Talk:Strikeout looking

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by JuniperChill talk 19:12, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that in baseball and softball, a pitcher is given a backwards K by the scorekeeper when they record a strikeout looking?

• Source: Sports Illustrated

• • ALT1: ... that the National Baseball Hall of Fame does not know of anybody who can be credited with first using the "ꓘ" notation for a strikeout looking? Source: Longview News-Journal
  • Reviewed: Urien
  • Comment: QPQ to come. QPQ now done.

Created by Soulbust (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 45 past nominations.

Soulbust (talk) 22:21, 14 June 2025 (UTC).

• @Soulbust: The article is new enough, long enough, cited, and has no other issues, athlough some of the prose is uncomfortable and a bit unclear. I think the hook can also be reworded for the sake of clerity for those without a baseball background, such as:
  • ALT1a...that the National Baseball Hall of Fame does not know who first used the notation '"ꓘ" to represent a strikeout looking? GGOTCC 20:57, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
    • @GGOTCC: Hi, thanks for the review! Which parts of the article's prose do you think is uncomfortable or unclear? I would want to take a look and adjust those bits if possible. Soulbust (talk) 07:35, 24 June 2025 (UTC)
      • @Soulbust: While I won't hold it against you or the DYK nomination, I was a bit confused about the line As the pitcher strikes out the batter looking in the lead section. Does this mean the pitcher and batter were looking at eachother? Would that not apply to every strikeout? My other point is that this article should be understandable to a general audience, ie. those who do not know other baseball terms. Some context in the second paragraph under "History and analysis" may help this by mentioning that a strike requires the batter to think they can strike the ball, yet fail too. This context would make a strikeout looking sound more impressive for the pitcher. GGOTCC 01:36, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Gotcha, will try and tweak those areas in a bit. The one you put in red I feel was the way it makes most sense to get a pitcher out via strikeout looking (i.e. the batter was struck out looking by the pitcher) but I think I can find a new/better way to word it. Soulbust (talk) 04:22, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Opps, forgot . My concerns about article prose are not severe enough to delay the hook. Nice job, @Soulbust:! GGOTCC 02:02, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

@GGOTCC:, no worries! And thank you. Soulbust (talk) 01:25, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Lisu letter?

Do people use the Lisu letter Kha (ꓘ) to indicate a strikeout looking, or the Latin letter Ʞ? Wikipedian ^{Talk to me!} _{or not…} 23:41, 15 July 2025 (UTC)