Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin Mejía

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:52, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Kevin Mejía

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... that Kevin Mejía was the sole Honduran medalist at both the 2015 and 2023 Pan American Games?

Source: La Prensa (2015) and La Prensa (2023); also the only medalist listed at Honduras at the 2015 Pan American Games and Honduras at the 2023 Pan American Games

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bergdorf Goodman Building

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 227 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC).

Article is new. At 1671 characters it just passes the 1500 minimum, although I'm unsure full start class is warranted. The sources will need access-dates.
I am unsure about the first couple of sentences, the source does not explicitly say the childhood was spent in Triunfo de la Cruz, and at any rate it does say he left to Tegucigalpa at 13 so he did some growing up there too. "hermanos" also does not mean only brothers, it is used for the group of both genders. Not a DYKcrit, but the fourth sentence should really spell out COH, and there is a disconnect between the lead sentence and the body regarding flag bearer or co-flag bearer. Regarding "bronze medal at the cadet world championships in Hungary", the source says he was in the cadet category, not that cadet was the name of the tournament (after a bit of research, probably the World Junior Wrestling Championships already mentioned in the next paragraph, in the 15-17 category).
Haven't checked the other paragraphs, but moving onto the hook, I can't verify the 2015 portion from the source, may be missing it although it appears correct. That said it's not the most interesting hook, is there anything other than an athlete winning medals in the sources? QPQ needed. CMD (talk) 11:08, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: Please address the above and supply a QPQ. Z1720 (talk) 04:05, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Closing, not ready for DYK. CMD (talk) 12:57, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Please give me until the end of the day. BeanieFan11 (talk) 13:53, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Unclosing. CMD (talk) 15:42, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@Chipmunkdavis: Apologies for the delay. QPQ is done. I made some changes ([1]), including clarifying COH, changing 'brothers' to 'one of five children', re-wording Triunfo de la Cruz, addressing the 'co' flagbearer, etc. Looking at the source again, I realize that it mentions, through Google Translate, "It is worth remembering that Mejía won the only silver medal in Honduras in the last XVII Pan American Games of Toronto 2015" – which is odd because from what I can find, they only had one medalist that year. Let me know if you'd like me to dig further to find one mentioning him as the 'sole' medalist. I did find that hook kind of interesting, but I can try to find another if you'd like. Thoughts? BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:40, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Hmm, more curiously, either you and I both missed this or it's been updated, but his year of birth is currently 1995. Confirmed here by his age, which also notes he was the only Honduran to enter the 2024 Olympics by qualifying, and the specific entry into the 97kg category could be mentioned. Also he has a son, and this source confirms a childhood in Triunfo de la Cruz and has a nice anecdote about selling spinning tops.
Regarding the hook, the sources seem to put a lot of emphasis of him being the only qualifying Honduran. That's not too catchy either, but I understand the sports angle, perhaps one or two sports alts and a promoter may pick one. CMD (talk) 07:04, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Corrected the age, will work on the other things tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:46, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

@Chipmunkdavis: Sorry for taking so long. I added a bit to the article (spinning tops, son, qualifying, etc.). In addition to the original hook, I thought of these other potential ALTs:

ALT1 ... that Kevin Mejía was the only Honduran to directly qualify for the 2024 Olympics?
ALT2 ... that Kevin Mejía was the sole Honduran medalist at the 2015 and 2023 Pan American Games and the country's first-ever gold medalist at the Pan American Wrestling Championships? ([2])
ALT3 ... that as a child, future Olympian Kevin Mejía sold spinning tops? BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:58, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

I think I like the spinning top aspect best. Think any of these work? BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:58, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

I think those work. I prefer ALT1 and ALT3, but ALT2 also checks out and is in the article. Up to the promoter. CMD (talk) 08:33, 28 August 2024 (UTC)