Template:Did you know nominations/Harley A. Wilhelm

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:59, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Harley A. Wilhelm

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... that Harley A. Wilhelm, a chemistry professor who worked on the Manhattan Project, was named one of the 100 greatest athletes in Drake University's history?
ALT1: ... that Harley A. Wilhelm, a chemistry professor who worked on the Manhattan Project, was one of 80 basketball players selected as part of Drake University's all-decade basketball teams in 2006?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Belinda Nash

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:38, 8 June 2015 (UTC).

The entry is new, long enough and appears to be mostly within policy. I don't detect any copyvios. The hook is short enough and interesting. My concern is that part of the hook - and a chunk of the article - is sourced to a genealogy website. I think we could do better as far as a reliable source. Here is a source that describes a similar distinction, though it would require some adjustments to the hook. EricEnfermero (Talk) 06:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Proposed an ALT hook based on this source (which has been added to the article). Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:57, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Also, the article mentions that he was on a varsity team and was named all-state, but it doesn't specify the sport. The source doesn't clarify that either. EricEnfermero (Talk) 06:13, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Correct. Frustrating, isn't it? I thought it might be an American thing. For the moment, this is the best that we can do for now. Which is why I'm not nominating the article for GA. What I'm waiting for is his granddaughter to complete a book about him. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:57, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Okay - I think we're good to go with ALT1. To shorten the hook a bit, I think we could do without the second basketball. EricEnfermero (Talk) 09:19, 8 June 2015 (UTC)