Template:Did you know nominations/Walt Torrence

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:27, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Walt Torrence

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Walt Torrence

... that Walt Torrence (pictured) was an All-American college basketball player for UCLA before joining the US Army and winning a gold medal at the Pan American Games? Source: "A third-team was comprised of Walt Torrence of UCLA ..." (Leader-Times), "Torrence competed in the military Olympics in Germany in 1962 and represented the Army in the Pan-American games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1963" (Kansas City Times), "Winning six games by an average margin of almost 30 points, the USA successfully defended its championship, captured the gold medal, and extended its Pan American Games winning streak to 15 consecutive games." (USA Basketball)

Reviewed: ~~IOU~~ Steve Swindal

Created by Bagumba (talk). Self-nominated at 13:51, 1 January 2019 (UTC).

The article is new (and nominated just in the nick of time) and long enough. It is in good condition overall, with citations for the entire body. The hook formatting and image both check out okay, and the hook appears interesting enough. Ref 17 supports the All-American part of the hook, ref 24 supports him being in the Army, and ref 27 supports him being on the gold medal-winning team. Spot-checks of refs 3, 11, 18, 19, and 26 showed no concerns. I can detect two issues overall. First, a simple grammar fix is needed in College career: the sentence "with averages 15.3 points and 8.5 rebounds" needs "of" after "averages". It's minor, but let's get it cleaned up to avoid complaints later on; that was the only such bug I saw. Second, a QPQ review must be done, as you appear to be aware. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:24, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

@Bagumba: Looks like we're still in need of a review here. Giants2008 (Talk) 19:56, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

@Giants2008: Thanks for the reminder. QPQ updated above.—Bagumba (talk) 09:02, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

The suggested fix has been made and the QPQ review has been done. Everything looks good to go now. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:30, 22 January 2019 (UTC)