Talk:Laura LeRoy Travis

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:34, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that Laura LeRoy Travis was the first woman at the University of Delaware to coach a men's sports team?

• Source: DE Sports HOF

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sin and Flesh Brook
  • Comment: To do QPQ within a day or two.

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 365 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:33, 15 May 2025 (UTC).

• Comment - @BeanieFan11: you really like your "first" hooks, don't you?! 🤦 I suppose this one is probably true, it's hard to find a counterexample although it's also hard to prove unless you can list all head coaches in all UD's sports through history. I suppose the fact that the college says so is reasonably powerful though, presumably they know...  — Amakuru (talk) 21:55, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
  • I don't think I nominate that many 'first' hooks. This is the only 'first' hook out of my last 30 noms (I do nominate a lot of articles). Also, I'm pretty sure the school would know, given that they have decent records of their history, and other sources have noted the fact as well, e.g. this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:05, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
• Article is new enough, long enough, and within policy. No copyright violation detected. Hook fact is interesting and verified to the website of the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame whose bio on Laura LeRoy Travis (an inductee) has this fact clearly stated. QPQ was done. This hook can be promoted.4meter4 (talk) 18:31, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

GA review

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.

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

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 01:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 13:49, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Comments

• Link singles and doubles in lead. Also link singles in first instance in body.
  • Linked (each time to Types of tennis match since there aren't standalone singles/doubles articles.)
• How was she USPTA rookie of the year in 1994 when she turned pro in 1989? I'm not asking you to change anything necessarily, just curious if you knew the answer.
  • I can't find anything about how she won it...her UD bio just mentions she won the award and there's no further details. Thoughts?

Spot checks

• Ref 2 looks good
• Height for ref 1 looks good
• Overall records in ref 3 look good
• Ref 19 looks good
• Ref 10 looks good

Great work!! That's literally all I could find. No wonder you printed it for her. It was already perfect. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:49, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review :) I responded to the points. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:39, 13 February 2026 (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.