Talk:Buster Maddox

GA review

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 00:18, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 13:49, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll review this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 13:49, 17 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

• After high school, he enrolled at Kansas State Agricultural College in 1931. --> In 1931, after high school, he enrolled at Kansas State Agricultural College.
• After recovering, he played "great games" and his play was reported --> I would just paraphrase "great games" as its probbaly general enough to not need to be quoted
• 6 ft 3 in and weighed 240 lb these should be spelled out
• He saw action in Germany seems too colloquial, "He participated in battles" or something more encyclopedic
• The whole last paragraph has a lot of "He... " sentences. Can you try to reword a bit so every sentence doesn't start that way
• References:
  • All appear to be formatted consistently and appropriate for what is being cited
  • Ref 9 needs an access-date
  • Spot checks: 2, 5, 8, 12, 15
    • Regarding #2, all it says is "east/west game". Is there a more specific source that could cite this specific game?
    • Regarding #15, the reference just says he was ill for some time, not necessarily "his last years". I would change this up.

Nice work. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:12, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

• BeanieFan11. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 18:59, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
  • @Gonzo fan2007: I think I addressed everything. Regarding the East–West game, it refers to him playing "at San Francisco", which was were it was always played for its first 40 years or so. I think its clear that its referring to the Shrine game, though I could go looking for another ref if you like. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:45, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
    • No, that's ok. That makes sense. Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:49, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Plifal talk 09:33, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that despite being named in college as the best at his position in the U.S., football player Buster Maddox only appeared in one NFL game after getting injured in practice for an all-star game?

• Source: All-American (which means "best at his position in the U.S." - I figured that international readers would benefit from having it explained in the hook), injury, one game

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Yoshinori Yamaguchi
  • Comment: To do QPQ within 24 hours.

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 338 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:51, 23 April 2025 (UTC).

• Newly-promoted GA, meets the minimum size requirement. Sources are reliable, no concerns with POV or CV. Hook is interesting (poor guy!), cited, and present in the article. QPQ complete. Good to roll here. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:06, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
  • @Premeditated Chaos: hi! there seems to have been quite a large expansion of content since this article passed GA, is this an issue?--Plifal (talk) 04:26, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
    • Not sure what the issue would be, given that it was 5x expanded, passed a GA review, then was reviewed by PMC. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:44, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
      • Plifal, are you looking at the history correctly? The article was expanded from a stub on April 16, then the GA icon was added on April 21. The article has not been edited by anyone since then, so there's no way it could have been expanded since passing as you say. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 18:22, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
        • apologies both, was confused by the expanded by 5x rationale selected and the ga nomination. looks like it's fine—sorry for the holdup!--Plifal (talk) 23:28, 17 May 2025 (UTC)