Talk:Slick Lollar

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Review: February 24, 2025. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Slick Lollar appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 March 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the "Slicker" "performed so well at cracking skulls"?

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

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GA review

Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 18:53, 24 February 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:Slick Lollar/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 03:46, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 14:31, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:31, 24 February 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

Consider linking to Back (American football) instead
career, he worked comma isn't needed
Lollar was born on October 4, 1905, in Alabama.[1] He grew up in Jasper, Alabama.[2] recommend combining these two sentences
He was reported to have played "brilliantly" by The Birmingham News and in 1925, he also started playing punter. the two phrases in this sentence aren't connected to each other. Consider rewriting to split them up.
Prior to coaching Howard's freshman football team, the "Bullpups", in 1927, he attended --> In 1927, prior to coaching Howard's freshman football team (the "Bullpups"), he attended
He was buried in his hometown of Jasper, Alabama., you can drop "Alabama" since you mentioned this already
References: all are appropriate for what is being cited and are formatted consistently and appropriately
- Spot checks: #3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 15 and 18 all look good.

Looks good BeanieFan11. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:09, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: Addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:26, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 18:53, 24 February 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 SL93 talk 20:10, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the "Slicker" "performed so well at cracking skulls"?

Source: quote from Birmingham News

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Apurbalal Majumdar
Comment: ~~To complete QPQ within 24 hours.~~ I think this could be a good quirky hook.

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 309 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:47, 28 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

This article, 5x expanded on 21 Feb, new enough, long enough, well-sourced, and presentable. QPQ done. No copyvio. Hook interesting, in article, cited, and citation checks out. Good to go. Tenpop421 (talk) 16:13, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]