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Pete Appleton

 * ... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton (pictured) had his best seasons after changing his surname from Jablonowski?
 * Reviewed: Tyler Thornburg

Created/expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 05:20, 20 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Length and date check out. Expansion started from 5,050 bytes on 17 June 2012 → now at 33,395 bytes (over 5x). Not sure about the hook, though. The connection between his name-change and "best seasons" is coincidental at best. I just added the actual ext. link to confirm it. How about the ALT1 hook (below).

ALT1:... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton (pictured) changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career? Poeticbent talk  18:24, 22 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't think the hook implies a cause and effect connection, but a couple of commentators have noted the coincidence, which I thought was an interesting hook. The alt doesn't work because he never did pursue the musical career. Cbl62 (talk) 18:30, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The cause and effect connection in the original hook seemed obvious to me. How about ALT2 with your own comment included in it?

ALT2:... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton (pictured) changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did? Poeticbent talk  18:53, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * There is one source that says changing his name may have been done in case he pursued a musical career. Other sources offer different reasons.  So I don't think alt 2 is accurate.  My preference remains the original hook, which I think should be fine. The language of the hook plainly denotes a temporal connection but not a cause and effect.  How/why do you think it suggests cause and effect?  Cbl62 (talk) 22:59, 22 June 2012 (UTC)


 * This hook has been lingering for almost 2 weeks since the last comment by the reviewer. I think it's fine and would appreciate a new reviewer giving it a look.  As I'll be on vacation next week, I'd like to get this wound up soon. Cbl62 (talk) 06:38, 3 July 2012 (UTC)


 * ALT2:... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton (pictured) changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did?

Basing this start over review on ALT2. --LauraHale (talk) 12:41, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg  Assuming article is at 5x now, expansion began 58 edits ago on June 17, 2012 Thus new enough and long enough at time of nomination.  image has an acceptable copyright tag.  Alt2 is properly formatted.  QPQ is done. Article is neutral enough.  (Short and choppy but my own work is too.)  Article is fully supported by inline citations.  Hooked fact is supported by article text and has an inline citation.
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Sources support cited text and were not plagiarised to write the article. --LauraHale (talk) 12:41, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

We are good to go with ALT2. --LauraHale (talk) 12:41, 5 July 2012 (UTC)