Talk:Fred Borak

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Review: April 21, 2025. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Fred Borak appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that NFL player Fred Borak once played basketball against the Harlem Globetrotters?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fred Borak.

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GA review

Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 18:10, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Fred Borak/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 17:38, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 21:14, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:14, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Comments

as team captain as a senior in 1932–33-->as team captain during his senior in 1932–33
- Done.
and was described in the paper as-->and was reported in the paper as
- Done.
make the varsity as-->make varsity as
- Done.
he struggled with grades-->he struggled academically
- Done.
was advised not to play by who?
- Added who.
"flunking"-->failing
- Done.
situation, and he dropped out of comma not needed
- Done.
and ~~was described as having~~ excelled
- Done.
but later reinstated add "were" after "but"
- Done.
He ~~reportedly~~ had his best season
- Done.
in football back the. --> "then"
- Done.
after signing, sent a note add "he" before "sent"
- Done.
References:
- All appear consistently formatted and reliable for what is being cited
- Spot checks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 19, 23, 32 all look good
- 32 mentions he was in the city's engineering department before serving in the military. Could add that tidbit.
  - Done.

Nice work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:06, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 18:10, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

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 History6042 talk 02:42, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that NFL player Fred Borak once played basketball against the Harlem Globetrotters?

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - I think the Globetrotters are pretty well-known

ALT1: ... that football player Fred Borak was "a demon on defense"? Source: quote from this
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mickey Volcan
Comment: ~~To do QPQ within 24 hours.~~

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 339 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:43, 24 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 00:22, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

7118 B and GA three days before nom. I also fixed some close paraphrases and an excess quote, which the GA review apparently missed. Otherwise, no copyvios or other issues, prefer ALT0, and GA review checks out. (And can you not believe this was expanded from what was originally a mass redirect? This is why BEFORE helps.) ミラP@Miraclepine 02:10, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To Prep 6