Talk:Stan Mataele

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A fact from Stan Mataele appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Stan Mataele lied about his football experience but still became one of the top players in the state?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stan Mataele.

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Tongan

Should also be x-ref'd under Tongan Americans and Tongan players of American Football. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.2.133.119 (talk) 19:05, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:23, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 21:30, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:30, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Comments

He wanted to try out the sport, so he lied and said that he did play, although he said that the first day in practice, the coach "immediately knew I hadn't."
- What's your suggestion?
  - BeanieFan11 Haha sorry. Just a suggestion to split the sentence into two. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:20, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Gonzo fan2007: Done. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:13, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
What is NorCal?
- Northern California - changed.
NFLPA should be spelled out.
- Done.
Ref spot check: #4, 8, 11, 15, 16, 21

Looks good, putting on hold. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:57, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:55, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks good, passing. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:22, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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 PrimalMustelid talk 19:48, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Stan Mataele lied about having experience playing football so he could be on his college's team, and when found out, made the squad anyway and was all-state? Source: Arizona Republic
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Salty Parker
- Comment: Note that I might not have much time to do QPQs until around November 3/4, hopefully that's alright.

Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:07, 25 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Stan Mataele; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Recent expansion and promotion, no plagiarism, properly written. Hook interesting and verified on good sources. I am entirely incompetent when it comes to gridiron topics, but I do have a minor concern about whether Pro-Football-Reference.com (not used for the hook) is a WP:RS. QPQ also needs addressing. Dahn (talk) 19:48, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- BeanieFan11. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:05, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Dahn: QPQ added; also, note that Pro-Football-Reference.com has long been considered one of the most reliable references (pun intended) for football statistics and is used on over 30,000 articles. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:58, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Alright then, and yes, it appears that the reference I was inquiring about has a reliable publisher (which, unlike it being used in so many articles so far, actually qualifies it under WP:RS). Dahn (talk) 10:13, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]