Talk:Taco Dowler

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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 14:07, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

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( Article history links:

• Caden Dowler
• Taco Dowler

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• ... that while Caden Dowler went by "Burrito" for some six months, his twin brother was called "Taco" into adulthood? Source: 1, 2
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Achmad Soebardjo

Created by JTtheOG (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

JTtheOG (talk) 07:47, 31 December 2025 (UTC).

• Comment: Not a review, but I feel like rephrasing the hook and drop the name and timeline, what if someone does not know who Dowler is. How about ALT1: ... that an American footballer and his twin brother were called "Burrito" and "Taco" respectively? M. Billoo 05:54, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

  On the hand, one would kind of hope the reader does not know who the subject is, right? JTtheOG (talk) 05:15, 6 January 2026 (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: The article was recently created and is long enough. Sources verify hook. No copyvio detected. Hook is interesting and cited. In regards to the comment above, I'm not sure if we have to explicitly say what the subject is known for (American football). Leaving it out is kind of the "hooky" part of it. That being said, I'm fine with ALT 1 if anyone else prefers that instead. Though it should be rephrased as "American football player". "American footballer" isn't what people actually say. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:00, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

@WikiOriginal-9: I think I'd still prefer ALT0, but ultimately I'm fine with either option. His brother's article was recently created too (Taco Dowler), so maybe we can do a piped link either on "his twin brother" or "Taco". JTtheOG (talk) 20:41, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

That will work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:44, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

@JTtheOG and WikiOriginal-9: For now, I have destubbed the twin brother's article as well, created by MontanaMako. I may request a full review as well, so the hook above can be updated as a dual nom. M. Billoo 03:29, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

• ALT2 ... that an American football player, known as "Taco", has a twin brother who was called as "Burrito"?

My QPQ, if required only, would be Wixom Assembly Plant shooting. M. Billoo 03:39, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

review needed for Taco Dowler. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 02:46, 27 January 2026 (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: Taco is good to go. I'll go ahead and approve all of the ALTs, leaving it to the promoter's discretion. M.Billoo2000, just a heads-up that your QPQ is being used here — thanks for pitching in! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 03:05, 28 January 2026 (UTC)