant egg that players call the “bod pod,” it revealed another disturbing number — 40% body fat. He was issued an oversized bed and pants to accommodate his size-50 waist...")
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Pagan Review

Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:03, 4 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Atonio Mafi; 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: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - one problem.

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @BeanieFan11: Good article. Needs qpq. Though, does this hook portray the BLP in too much of a negative light? I feel like i'll need someone to weigh their opinion on that. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:03, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Maybe remove the body fat part: ALT1 ... that at the start of his college football career, Atonio Mafi weighed 411 pounds, wore a jersey sized XXXXL and had a favorite meal consisting of over 3,200 calories? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:07, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke: (Man, it feels like you're the reviewer for all my nominations!) Reviewed QPQ. What do you think about the alt hook? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:59, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
  Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:29, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
  @BeanieFan11 and Onegreatjoke: I think I'd object on somewhat similar grounds to this discussion, particularly as it pertains to a BLP – it's somewhat negative to have a hook about someone's weight in any case (it does feel pretty objectifying), and said hook being about a black college football player only compounds that negativity. Is there another hook to be found? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:38, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
  In my view it doesn't really seem objectifying - but if you think its an issue what about a hook focusing on the fact that his favorite meal was 3,200 calories? BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:48, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
  Seems like a roundabout way to still highlight what must be a pretty low point in his life? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:58, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
  I still don't see it as being that negative - but the best hook I could come up with otherwise would be something like: ... that 2023 NFL Draft pick Atonio Mafi played both on offense and defense during his college career and holds a UCLA record with 56 games played? Source: USA Today What about that? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:13, 5 June 2023 (UTC)