Talk:Tacks Latimer

A fact from Tacks Latimer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that former baseball player Tacks Latimer was sentenced to life imprisonment for second-degree murder, but was pardoned for his heroism in stopping a prison break?

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 20:45, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Tacks Latimer

... that baseball player Tacks Latimer (pictured) was convicted of second-degree murder and pardoned for assisting guards during a prison break?
- ALT1: ... that baseball player Tacks Latimer (pictured) was convicted of second-degree murder and pardoned for his heroism in stopping a prison break?
- ALT2: ... that baseball player Tacks Latimer (pictured) was convicted of second-degree murder and given a shotgun to assist guards in stopping a prison break?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Where Are You, Dear General?
Comment: That's a baseball uniform, not a prison uniform in the photo.

5x expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 17:39, 30 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Comment (not a review, am a DYK newbie): Seems a really interesting article and excellent hooks. I was just a little confused by the use of "and". Wondering if this could be reworded slightly e.g. "... was convicted of second-degree murder but later pardoned for assisting guards during a prison break"? Otherwise it sounds like the conviction and pardon (or the conviction and the assisting of the guards) happens at the same time. Could just be me. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:26, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Chocmilk03, thanks for your comment. I am not at all wedded to any specific hook wording and am open to any word smithing. I just thought of ALT3. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:14, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

- ALT3: ... that Tacks Latimer (pictured) was sentenced to life imprisonment for second-degree murder, but was pardoned for his heroism in stopping a prison break?

Looks good to me. I am going to give this review thing a go:

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks great to me. Article length, content and citations all fit the requirements. The hooks are well-cited (reliable sources I can access) and interesting; ALT3 would be my preference because I think the wording is clearer. Earwig flags a potential copyvio but on inspection that is a website that copies from Wikipedia rather than the other way around (and no other issues identified). As noted, I am a DYK newbie but I think this is a very clear approval. Chocmilk03 (talk) 17:28, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Chocmilk03, thanks for the review, and welcome to DYK! – Muboshgu (talk) 18:43, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]