Template:Did you know nominations/Jerry London (wrestler)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 04:09, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Jerry London (wrestler)

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~~... that Jerry London committed suicide hours after being bullied by an American promoter?~~ Source: "August 20, 1970: Jerry London (age 41) committed suicide after Roy Shire humiliated him in the dressing room in front of all the boys" ([1])
ALT1 ~~... that professional wrestler Jerry London committed suicide hours after being bullied by an American promoter?~~

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ian McTaggart-Cowan
Comment: Date request: May 4 – Anti-Bullying Day

Created by 72.74.195.161 (talk). Nominated by Yoninah (talk) at 22:16, 19 April 2017 (UTC).

This hook was directly added to the Special Occasions holding area for May 4 without a proper template, transclusion, or review. I have gone ahead and nominated it for the IP user. Requesting IAR on the newness of this nomination; the article was created on April 9 and posted at DYK on April 18. Yoninah (talk) 22:20, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

This article is long enough and is sufficiently new to be acceptable for DYK. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright problems. I have added ALT1 which I think preferable. For use on May 4th, which is apparently Anti-bullying Day. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:03, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Cwmhiraeth thanks for the review. I struck the first alt. Yoninah (talk) 22:35, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Returned from prep for new hook per discussion at WT:DYK#Prep 2 - suicide link. Yoninah (talk) 00:37, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

@MPJ-DK: I have a feeling the IP has disappeared. Would you be willing to formulate a new hook for this nomination? If anything needs to be changed in the article, you could also claim a creation credit for it. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 17:52, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Yoninah I'll take a look at it, may be something in there we can work with. MPJ-DK 23:32, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

ALT2 - ... that professional wrestler Jerry London worked in the main event of both the first and second EMLL 33rd anniversary show three weeks apart?

Yoninah - That's probably the only really notable hook I can find in the article. MPJ-DK 13:51, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

MPJ-DK. OK. But it doesn't sound so interesting to a non-aficionado. What do you think about:
ALT3: ... that journeyman professional wrestler Jerry London's career took him to Eastern Canada, the Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic, and Southwestern regions of the United States, and Mexico? Yoninah (talk) 22:34, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

The overarching problem is indeed that he was generally a "journeyman" wrestler, who outside of Mexico had very little success and honestly while in Mexico was only built up to lose a high profile hair vs. hair match. I'm okay with the ALT3, not sure it'll get past the "this is boring" patrollers, but let's open the ALT3 up for review. MPJ -DK 23:23, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Uninvolved editor please review the suggested ALT3. MPJ-DK 23:23, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

@MPJ-DK: OK, but let's keep your ALT2 also up for consideration. It's kind of growing on me :) Yoninah (talk) 23:47, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

This nomination seems to have stalled. Both ALT2 and ALT3 are acceptable. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:59, 6 June 2017 (UTC)