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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 10:32, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Tom Parker (basketball)

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... that future Kentucky Wildcats basketball standout Jack Givens improved his opinion of the university after watching Tom Parker play?

Reviewed: Buck Thrasher

Created/expanded by Jrcla2 (talk). Self nom at 01:49, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Article is new enough and long enough. Neutral, no evidence of plagarism and well referenced. Hook is under 200 characters. I would suggest a slight tweak to the hook (may not be essential), since Givens was a future Kentucky standout when the event in the hook occurred, but of course he is not currently a "future" Kentucky standout. Perhaps:

ALT1 ... that watching Tom Parker play helped former Kentucky Wildcats basketball standout Jack Givens decide to attend Kentucky? Rlendog (talk) 01:58, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

I like ALT1 better and propose that should be used. It also makes more sense grammatically. Jrcla2 (talk) 15:53, 26 October 2011 (UTC)