Talk:Ralph Smith (American football)
Latest comment: 1 year ago by PrimalMustelid in topic Did you know nomination
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 | A fact from Ralph Smith (American football) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
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 PrimalMustelid talk 10:35, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
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- ... that after Ralph "Catfish" Smith's eight year career in the National Football League he opened Skinny's? Source: McDowell, played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns and Atlanta Falcons. He operated a famous Mississippi-Louisiana line restaurant at Osyka, Skinney’s, for years after his retirement.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Solar eclipse of September 10, 1923
- Comment: Open to other hooks
Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Nominated by Lightburst (talk) at 20:18, 25 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ralph Smith (American football); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| QPQ: Done. |
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Article improved to Good Article status and passes earwig. Source is paywalled, but other citations in the article support otherwise. No close paraphrasing was found, and the hook is interesting, cited inline, and verified. QPQ done. Suggestion, perhaps specify the Skinny's is a restaurant in the hook. Nom good to go otherwise. Pseud 14 (talk) 22:56, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
- This doesn't seem like an interesting hook to me. I know plenty of NFL players who opened restaurants in their retirement, and Skinny's doesn't appear to be particularly notable. ––FormalDude (talk) 20:36, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
- Trying another hook after above concern @Pseud 14, FormalDude, and BeanieFan11:
- ALT1:... that American football player Ralph "Catfish" Smith was a two-way player in college and in the National Football League? At Ole Miss, Smith was a two-way end on Ole Miss varsity teams that won 29 games, lost 3 and tied one, and played in two Sugar Bowls... He played tight end and defensive end for three different teams in the NFL Lightburst (talk) 20:10, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
- I like that one, much more interesting. ––FormalDude (talk) 22:58, 3 November 2023 (UTC)