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GA review

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

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 20:22, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 15:09, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll do this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:09, 21 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

• His father was an immigrant from Italy, and a tenant at the Italian Hall when the Italian Hall disaster occurred.-->His father was an Italian immigrant and a tenant at the Italian Hall when the Italian Hall disaster occurred.
• You could link "South Pacific" to Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
• The last two paragraphs of the article have a lot of "He..." sentences. Can you try to mix a few up to remove some repetition?
• References:
  • All are formatted consistently and appear reliable for what is being cited
  • Spot checks: 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 all check out

Nice work!. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:52, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

• @Gonzo fan2007: I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:49, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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 DimensionalFusion talk 08:19, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

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• Comment or view
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• ... that football player Dominic Vairo went from being forced off the freshman team at Notre Dame to being captain of the varsity team?

• Source: Capital Times

• • ALT1: ... that NFL player Dominic Vairo "pretty much forgot about pro football" after watching Don Hutson? Source: Michigan Tech
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/William Arthur Ganfield
  • Comment: To do QPQ within 24 hours.

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 340 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:48, 24 April 2025 (UTC).

• I'd do the QPQ for this nomination. Howard the Duck (talk) 22:11, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
  • This is not explained, but a "freshman team" seems to be a different team from the actual team competing in actual competitions that count. Varsity team doesn't explain this that well; the junior varsity term is explained extensively there but there seems to be subtle difference. It seems to be a kind of a reserve team. Howard the Duck (talk) 22:17, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
    • Correct, its a type of reserve team. Can you think of a better way to word it in the hook? Perhaps "reserve team" rather than "freshman team"? BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:04, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
      • I'd rather link to "Freshman team" to Varsity team#North America, then change "varsity team" in the end to "football team" or even "varsity team". Adding "football" adds another can of worms on referring to what kind of "football" this is (LOL). Understanding this term is key in understanding the hook, and reserve team is mostly in the European POV where a team has a "second team" where it can tap players in cases of injury. This seems to be different as college football programs, while may have other teams, are not allowed to get players from those teams due to scholarship rules. The reader may have an idea where this guy started from the bottom and worked his way up. ALT1 doesn't really mean anything if you do not know who Don Hutson is.
      • I'd get on the rest of the article later this week. Howard the Duck (talk) 03:40, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

• @Howard the Duck: Are you still reviewing this? Z1720 (talk) 15:01, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

• Yes, I'd work on this later today. Howard the Duck (talk) 15:16, 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: As discussed earlier, the hook and article checks out, but non-American readers may not understand what "freshman team" means. I have suggested some options in regards to this earlier. If other reviewers disapprove of the original hook, ALT1 may be used, which also has the same problems (non-Americans may not understand it), but most people should get it (an upcoming player saw a veteran player, understood that the other guy was much better). Rest of the article checks out. Only thing holding out is my earlier suggestion on linking to Varsity team#North America. Howard the Duck (talk) 11:02, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: Please address the above.--Launchballer 21:27, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

@Howard the Duck: So, you want something like ALT2 ... that football player Dominic Vairo went from being forced off the freshman team at Notre Dame to being captain of the varsity team? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:57, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I can go with that. Howard the Duck (talk) 23:13, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Please add an icon to that effect.--Launchballer 13:07, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

This should be good to go as long as the blurb is mostly like that. Howard the Duck (talk) 18:32, 4 June 2025 (UTC)