Template:Did you know nominations/Johnny Dee (basketball)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:39, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Johnny Dee (basketball)[edit]

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Johnny Dee

... that basketball player Johnny Dee has silently recited Bible verses while shooting free throws to help himself focus? Source: San Diego guard Johnny Dee and the art of the free throw
- ALT1:... that despite joining the University of San Diego as a walk-on basketball player, Johnny Dee became the program's all-time leading scorer? Source: USD star on cusp of history, USD Career Records
- ALT2:... that basketball player Johnny Dee played through a knee injury for most of a season and still led NCAA Division I in free throw shooting percentage? Source: Dee focuses on wins, USD star on cusp of history

Reviewed: Puisand Lai

Created by Editorofthewiki (talk). Nominated by Runningibis (talk) at 22:39, 6 September 2018 (UTC).

New enough when nominated, long enough, meets policies. QPQ is done. Image complies with rules. My favorite is ALT2 because it really is hook-y, an athlete leading the league despite an injury! The sourcing for it requires a careful reading to make the connection because of the flowery prose in the sources, but it is verifiable from them. The "Dee focuses on wins" article mentions he played most of his junior year with a knee injury, and "star on the cusp of history" article obliquely references he was a senior when it was written in 2014 (it never outright says it, weirdly enough, but is obvious from prose like "In four years at Alcala Park, Dee has started all but one game."), and that the year before, when he would have been a junior, led the league in shooting percentage. So it is definitely verifiable. ALT1 is supported by sources. The main hook is slightly problematic, he recites a bible verse, Philippians 4:13, and he silently recited it which is an important distinction since, based on the hook, I thought he recited it out loud (as is typical of recitation). So I would say good to go on ALT1 or ALT2 (my preference is 2), and avoid ALT0 without edits to it. It should be noted that the nominator is also a creator, both Editorofthewiki and Runningibis worked on the article in draft space before it was moved to mainspace, so I think both should get credit as creators. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 05:33, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@Wugapodes: Original hook has been edited. Runningibis (talk) 10:54, 14 September 2018 (UTC)