Talk:Boyd Jones

GA review

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 21:43, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 22:02, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll do this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 22:02, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

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

• He was scouted by the Green Bay Packers at TSU; I would change "at TSU" to something like "while at college". Just get rid of the duplicate "at TSU" in back-to-back sentences
• territorial draft, but did not sign with them comma isn't needed
• Green Bay Packers should be linked in the Professional career section
• References:
  • All appear consistently formatted and reliable for what is being cited
  • Spot checks: 3, 4, 8, 11

Nice work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 02:02, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

• @Gonzo fan2007: I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:45, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 03:01, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 10:59, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that when being visited by an NFL scout, college football player Boyd Jones was acting as a coach since the normal coach was missing?

• Source: GB Press Gazette ("Packer scout Tom Tipps recalls that when he went to see Jones, the offensive line coach at the school was missing and Jones, a four-year starter at tackle, was help-ing coach the younger players.")

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Torta caprese
  • Comment: To do QPQ within a day or two.

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 349 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:28, 1 May 2025 (UTC).

• Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 20:46, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

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: Expanded from 256 B to 2353 B (9.19x) seven days before nom. Everything else looks good. @BeanieFan11: You may wanna change "missing" to "absent" in the hook per the article (and I'm preapproving that one to save bureaucracy), but consider that optional. ミラP@Miraclepine 21:09, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

• I'd think they mean the same thing (the source uses "missing" as well), but here's ALT1 ... that when being visited by an NFL scout, college football player Boyd Jones was acting as a coach since the normal coach was absent? The promoter can choose which to use. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:11, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Well, it's the principle of originality re close paraphrasing. For the record, I'm leaning ALT1. ミラP@Miraclepine 21:46, 26 May 2025 (UTC)