Template:Did you know nominations/Colt Lyerla

Colt Lyerla

 * ... that Hillsboro, Oregon, native Colt Lyerla played running back and linebacker in high school, but now plays at the tight end position for the Oregon Ducks football team?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/King George and Queen Mary Aboutmovies (talk) 06:08, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: Covers the high school positions covers tight end portion

Created/expanded by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 07:34, 16 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, no POV or close paraphrasing problems seen. However, I question the notability of the subject. Is one year in college football, with largely Oregonian references, enough for WP:ATHLETE?
 * Also, the hook is rather dull. Does this work better:
 * ALT1: ... that a Colt plays for the Ducks? Yoninah (talk) 19:14, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The general consensus has largely been that if you think it does not meet notability guidelines, then take it to AfD. Then, per D5 we await the results of the AfD. As to ATHLETE, he would not pass (assuming the criteria has not changed in the last few years), but ATHLETE is a supplemental part of WP:BIO designed to include additional people. But, as BIO explains, if you pass the WP:GNG then you do not even make it to the ATHLETE discussion. Here, if you do a quick search for sources you will find a plethora of sources for someone who made a bunch of news in high school for his on the filed play, plus as a recruit. Then on the field this year he made a bunch of news for his late arrival to camp and his use as a running back. Are a lot of articles from the state's largest newspaper (and I believe top 25 in the US based on circulation), yes. Does that matter, no. While many years ago there was an attempt to make local sourcing some sort of rule, but it failed. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:08, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't think he meets GNG either. I opened the deletion discussion. Yoninah (talk) 09:25, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote4.png The deletion discussion closed as keep. Could another editor have a look at the suggested ALT and take care of passing this nomination? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:49, 24 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Long enough, new enough when nominated, amply referenced, well summarized (this non-fan of the game could just about follow), both parts of the original hook are supported in separate places (thanks for the tip-off above but I missed seeing it!), neutrally written and I found no overly close paraphrasing. Both hooks are supported but I prefer the original since I don't think the joke entirely justifies the lack of context (most of our readers won't think "American football" without a hint). I made one tweak in the article that you may want to re-tweak - I wasn't sure what "On the season" was meant to convey - and I made one grammatical tweak to the original hook. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:01, 1 November 2012 (UTC)