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A fact from Matt Hicks (basketball) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 April 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that NIU dormitory residents cast 65,000 write-in votes to elect Matt Hicks to the 1977 Pizza Hut All-American game?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Matt Hicks (basketball).

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State recognition

Illinois Mr. Basketball did not start until 1981. I can't find AP All-state team media content. I don't know when these teams started.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:54, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 Bruxton (talk) 14:36, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that NIU dorm residents cast 65,000 write-in votes to elect Matt Hicks to the 1977 Pizza Hut All-American game? Source: https://www.proquest.com/docview/169561939
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Guslagie Malanda

Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self-nominated at 03:04, 2 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Matt Hicks (basketball); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @TonyTheTiger: Good article. AGF on sources since I can't access ProQuest. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:18, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:Onegreatjoke Please double-check. You should be able to access the sources.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Requesting another reviewer to check the sources and confirm whether ProQuest supports the relevant information, or to report back if they can't access it. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:32, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - I just checked and TWL access doesn't let you see this source, so it will have to be someone who has access via some other method. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:32, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    - What is TWL?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:24, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      - TWL = The Wikipedia Library. Flibirigit (talk) 22:33, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
        allowing an AGF pass – nominations shouldn't sit for a month over non-policy issues. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:23, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I like this for quirky, but if we found a better quirky hook, I am not opposed to moving it to another slot. Bruxton (talk) 14:35, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 05:41, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Will review tomorrow (2 August UTC). ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 05:41, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On hold; over to you! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 19:13, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work on the changes. Happy now to pass. Congrats on yet another short but sweet GA! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 02:16, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio check

Earwig gives no concerns.

Prose

Wikilink basketball in the lead as is standard for basketball player articles.
- I did not realize this was standard.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:32, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In § High school, recommend opening with his full name as it is his first mention in the body.
- O.K.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:33, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink 8th grade, basketball and varsity team for unfamiliar readers.
- You already asked me to link basketball above. Others linked.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:46, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"In 2007, the Chicago Sun-Times has dubbed" – remove has. Relatedly:
- Thx.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink West Aurora.
- Linked above.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:49, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Hicks (who went by the nickname Skip at that time)" – recommend "Hicks, who went by the nickname Skip at that time," instead to avoid a repetition of parentheses with the next sentence.
- OK-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:50, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
§ DePaul is missing details on the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team and when he transferred there. Also, DePaul should be wikilinked here as first mention in the body.
- Fixed. I think.--~
Wikilink Northern Illinois University.
- Linked above.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:52, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"All-American by Associated Press" – recommend the Associated Press.
- Thx.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:54, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The second paragraph in § Northern Illinois reads a lot like a sport statistics website instead of an encyclopaedic entry IMO. How about instead writing it like "all-time leader in career points with 1,513 scored, single-season points scored with 682, single-MAC conference game points with 42 against Kent State on March 7, 1977," etc.? The parentheses for the MAC player of the week sentence are fine.
- I'm kind of indifferent to that change.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:14, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fair enough. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 02:16, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Refs

Ref 14 appears to be a dead URL.

Passes spotcheck on refs 5, 13 and 16.

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