Template:Did you know nominations/Rogue Fitness


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The result was: rejected by Jauerbackdude?/dude. 12:23, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Rogue Fitness

 * ... that Rogue Fitness needed 15 semi-trucks to supply the equipment for the 2013 CrossFit Games?



Created by Jauerback (talk). Self-nominated at 20:35, 27 July 2016 (UTC).



Article is new enough, long enough, and there are no copyvio/plagiarism concerns. Article is neutral and contains adequate inline citations, however, a citation is needed after the last sentence of the second paragraph under the "Today" subheading. The hook is interesting and adequately cited. nominator does not need a QPQ. As soon as a citation is added for the aforementioned sentence, this will be all set as far as the DYK goes. Although, aesthetically I would decrease the size of the quote box to approximately 10% and left-align it. Alexislynn(BYU) (talk) 17:19, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Citation added. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:49, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Quote box is on the left down and down to 15%. Ten percent seemed a bit too narrow IMO. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:52, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Confirming Alexis Lynn's review in all aspects — there is now a citation, and the article does back up the claim. This should be good to go. Raymie (t • c) 02:07, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg This article seems to be based on primary sources and blogs. It is not clear that it meets WP:GNG. Yoninah (talk) 15:48, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You are correct in that there are both primary sources and blogs used for information, however the majority of the information (including the citation for the hook) is from The Box magazine, which is also publishes Oxygen magazine, Muscle and Performance, and Black Belt. There are also a few other newspapers used as well. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:00, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg I formatted the refs so I could get a better picture of the sources. In any other article, all these blog sites would be deleted as non-RS. Calling on a more experienced reviewer to take another look at this nomination. Yoninah (talk) 20:27, 15 August 2016 (UTC)


 * ALT0 fails the "interesting" requirement, IMO.  E Eng  18:33, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol delete vote.svg An article about a company has a high burden to meet, providing evidence about a company without advocating or being promotional. The tone of this article is not promotional, but of the 15 references provided, there are 3 outright primary sources (a pdf fact sheet, the Rogue Fitness website, a linked-in site); 2 more are reputable sites that print press releases from companies, so not independent (Business Wire and Bloomberg); 3 are blogs (2 from "John Koenig Stuff I Like" and one from Tim Huntleys "My athletic life"); and the reference cited for the DYK nomination (Box magazine) is an interview with the company's CEO, so not really from an independent perspective. Two more only mention Rogue Fitness in passing (Maui News, one mention and Men's Fitness, 2 sentences based on the Columbus Underground article). The remaining 3 articles discuss the site selection in Columbus for Rogue's new facility (Columbus Dispatch), tax incentives Columbus will provide for Rogue (Columbus Business First), and report update on building progress for the new facility (Columbus Underground). None of the sources provide analysis or discuss the company's successes AND failures or give any indication of the company's bottom line. It may be the case that this company is young enough and small enough that it hasn't garnered the attention of business analysts yet. The hook is ho-hum, as the number of diesel trucks required for that event is almost ordinary compared to musical concerts, which typically travel with huge road crews and lots of light show and sound equipment. Unfortunately, based on these sources, this article is not ready for prime time, and the hook simply can't overcome that problem. — Grand&#39;mere Eugene (talk) 10:24, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Understood. As the nominator, I'm rejecting and removing this DYK nomination. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 12:23, 23 September 2016 (UTC)