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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 11:51, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Kick (association football)[edit]

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... that 265 million people kick a football (pictured) in association football matches every year?

Reviewed: Double-A (baseball)

Created by EvangelineLily (talk), EoRdE6 (talk), Steel1943 (talk), and The C of E (talk). Nominated by The C of E (talk) at 11:08, 24 March 2015 (UTC).

@The C of E, EvangelineLily, EoRdE6, and Steel1943: A few issues here, but first: QPQ is fine, as is article length and such. Here are my concerns: according to the source, 265 million people are playing football annually, but to infer that all of them kick it is, well, an inference, as is the issue that if we are purely going for people whose foot contacts a ball, that number is going to be different, as people likely do it outside of the context of "playing" the game. We need some clarification here (also, 265 million is the number in the source, not 260). I will AGF on a lack of close paraphrasing in off-line sources, insofar as I found no issues in a cursory review of online sources. Go Phightins! 19:37, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

@Go Phightins!: I have changed the source and hook. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 20:51, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Although the article itself still needs some work, it meets all requirements for DYK at this time, and the adjusted hook is duly approved: the article is new enough, long enough, there is a proper QPQ, the hook is sourced, and I find no evidence of close paraphrasing.