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Ripken (dog)

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... that the dog Ripken wears a GoPro on his back while retrieving used bats and tees at major sporting events? (Source)
- ALT1: ... that fans have booed off players who try to take the dog Ripken's job of retrieving used bats and tees at major sporting events? (Source) (Source)
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Created by Johnson524 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 20 past nominations.

Johnson524 11:34, 5 December 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - Concerns about the reliability and quality of sources used, especially for the hooks.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems: - Article is tagged as needing a copyedit, and I agree. It reads way too informally at points.

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - The Manual (misspelled as The Manuel) used for ALT0 seems to be a clickbait-like website run by Digital Trends, which I would disqualify as a reliable source. InspireMore (used for ALT1) also seems to have journalistic standards and an editorial staff, but is very low quality; surely there's better sources out there?
Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article need some work, especially in the sourcing department. ALT0 would be usable with some cleanup and a better source. Sounder Bruce 04:47, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Thank you for the review, and I'm sorry for submitting this article in such a poor state, I didn't realize how many things were wrong with it! I have removed The Manual source from the page, replaced the ALT0 source with a much better one from Golf Digest, and added a supporting source for ALT1. I'm really bad at copyediting, its something I wish I was better at, but I believe I've removed the worst of the informal wording from the page, so please feel free to tell me what other corrections I can do for the page. Thank you again, and cheers! Johnson524 18:51, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Johnson524: Went through and did a quick copyedit, but there are still major sourcing issues. Sounder Bruce 02:50, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
  - @SounderBruce: Thank you for the further copyediting! Can you clarify what you mean by major sourcing concerns? I've removed the InspireMore source if that's what you meant, but your concern sounded plural. Cheers! Johnson524 03:41, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
  - @SounderBruce: Pinging. Cheers! Johnson524 09:32, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
    - Mediahub (which is linked to a different organization) seems to be a less-reliable version of a student newspaper, so it should be removed. MyModernMet is a blog with very little editorial input, seeing as they just embed Instagram posts for the majority of the article's content. There's also quite a bit that is sourced directly from the owner's website, which really should be replaced as much as possible. Sounder Bruce 07:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)