Talk:Jimmy Cole (American football)

Jimmy Cole (American football) has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: October 24, 2023. (Reviewed version).

A news item involving Jimmy Cole (American football) was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 2 December 2022.

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All-American?[edit]

The article cites a press release from the Memphis athletic department for a claim that Cole was selected by the Associated Press as an All-American in 1953. Claims by athletic department PR folks are notoriously inaccurate and/or imprecise in such things as All-America honors. This appears to be such a case. The 1953 AP All-American team, as reported by the Memphis newspaper, is here. Cole is not on it -- not on the first team, not on the second team, and not even among the honorable mentions. Cbl62 (talk) 05:56, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, he was merely an "honorable mention" on the Little All-America team. See here. The claim that Cole was an AP All-American in 1953 needs to be removed~ Cbl62 (talk) 06:00, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The claim of 1951 All-America status (based on a selection by Williamson) is also dubious. Who was Williamson? I've been researching All-America teams for 15 years and have never heard of such an All-America selector. Cbl62 (talk) 06:07, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My searches came up empty on an All-America team selected by Williamson. The best I could find is another Little-All America "honorable mention" in 1951. See here. The press release is 0 for 2 on accuracy so far. Cbl62 (talk) 06:13, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 06:48, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.
a (reference section): 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Notes[edit]

added memphis and colleg ref cats
"with the Memphis State College" remove the
- Done.
no college stats
- Doesn't seem to be any.
"by commissioner Pete Rozelle." The source doesn't say Pete brought him in
- Removed.
infobox says his officiating career ended in 76 but body says 77, the source in the body doesn't even say 1977 or 1976 that i can see
- Pro Football Archives has him serving through '76, added.

That's all I think. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 07:02, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9: BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:35, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

All points have been addressed. Passing the article. Nice work! WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 15:03, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]