Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Alston (gridiron football)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:25, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Richard Alston (gridiron football)

 * ... that Canadian football player Richard Alston both gained and lost a starting role with the Edmonton Eskimos due to a dropped pass? Source: "Gaylor tossed to the sidelines: Eskimos receiver demoted from starter to scratch for Saturday's home opener, Alston to step in", "Right time to be perfect: Maciocia looks for consistency from Gaylor after five weeks on the bench"
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5x expanded by BU Rob13 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:44, 4 March 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg - Length, Date, QPQ, and Earwigs check. Offline ref accepted AGF.  Mifter (talk) 06:10, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I want to query you on one thing. Is it clear as written that the dropped pass that resulted in him gaining the starting role and the dropped pass that resulted in him losing the starting role are distinct? If not, do you have any suggestions for improved wording? ~ Rob 13 Talk 07:37, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Its not the most clear that its two separate events. We could reword to something like "Canadian football player Richard Alston first gained and then lost a starting role with the Edmonton Eskimos due to a pass being dropped?" or "Canadian football player Richard Alston gained his starting role with the Edmonton Eskimos due to Trevor Gaylor dropping a pass and lost it when he dropped a pass? or "Canadian football player Richard Alston both gained and lost a starting role with the Edmonton Eskimos due to dropped passes?".  Mifter (talk) 07:49, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Let's go with this:
 * ALT1: ... that Canadian football player Richard Alston both gained and lost a starting role with the Edmonton Eskimos due to dropped passes?
 * I was trying to squeeze in the fact that it was really a single badly-dropped pass that did each receiver in, but maybe best to just leave that out. ~ Rob 13 Talk 07:54, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg - ALT 1 is also approved. I agree that it may be difficult to adequately include considering the character limit.  Mifter (talk) 18:45, 5 March 2017 (UTC)