Template:Did you know nominations/David Viaene
- 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 20:35, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
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David Viaene
- ... that in college, football player David Viaene was able to run a mile in equipment faster than some of his team's wide receivers, even though he weighed 285 pounds (129 kg)?
- Source: Post Crescent
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Juberri
- Comment:
To do QPQ within 24 hours.Credit Gonzo fan2007 for coming up with the hook.
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 348 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:23, 1 May 2025 (UTC).
Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 20:46, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
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| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
Expanded from 495 to 3634 seven days before nom. Found a few fixes I had to do that the GAR didn't appear to notice, but otherwise nothing of note beyond article being good to go. ミラP@Miraclepine 21:44, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
BeanieFan11, I'm not one to regularly pull up American football hooks on DYKINT, but you need to know what "wide receiver" means to find this interesting, and (unlike terms like "score a touchdown" or "kicker", where you can get some idea from the word alone) it's not immediately guessable that it means "fastest player on the field". I think some workshopping is needed. Thanks, though, for introducing me to the term "long snapper". ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:50, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
- @AirshipJungleman29: To be fair, I thought outsiders would be enticed by having to link to the term? After all, readers who hover their mouse on the link would know what exactly the linked item means, but then only on a PC. If that's not enough, I have a few ALTs (these are the only ones I was able to think of, and the second half is if enough people are familiar with the bench press):
- ALT1A: ... that as the strongest player of his college football team, David Viaene was able to lift over 500 pounds (230 kg) of weights? He is the team's strongest player, bench pressing 500 pounds + In the weight room, he has bench pressed 505 pounds
- ALT1B: ... that as the strongest player of his college football team, David Viaene was able to bench press 500 pounds (230 kg)? He is the team's strongest player, bench pressing 500 pounds + In the weight room, he has bench pressed 505 pounds
- ALT2A: ... that in college, football player David Viaene was able to lift over 500 pounds (230 kg) of weights? In the weight room, he has bench pressed 505 pounds
- ALT2B: ... that in college, football player David Viaene was able to bench press 500 pounds (230 kg)? In the weight room, he has bench pressed 505 pounds
- ミラP@Miraclepine 00:19, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- I tend to think MOS:NOFORCELINK applies in these cases. I.E: you should be able to figure out meanings frok the hook. I'll leave the suggestions for BF11's approval. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:22, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- @AirshipJungleman29: Well, I'm not sure printability and offline reading are as important a use for the main page as an article for NOFORCELINK to apply to DYK hooks (after all, DYK rules and article P&Gs are different sometimes), but we should take that to WT:DYK. Still, thank you. I'll let Beanie decide on the hooks. ミラP@Miraclepine 00:52, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- I'm fine with any of the proposed alt hooks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:24, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
New reviewer needed for the ALTs. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:15, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
- I'm fine with any of the proposed alt hooks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:24, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- @AirshipJungleman29: Well, I'm not sure printability and offline reading are as important a use for the main page as an article for NOFORCELINK to apply to DYK hooks (after all, DYK rules and article P&Gs are different sometimes), but we should take that to WT:DYK. Still, thank you. I'll let Beanie decide on the hooks. ミラP@Miraclepine 00:52, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- I tend to think MOS:NOFORCELINK applies in these cases. I.E: you should be able to figure out meanings frok the hook. I'll leave the suggestions for BF11's approval. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:22, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
