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A fact from Michael Basinger appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 July 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after playing just one game, Michael Basinger retired from the NFL and became a country music performer?

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

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GA review

Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:20, 28 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:Michael Basinger/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 02:49, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 14:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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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

You need to find a way to link batting average
there and instead enrolled at Gavilan College in 1970.
However, shortly after, he decided that he did not like the school and transferred to the University of California, Riverside, joining Wayne Howard, his football coach from Gavilan.-->Shortly after deciding on Texas, he decided that he did not like the school and transferred to the University of California, Riverside, where he joined Wayne Howard, his football coach from Gavilan.
References:
- All appear consistently formatted and are appropriate for what is being cited.
- There's a lot of consecutive sentences cited to the same source (as an example, the whole last paragraph). Can you go through and clean these up?
- Spot checks: 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 19

Nice work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:03, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:20, 28 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 Kingsif talk 00:41, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that after playing in the NFL, Michael Basinger played "honky tonks"?

Source: Sun-Star ("Meanwhile, he writes songs and plays 'honky tonks' in Nashville for $30 a night, waiting for his chance at stardom.")

ALT1: ... that football player Michael Basinger "went bananas" after learning he was selected for an all-star game? Source: quote from Tribune
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2024 European Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
Comment: ~~To do QPQ within a day or two.~~

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 357 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:10, 5 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact checks out and is in article. No textual issues. Good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 09:48, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Skipping over this one because I'm not sure either hook meets DYKINT, but happy for another promoter to take it if they disagree :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 09:32, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Two months since expansion, no promoting for two weeks, marking as rejected. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:53, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As suggested by @Launchballer:, reopening and proposing ALT2 ... that in the off-season, NFL player Michael Basinger worked at a grocery store? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:43, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Checks out; this seems to be on User:GalliumBot/transfem/DYKNA but not T:TDYKA, will it automatically be moved @Theleekycauldron:?--Laun chba ller 19:56, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
GalliumBot isn't currently running transfem in its userspace (that was just for testing) or on the live pages (WugBot still has those until the trial period), so no, it won't be retranscluded or moved back to DYKN unless someone does that manually. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:50, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]