Template:Did you know nominations/Charlie Power (Canadian football)
- 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) 15:54, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
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Charlie Power (Canadian football)[edit]
... that Canadian football player Charlie Power played as a linebacker in high school, a wide receiver in college, and a fullback professionally?- ALT 1: ... that Canadian football player Charlie Power played as a linebacker in high school and a slotback in college, but was drafted as a fullback professionally?
- Reviewed: Exempt from QPQ; fourth credit (assuming previous noms are accepted and go to front page in order).
Created by BU Rob13 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:23, 28 June 2015 (UTC).
Article is new enough and long enough. The hook is short enough and interesting, but it appears not to be supported by the sources. The cited source here says he played as a "slotback" in college, not a "wide receiver". Also, the cited source here for the third prong says he played on special teams, not as a fullback. Other sources indicate he was also listed on the roster as a backup at fullback, but there is no source indicating he ever appeared in a regular season game as a fullback, as opposed to the special teams capacity. Accordingly, the hook cannot be approved as written. Further sourcing or an alt hook is needed. Cbl62 (talk) 02:54, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
@Cbl62: That wide receiver/slotback thing was a mental error on my part; I saw "receiver" in the article and wrote wide receiver for some reason. I've corrected that in the article, and proposed an ALT 1 with different wording that better fits sources (although it is very typical for a second halfback on the depth chart to take the field, and his one reception for 6 yards on the Stamps stats page would mean he lined up as such). Either way, I actually prefer the ALT 1 wording, I think. ~ RobTalk 03:16, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
The alt 1 hook works: short enough, interesting enough, supported by in-line citations. Article is new enough, long enough, and appropriately cited. Spot-checking reveals no instances of copyright violation, plagiarism or unduly close paraphrasing. No QPQ required, as this is the nominator's fourth DYK. Cbl62 (talk) 10:31, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
