Talk:Reggie Brown (wide receiver, born 1970)

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A fact from Reggie Brown (wide receiver, born 1970) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that college football player Reggie Brown tore three knee ligaments but still made it to the NFL?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Reggie Brown (wide receiver, born 1970).

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@Spiderone: Figured you might be interested in seeing the outcome of the article, which was why I removed your speedy deletion tagging when it was a draft. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:55, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by JuniperChill talk 11:16, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that college football player Reggie Brown suffered an injury that causes "a lot of people [to] never even walk right again", but recovered in time for the next season and later made it to the NFL?

Source: Alabama Journal (regarding injury) & Pro Football Reference (regarding NFL)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WUEC

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 188 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:46, 15 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Comment: since this seems to be something of a medical claim, the hook should be attributing correctly (Brown paraphrasing his doctor), if it's run at all. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 10:56, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Pinging BeanieFan11 - did you see Leeky's comment? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 10:33, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sorry for missing it. @Theleekycauldron: So, something like this then? ALT1 ... that college football player Reggie Brown suffered an injury that his doctor said causes "a lot of people [to] never even walk right again", but recovered in time for the next season and later made it to the NFL? BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    - @BeanieFan11: His doctor didn't say it, Brown said his doctor said it. Which, if the doctor is alive, would arguably be an unreliable claim? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 18:35, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      - Are you saying that you think Brown or his doctor was incorrect? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:51, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        @BeanieFan11: No, I'm saying that Brown is not quoting his doctor verbatim. I'm also wondering whether we should be implying a broad medical claim based on what someone said their doctor said. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 17:15, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        it looks like the objection still stands; without action in over two weeks, I'm afraid I need to mark this for closure. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:19, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        @Theleekycauldron: Sorry, forgot to respond to this. What specifically do you think should be done to the hook to 'attribute' correctly? BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:34, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        My gut reaction to seeing was that we shouldn't run the quote at all for BLP reasons, although I don't fancy trawlling through that page to look for which bit applies. I suggest some variant of Alt1 " ... that college football player Reggie Brown tore three knee ligaments and still made it to the NFL? "--Laun chba ller 17:43, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        i'd be good with that hook :) full review needed. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 09:21, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Approving Alt1 only. Article is new enough, long enough, and within policy. No copyright violations detected. The alt1 hook fact is interesting, verifiable to the cited source, and has the support of multiple editors. The alt hook can be promoted.4meter4 (talk) 15:47, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]