Talk:Billy Garrett Jr.
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![]() | A fact from Billy Garrett Jr. appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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[edit]- 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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:29, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
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- ... that the only NBA player with sickle cell disease nearly died of the affliction on a flight to a game? Source: https://www.si.com/college/2014/03/06/depaul-blue-demons-billy-garret-jr-sickle-cell-disease
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Otto H. Kahn House
- Comment: 2nd of 2 QPQs for this nomination
5x expanded by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self-nominated at 17:16, 27 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Billy Garrett Jr.; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- DYK check bears out for 5x expansion and is long enough for DYK
- Article appears well-sourced, neutral, BLP-compliant and copyvio appears unlikely
- Hook is formatted well and definitely counts as interesting
- The source is generally compliant. I understand given how reporting works it doesn't literally say within it that he "nearly died", but given the severity of the situation the subject experienced according to the source I'm happy to use that wording.
- I have a bit of concern over the use of the "only NBA player" moniker however. Given the source is from 2014 this is before his NBA career, and recognises him as
by all guesses the nation's only college basketball player with sickle cell disease
. Either the wording needs some tweaking or a second source is required that lists him as the NBA's only player with sickle cell disease.
- I have a bit of concern over the use of the "only NBA player" moniker however. Given the source is from 2014 this is before his NBA career, and recognises him as
- All images provided meet the licensing and size requirements and are used within the article.
- QPQ has been done
Once the wording issue has been resolved this is good to go! Sims2aholic8 (talk) 13:31, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- User:Sims2aholic8, what about source 80?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:44, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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