Talk:Jim Lankas

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BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:28, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

GA review

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 17:38, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 21:09, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll do this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:09, 25 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

• Lankas was born on August 26, 1918, in Stratton, Nebraska.[1] He was of Czechslovakian and Polish descent. I would combine these two sentences
• he scored 126 points, and his coach comma isn't needed
• those games, an average change the comma to "for"
• In 204 quarters of play, this is a weird stat, one that isn't very common. Why is the number of quarters relevant?
  • Cut.
• References:
  • All appear consistently formatted and reliable for what is being cited
  • Spot checks: 3, 7, 9, 10, 15, 18, 21, 26

Nice work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:49, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

• @Gonzo fan2007: I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:27, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 26 April 2025 (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.

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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 09:42, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that when tackling, "Jarring Jim" was "mean, very mean, very mean"?

• Source: nickname, quote

• • ALT1: ... that Jim Lankas began wrestling in Wichita, Kansas, after someone at a fight did not show up, and Lankas decided to take the wrestler's place? Source: Wichita Beacon
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dimitar Agura
  • Comment: To do QPQ within 24 hours.

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 347 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:17, 1 May 2025 (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: @BeanieFan11: Article was recently 5x expanded. Sources verify hooks. No copyvio detected. Hooks are interesting and cited. QPQ done. I do think ALT1 is more interesting though. I would rewrite ALT1 as "that Jim Lankas began his wrestling career after someone at a fight did not show up, and Lankas decided to take the wrestler's place". It doesn't matter that it was in Wichita. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:52, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

• @WikiOriginal-9: OK, see ALT2 ... that Jim Lankas began his wrestling career after someone at a fight did not show up and Lankas decided to take the wrestler's place? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:42, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Looks good. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:46, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
    • iiiii'm not sure that ALTs 1 and 2 are a faithful interpretation of the source. The Witchita Beacon just says:

      Lankas has impressed Wichita fans this season by defeating all opponents including tough Jack Suzek. He made his introduction in the ring here when a wrestler failed to show last winter and he entered the ring as a sub. He showed his grid knowledge stood him in good stead as a wrestler.

      That doesn't necessarily sound like Lankas was in the audience and decided to hop in the ring on a whim – it sounds like he already wanted to be a wrestler and his debut match happened to be subbing for someone else, given that he then played the full season (presumably signups would have closed before the season started). I don't think ALT0 passes DYKINT, but I wouldn't stop someone else from promoting it, but striking ALTs 1 and 2. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 09:18, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
• Pulled per a WT:DYK discussion regarding the hook's interestingness. A new hook will be needed here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:27, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: Please propose a new hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:53, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Will try to come up with something by Sunday. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:48, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: Just a reminder as Monday has already passed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:13, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm still not entirely sure that the wrestling hook should have been struck. Whether or not he decided to do it "on a whim" or if he had signed up to wrestle in case someone else did not show up, it still seems accurate to say he began when he took someone else's place. Thoughts? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:17, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5, Theleekycauldron, and WikiOriginal-9: How about something like ALT3 ... that Jim Lankas retired from professional boxing and wrestling to enter farming? (Sourced to this.) BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:02, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

That sounds fine. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:07, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:06, 1 July 2025 (UTC)