Template:Did you know nominations/Matt Stainbrook

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 Allen3 ^talk 12:17, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Matt Stainbrook

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... that Xavier basketball head coach Chris Mack told Matt Stainbrook to remove his goggles before being recruited, only to discover that they were prescribed for his vision?

ALT1:... that former Xavier basketball center Matt Stainbrook drove strangers around as a senior?
ALT2:... that Xavier basketball head coach Chris Mack asked Matt Stainbrook to cut his hair before being recruited?
Reviewed: Sukhakarta Dukhaharta

5X Expansion by Temple of the Mousy (talk), Dale Arnett (talk). Nominated by Temple of the Mousy (talk) at 22:12, 31 March 2015 (UTC).

I'm a bit rusty on supplementary length rules and you didn't specify above. Does this article quality as a newly sourced BLP with twofold expansion? The original hook as it is currently written is a bit clumsy, IMO, but it still works. I prefer ALT1, although the punchy, headline-style hook, which is somewhat mysterious and interesting, loses information value by failing to mention that he worked as a part-time driver for Uber to help pay for his tuition. Of course, that's just my opinion and my preference, but I'm sure the current version of ALT1 works fine the way it is. Viriditas (talk) 09:48, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

New - if nominated within 7 days of creation
5x expansion within 7 days prior to nomination - this is the one that qualifies it.
BLP 2X is only if it was previously unsourced. Does not apply here, anyway, since this has exceeded 5X expansion.
Article was created by Temple of the Mousy on March 21, 2015 with 355 characters of readable prose, the size it was when Dale Arnett began expansion on March 28. Article is currently 4,323 characters of readable prose., which is more than 10X expansion.

So, Viriditas, this nomination qualifies on 5X expansion. I've changed it above to reflect that it's 5X expansion. — Maile (talk) 19:34, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Maile66, Thank you for making that clear. Sorry about the confusion. Temple of the Mousy (talk) 19:38, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

The only one confused here is me. I actually forgot how to use DYK check! Sheesh. I've used it dozens of times and wham, I forgot it even existed. My mind has been on other things. Anyway, I'll finish up this review shortly. Viriditas (talk) 20:45, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Unlinked basketball - common word. Edwardx (talk) 23:10, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

All the hooks are acceptable, however, my order of preference is ALT1, then ALT2. I do not prefer the original hook because it is somewhat clumsy with the "prescribed for his vision" phrasing. Review follows:

✓ Pass Article is new and has had its prose portion expanded more than fivefold
✓ Pass Article is long enough (4323 characters)
✓ Pass Article is within policy (however, minor concerns about potential issues are linked below)
✓ Pass Hook format, content, neutrality and interest confirmed.
✓ Pass QPQ OK.

I left a more detailed review of extraneous content issues over at Talk:Matt Stainbrook#Early life and personal section overlap. However, I don't believe these issues should have any bearing on approving this hook, but I would like to recommend that the active editors on the Matt Stainbrook page take these comments into account since they could have an impact on future article improvement. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 01:42, 3 April 2015 (UTC)