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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 BlueMoonset (talk) 07:21, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

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Home Run Baker

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Home Run Baker or Home Run Baker

5x expanded by Muboshgu (talk), EricEnfermero (talk). Nominated by Muboshgu (talk) at 19:23, 22 April 2014 (UTC).

  • I'll review this. I have put the question mark icon in straight away because the QPQ review is still pending. Other review comments on the article, hook etc. will follow. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 11:51, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Some other queries:
    • I noticed a comment (dated 2006) on the talk page about the phrase and he is regarded by many as the best third baseman of the deadball era from the lead. Phrases like "regarded by many" may attract negative attention from readers, so I would prefer to see this tweaked to something which summarises the well-referenced info in the "Legacy" paragraph.
    • Current refs [23], [28] and [29] are bare URLs
    • Regarding the text underneath ref [21] ("Semiprofessional" may be a euphemism. Upland employed other major leaguers between 1915 and 1919 (including Baker's longtime teammate Chief Bender), and by 1919 the Delaware County League was declared an outlaw league by organized baseball.): is this a quote from the source (in which case the formatting needs tweaking using a |quote= parameter), or an editorial note to the text? If the latter, a specific reference for this claim would help.
    • Could we please have a ref for his Yankees stats, at the very end of the "New York Yankees" paragraph.


I am happy with all other aspects of this DYK. I have checked several of the online sources closely for copyvio/close paraphrasing, and to ensure that facts, quotes etc. in the article are correct, and I am satisfied that everything is in order. The hook fact is supported by the cited ref, which I have examined as it is also online. The expansion is large enough and the article was nominated in time. Both images suggested here are used in the article and are appropriately licensed. Both hooks are interesting and snappy; I have no preference over which one, or which image, should be used. Happy to verify once the points above have been addressed. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 12:30, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

All good points.

  • "regarded as" - yes this can be tricky, but generally the opinions of the "experts" do deserve some weight. I referenced (and slightly edited) the statement.
  • Filling in refs now
  • The text with ref 21 was not added by me. It does not read as a quote, in my opinion, but rather an editor's clarification about whether it was semipro or fully pro.
  • Added.

And QPQ performed as well. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:04, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for attending to those. This is good to go with either hook and with either image. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 19:54, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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