Template:Did you know nominations/Matt Poskay
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 10:22, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
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Matt Poskay
[edit]- ... that professional lacrosse player Matt Poskay set an American record of 362 goals scored in his high school career that stood for nearly a decade?
- Reviewed: Margaret J. Anderson
Created by Alansohn (talk). Self-nominated at 21:45, 4 August 2015 (UTC).
Article is new enough and long enough. Inline citations are used everywhere save for the lead section, which is summarizing other parts of the article and these are sourced; acceptable under WP:LEAD and WP:DYKSG. I am not seeing any close paraphrasing or plagiarism of any kind. Hook is longish but moderately interesting, and is sourced. I have some concerns about the sourcing of the article though: a) I can't find the statement of "junior year in 2001" in the cited source, b) The source linked for "fourth nationally in career goals" to me says "fifth",c) I can't find "17-0" in the source given, d)the weight in the source is "204" no "203" pounds,and e) "winner of the Major League Lacrosse MVP Award" - where in the source does it say so?; and f) I assume these sources are WP:RS; are they? I am not too familiar with the subject matter. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:28, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
- Jo-Jo Eumerus, sources were added to more explicitly and unequivocally address issues a and c. In terms of e, regarding MVP status, see this source, in the article, which states "2010: Played in all 12 games for the Cannons...Named 2010 Bud Light MLL Most Valuable Player". Let me know if you have any other questions about the article. Alansohn (talk) 19:57, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
- @Alansohn: Whoah. I forgot to reply back here. Sorry! Anyhoo, no copyright violations were visible when I last checked. Now the sourcing is good enough for acceptance, assuming that they are all RS. The first reference has a bit long quote from the source, though; is it necessary from a copyright point of view?Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:15, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
- Jo-Jo Eumerus, all of the references and quotations are compliant. Alansohn (talk) 01:09, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
This seems good to be sent to the prep area, then.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:13, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
