Talk:2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team

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Did you know... that women's basketball Hall of Famers Chris Dailey and Geno Auriemma are in their 37th season of coaching the UConn Huskies together?

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Did you know nomination

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 17:45, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team's Hall of Famers Geno Auriemma and Chris Dailey are in their 37th season of coaching together? Source: "For me, it was Chris Dailey. And 37 years later, we're still together.", "He gave credit to his assistants too: associate head coach Chris Dailey, who has been with him since he started at UConn in 1985"

ALT0a: ...that the 2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team's Hall of Famers Chris Dailey and Geno Auriemma are in their 37th season of coaching together? Source: "For me, it was Chris Dailey. And 37 years later, we're still together.", "He gave credit to his assistants too: associate head coach Chris Dailey, who has been with him since he started at UConn in 1985"
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Comment: I'd like this hook to run on October 16, simultaneous to the school's all-student First Night activities to open their season. BusterD (talk) 15:16, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Created by BusterD (talk). Self-nominated at 22:05, 1 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - Prose in "roster" section is unsourced.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - I think "Hall of Famers" could be de-linked, so that we can avoid having two links next to each other.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new/long enough, Earwig doesn't have anything, just a minor sourcing issue and potential hook improvement. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 02:05, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the speedy review. I'll address these concerns in the next 24 hours. Appreciate your help! BusterD (talk) 02:23, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A passerby cleaned up my poor citation, I've added the appropriate cites, "Hall of Famers" has been delinked (I hate the colloquialism but like the sportzwriter impact). Would be open to a better phrased ALT if you suggest. BusterD (talk) 17:24, 7 October 2021 (UTC) Have asked for an extra set of eyes for another ALT. ~~Hold up before acceptance~~. BusterD (talk) 17:35, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've been asked to share some ALT suggestions—Obviously, there's not so much to work with, given that the season hasn't started, but I'll give it my best shot!

ALT1: ... that the assistant coach for the 2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, Chris Dailey, is one of only two assistant coaches to be inducted into the Hall of Fame?

I'll go off-script a little, and deviate from the coaches:

ALT2: ... that Evina Westbrook turned down a spot in the Women's National Basketball Association draft to play in the 2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team? do let me know if this one's inaccurate

ALT3: ... that the 2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team graduated no seniors at the end of last season?

Of these, my preference is for ALT2, although none are spectacular. And as a drive-by comment, "lady Huskies", unless that's a common name, seems kind of pejorative? I'd recommend that those words not be said in Wikipedia's voice at least. Thanks for the request! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 17:49, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Quite right on lady huskies; have changed. Your alt 2 might be my hook when I write Evina's page later this month. Your alt 1 might be my hook when I do a 5x expansion on CD's page in November. ~~I think I'll take my ALT0a.~~ (I wish to keep this hook content away from individual players and towards the team. If I could make this hook about the graduate assistants or the equipment managers I would.) Thanks for the look. BusterD (talk) 18:09, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough—good luck on the nom! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 18:18, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind attention. It appears this is ready for final review. BusterD (talk) 19:01, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BusterD: no pressure at all, but if you want to punchify ALT0 a bit, you could go with:

ALT0b: ... that women's basketball Hall of Famers Chris Dailey and Geno Auriemma are in their 37th season of coaching the UConn Huskies together?

totally up to you. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 21:02, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Going with hook ALT0b suggested above. BusterD (talk) 21:32, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PCN02WPS, i think it'd be up to you to finish up the review. no rush theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 22:32, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sources have been added so this one looks good to go. Giving the tick with preference for ALT0b per the nominator. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 06:23, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0b to T:DYK/P6