Talk:Billy Fitzgerald

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A fact from Billy Fitzgerald appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a journalists' poll rated Billy Fitzgerald the second-best Canadian lacrosse player of the first half of the 20th century?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Billy Fitzgerald (lacrosse).

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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 PrimalMustelid talk 12:13, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... ~~that Billy Fitzgerald finished second in a vote by Canadian writers that picked the best lacrosse player of the first half of the 20th century?~~ Source: Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Logan O'Hoppe

Created by Giants2008 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Billy Fitzgerald (lacrosse); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

ALT0 is incorrect (he was voted second best Canadian player) and excessively wordy. Suggested alt:

ALT1: ... that a journalists' poll rated Billy Fitzgerald the second best Canadian lacrosse player of the first half of the 20th century? Gatoclass (talk) 09:49, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Can't believe I missed that in the source. Thanks for the catch; it's been fixed in the article now. ALT1 definitely looks better than the first blurb. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:16, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer needed for ALT1. Gatoclass (talk) 12:45, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, a full review is needed, because only the original hook has been reviewed here thus far. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:44, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hiya! Happy to take this on:

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:

Can't say I'm much of a lacrosse expert, but what an interesting biography! Seems such a shame he died that young and didn't get to know these honors while he lived. As for the nomination, from all I can gather, things seem to be in order. Thanks to Gatoclass for helping spruce up the hook, which is interesting (now that the reader knows Fitzgerald's second best, they've got to click to find out more about why!) and sourced in the article. Plagiarism check is clear, and from my own check on the sources the facts are all there. The article maintains an appropriately encyclopedic tone while narrating Fitzgerald's life, avoiding adopting a 'fan' tone from any sources. QPQ is done, article was new enough at nomination, and it's long enough. Thanks for the interesting read. P-Makoto (she/her) (talk) 13:06, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]