Talk:Joe Matesic

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A fact from Joe Matesic appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 May 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after Joe Matesic was revealed to have played at Arizona State under his brother's name, the football coach resigned and the school was nearly expelled from the Border Conference?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joe Matesic.

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The result was: promoted by Rjjiii talk 03:36, 10 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that after Joe Matesic was revealed to have played at Arizona State under his brother's name, the football coach resigned and the school was nearly expelled from the Border Conference? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-larry-siemering-q/169836270/ and https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-ua-asu-rivalry-didnt/169978301/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rosal Column
- Comment: Wrote this independently of ASU work, though I discovered the article and the scandal on an ASU project.

5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 758 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 07:05, 10 April 2025 (UTC).Reply

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 12:39, 11 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

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.

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A very interesting subject. Article looks good, hook is interesting. I think this should be good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 13:05, 11 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

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