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History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years

 * ... that Michigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years (Kipke pictured) included a four-year stretch in which the team won two national championships and had three undefeated seasons?
 * Reviewed: Eric King

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self nominated at 22:45, 14 March 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article is new enough, long enough, neutral (as far as I can tell), and has no close paraphrasing per Earwig @ Toolserver Copyvio Detector. The hook is under 200 characters, and AGF on the sources.  The image appears to be free (AGF).  However, there are some important issues:
 * Photo for the DYK needs to be moved to Commons.
 * Several refs (e.g. 13, 16, 26, and possibly others) link to Wikipedia articles. (The real sources appear to be offline, but the linking implies the citation is a Wikipedia article.)  Remove the links and provide more details so that people can figure out how to acquire these source materials.
 * Statements like: "The Kipke years were a time of feast or famine for the Wolverines," don't sound very encyclopedic to me. The lead could also use a good copyedit.
 * A few paragraphs, sentences, and lists are missing citations.
 * Review by the article's author is listed as "pending".
 * If these issues are fixed, everything should be good to go. – Maky  « talk » 03:58, 29 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Reply. (1)Not aware of requirement that a photo be from commons.  So long as it's public domain (which this is), I thought it was ok.  If not, please promote without the photo.  (2) My mistake.  Issue fixed.  (3) I share your concern with non-encyclopedic language which is common in sports articles.  That said, encyclopedic doesn't have to mean sterile.  I think "feast or famine" is a fair summary of the Kipke years -- 4 great seasons (including 2 national championships) followed by four horrible years.  If you have other suggestions for the lead, let me know.  I gave it another read-through and thought it was pretty solid.  (4) Article has 71 sources cited as in-line citations, but I'll add more this evening.  (5)  QPQ will be completed this evening. Cbl62 (talk) 01:36, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Cleanup tasks now completed. Cbl62 (talk) 01:58, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * BTW, sorry for the delay in responding to your comments. I was pulled away from Wikipedia by real life over the past couple weeks. Cbl62 (talk) 02:01, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Sorry for my own delays in revisiting this nomination. The edits have certainly improved the article, although I am still worried about WP:TONE with point #3.  However, this isn't a policy or guideline, so I think everything is good to go. –  Maky  « talk » 03:07, 10 April 2013 (UTC)