Template:Did you know nominations/Ricky Collins


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:26, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Ricky Collins

 * ... that Ricky Collins (pictured) temporarily walked away from football to care for his ill father?
 * ALT1:... that football player Ricky Collins (pictured) had to pay his way through college for a year?
 * ALT2:... that wide receiver Ricky Collins (pictured) earned NFL attention despite only playing one full year at the NCAA level?

Created by Fkbowen (talk). Self-nominated at 21:48, 2 February 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article is new enough (created last Wednesday), long enough (over 2,500 characters), and within general Wikipedia policy (it is neutral, reasonably well cited, and free of any copyright issues; note that there is one sensible single-sentence direct quote in this article). All three hooks are short enough, interesting, neutral, and accurately cited in the article. I think the main hook is the best choice, and that ALT2 is a solid second choice; ALT1 is probably too pedestrian for DYK. QPQ doesn't apply, and the image is freely licensed under the CC BY-2.0, is used in the article, and shows up well at small size; note that it is no longer available under a free license on Flickr, but because it was at the time it was ported to Wikimedia Commons and the fact that Creative Commons licenses are irrevocable, this is not an issue. All in all, I think that this nomination is good to go. Nice work, Fkbowen! Michael Barera (talk) 01:52, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Several paragraphs lack inline citations, per DYK rules. Yoninah (talk) 22:57, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Sorry about the oversight; the two paragraphs about Kilgore Junior College are now properly cited. The references were in the article, but had not been properly reused for the paragraphs in question. The only uncited paragraph at this point is the lede, which is perfectly permissible because it entirely references cited statements that appear later in the article. Again, sorry for my mistake. Michael Barera (talk) 00:15, 8 February 2016 (UTC)