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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Gog the Mild via FACBot (talk) 10 August 2021 [1].


Nominator(s): Therapyisgood (talk) 23:09, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the other George Floyd, the American football player. He holds several records at Eastern Kentucky University. The article just passed a GA review so I'm looking forward to hearing constructive comments. Therapyisgood (talk) 23:09, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Drive-by comment from Sdkb

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The elephant in the room here is that Floyd shares a name with the other, vastly more well-known Floyd, so even given the disambiguator in the title, it's surprising not to see a hatnote. Could someone more familiar with disambiguation than me comment as to whether or not a hatnote linking to George Floyd or {{Other people}} would be warranted? Some pageview data comparing average monthly views of this page before and after May 2020 might help with the decision. {{u|Sdkb}}talk 01:00, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdkb: in general we should not have such hatnotes, as in theory readers shouldn't end up here by accident when they're searching for any other George Floyd. WP:NAMB is the relevant guideline here, with the rationale that with the "American football" disambiguator in the title, people are unlikely to end up here by accident. I think there are occasional exceptions to this, for example if a lot of people thought that the other George Floyd was an American football player (or perhaps he was? I've never heard anything to that effect though). But on balance I think it's preferable not to have one here, since it's not needed.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:18, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I've just looked at George Floyd, and it seemed he did play football in high school and even in college for a couple of years. You learn a new thing every day! So perhaps there's a weak case for a hatnote. But clearly he's not primarily notable for that, and wouldn't have an article on his football or basketball record alone...  — Amakuru (talk) 09:26, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Image licensing

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I don't think these images are freely licensed. The copyright notice on the publication as a whole covers all articles and images printed in it except advertisements, see US copyright office 2207.2. You would have to show that the newspaper issue did not have any copyright notice. (t · c) buidhe 09:31, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

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Spotchecks not done. Version reviewed

Passed. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:22, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator comment

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It is now more than three weeks since this article was nominated and it has yet to attract a general review. If a couple of these are not started within the next two or three days I am afraid that the nomination is liable to be archived. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:51, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Jim

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American football is English as a foreign language to me, but here goes

  • eight in their 1984 season, with two started. — two games started?
  • all-area football team all three varsity years in all three?
  • sophomore, —I don't know what that means, link?
  • After the season, he made the GC —I think you need to repeat his name, there's been another subject in between
  • At Hernando, he set a school record for most interceptions in a single season, with nine, that stood for four years — clunky, perhaps At Hernando, he made nine interceptions in a single season, a record that stood for four years
  • returned an interception one hundred yards and scored a touchdown; of one hundred yards?
  • Floyd was in the school's record book no less than eight times, no fewer
  • he worked construction, installing windows in skyscrapers in construction
  • at 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).— Why have you converted to metric here and nowhere esle, not consistent?
  • I assume that he must have done a teaching qualification at some stage, but I can't see where. I appreciate that the US system might be different from the UK, but presumably you can't just walk into a class and start teaching?
  • As of 2020, —Any update?
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