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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 Yoninah (talk) 10:23, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

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2014 National League Wild Card Game

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Brandon Crawford

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self nominated at 22:43, 2 October 2014 (UTC).

  • Please don't use phrases like "proceeded to serve up" or "duly pitched", as it is not encyclopedic tone. I've corrected most of these mistakes. You can probably consolidate the sources, as some of them repeat others, but it's not necessary for DYK. (There's no reason to have both of the McNally-related references though.) I get a blank screen for the Haft source from MLB.com, so I'll assume good faith for that one. Text is sourced to reliable references. QPQ completed. Also note: if you choose a starting point for expansion different from contributions only you make, then you should also provide attribution for DYK credit for the other authors involved. Your chosen starting point has another four authors (plus one IP) who made some non-trivial contribution to the article. Otherwise, you can choose your first edit on October 2 as the starting point, which means the text is a bit more than 100 bytes short for the 5x expansion criteria. One sentence of moderate length should remedy that. Hooks are OK and sourced, but need some elaboration for an international audience - neither baseball nor MLB are mentioned. I've included ALT2 and ALT3 as alternates for the original hook as an example. These are fairly minor issues, and once resolved the DYK can be promoted. Mindmatrix 19:56, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
  • ALT2: ... that in the 2014 National League Wild Card Game, Brandon Crawford (pictured) hit the first Major League Baseball postseason grand slam by a shortstop?
  • ALT3: ... that in the 2014 National League Wild Card Game, Brandon Crawford (pictured) became the first shortstop to hit a grand slam in Major League Baseball postseason history?
  • I forgot to mention that the image has an adequate licence, is in the article, and is suitable for DYK. Mindmatrix 20:05, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
  • I disagree with your view of giving DYK attribution to those other four authors and IP. Per Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of the Bahamas, I discussed the issue of giving credit to the IP with Crisco, and he agreed with me that I did not have to, since I completed the bulk of the expansion, while the IP's contributions were negligible (and weren't used in the final 5× expansion version). —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:46, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
  • The IP editor added the statement that you're using for the hook. Yes, you did the bulk of the editing, but some of the text came from other contributors. As I've said, you can simply add 100 bytes of text - a short sentence, for sole credit. (You wrote 400 bytes in your objection above. It would have taken less effort to expand the article's text.) Suggestion: add mention of the last playoff appearance for each team, for which there are surely plenty of refs, and you're done. Mindmatrix 01:57, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
  • I just noticed your recent changes. Length criterion is satisfied. I will review the new additions. Mindmatrix 17:26, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Good to go for ALT2 or ALT3 at discretion of promoting editor. (ALT1 isn't as interesting, as it had been accomplished the night before by the KC Royals.) Assuming good faith for Haft reference, which I cannot view. New additions verified to sources (I replaced one mobile link ref). Mindmatrix 17:56, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
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