Template:Did you know nominations/Richie Leone


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The result was: promoted by Victuallers (talk) 19:04, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Richie Leone

 * ... that gridiron football punter Richie Leone was a semi-finalist for the Ray Guy Award three years in a row?
 * ALT 1: ... that Canadian football kicker Richie Leone broke a BC Lions team record in his rookie season when he scored a 56-yard field goal?


 * Comment: I just added an ALT 1 because a new and more interesting fact just emerged. I greatly prefer the ALT 1 to the original hook, since it's more catchy/interesting. If ALT 1 is selected, should receive co-author credit, as they added that fact to the article.
 * Reviewed: You've Got Time

Created by BU Rob13 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:47, 9 July 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, well referenced, neutrally written, no close paraphrasing seen. The ALT1 hook says he "kicked" the field goal, while the article says he "scored" the field goal. The source, however, says "kicked". Considering that you're using the word "kick" twice in the hook, would you like to say "scored" as in the article? QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 22:25, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I have no issue with that; feel free to copyedit my hooks without comment, by the way. So long as a major fact isn't removed, I won't care. I generally specify in the nomination if I'm especially attached to a turn of phrase or formulation of the hook. Thanks for the review! ~ RobTalk 22:40, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I just wasn't sure of the football terminology and wanted you to okay it. Thanks for amending the hook. ALT1 hook verified and cited inline. ALT1 good to go. I added User:TheMeaningofFun to the credits. Yoninah (talk) 22:52, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Perhaps the terminology might be different in Canadian football, but the coverage of American football in the U.S. would typically say the kicker "made" a field goal, or the team 'scored" on a field goal, but it wouldn't be common to say a kicker "scored" a field goal. Can  confirm if this is common usage in Canada?—Bagumba (talk) 23:22, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm actually an American with no knowledge of Canadian football outside of what I've learned researching articles. Don't even ask how I got into this; I have absolutely no idea. I've almost exclusively heard and read the wording "kicked a field goal" in my personal experience, so maybe we should remove the redundancy in the first part of the hook, not the second. The action makes his position evident, and if anyone misses the boat, there's links to his position in the article itself. ~ RobTalk 23:36, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ALT2: ... that Canadian football player Richie Leone broke a BC Lions team record in his rookie season when he kicked a 56-yard field goal?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg That works, and that's what it says in the source (The Vancouver Sun). Let's go with ALT2. Thanks, . Yoninah (talk) 23:48, 5 August 2015 (UTC)