Talk:Stan Robb

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Review: August 1, 2023. (Reviewed version).

This article was nominated for deletion on 27 January 2023. The result of the discussion was keep.

A fact from Stan Robb appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Stan Robb played professional football for the team coached by his brother?

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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 BorgQueen (talk) 00:19, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Robb in college

... that Stan Robb (pictured) played professional football for the team his brother coached? Source: played for '26 Canton Bulldogs - Harry Robb coached them that year -this verifies them as brothers - I could probably find a newspaper source if you prefer something other than PFR
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Robinson (martial artist)

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:43, 17 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Stan Robb; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Confirmed 5x expansion on an existing article within the standard DYK time frame. Article is well sourced via Newspapers.com citations, all paragraphs cited and nothing appearing to be uncited. Hook fact is interesting enough and cited inline in the text. Image is PD and good enough to use at that size. QPQ is not yet provided and I'm sure will come soon @BeanieFan11:. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:22, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Muboshgu: Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Robinson (martial artist) as a QPQ. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:22, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good to go. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 00:10, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Will review. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 00:10, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I really like the images; they are a nice way of illustrating an article. On hold; over to you! ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 17:15, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio check[edit]

Good to go. The newspaper extract from Canton Daily News is PD.

File(s)[edit]

All files are relevant and have a valid public domain rationale on Commoms.

Prose[edit]

The lead could be greatly expended; it should summarise some more in-depth aspects of his career.
In § Early life and education, I would lead with his full name as its his first mention in the body.
"Robb also attended for a time Mercersburg Academy." – should for a time not come after the Academy?
"Around 1917, he registered for World War I" – change to "Around 1917, he enlisted in World War I."
"with one newspaper writing" – in this context I would name the publication.
The last paragraph of the first section reads strangely to me. Could some elaboration perhaps be given on ""fame""?
"Robb had tackled a Hartford player, and Nichols" – is the comma necessary here?
"He registered for World War II in February 1942." – enlisted in like above.

Refs[edit]

Passes spotcheck on refs 5, 10, 15, 23 and 28. Was able to confirm 5 and 28 via Ancestry.com.

Others[edit]

Short description should go at the very top.
Recommend adding template:use X English if applicable.
@LunaEatsTuna: I believe I've addressed all of the issues; let me know if I missed anything or if there's anything else you'd like done. Thanks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:01, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, looks good! I really love what you did with the lead. Pass. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 23:13, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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