Template:Did you know nominations/Ryan Boldt (baseball)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:18, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Ryan Boldt (baseball)

 * ... that left-handed baseball player Ryan Boldt taught himself to throw with his right arm at the age of 10 after having surgeries on his left arm?


 * Reviewed: IOU Template:Did you know nominations/Janie Thompson
 * Comment: Clunky hook, that was a first stab

Created by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 17:27, 16 April 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. QPQ needed. What do you think about this hook:
 * ALT1: ... that Ryan Boldt, who opted not to sign with the Boston Red Sox in 2013 in order to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, is ranked as one of the best prospects available in the 2016 MLB draft? Yoninah (talk) 18:50, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Honestly ALT1 doesn't do it for me, since lots of players who want to go to college bypass signing after high school for just that reason, and then become top prospects by the time their college careers wrap up. QPQ forthcoming. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:55, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I forgot to do that QPQ until now. It's posted. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:18, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Did you check the QPQ for neutrality and close paraphrasing?
 * What would you like to do about the hook here? I only suggested an alt because you said the first hook was "clunky". Do you have another idea, or do you want to stick with ALT0? Yoninah (talk) 20:25, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I did. It's clean. I forgot to mention it, so I'll say so.
 * How's this? – Muboshgu (talk) 20:33, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that Ryan Boldt, who is naturally left-handed, taught himself to throw with his right arm at the age of 10 after having surgeries on his left arm?
 * Looks good. But the article only mentions one surgery, and there's no inline cite. Yoninah (talk) 20:37, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Good catch on the inline cite and the "surgery" issue. I put an inline citation after that sentence. He had further arm surgeries, as the article already mentions, but it was the first surgery that made him make the change, so the hook should reflect that. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:41, 19 May 2016 (UTC)


 * ALT3: ... that baseball player Ryan Boldt, who is naturally left-handed, taught himself to throw with his right arm after having surgery on his left arm at age 10?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks. I moved "at age 10" to modify "after having surgery", per the source. I also added "baseball player" as in ALT0 to identify him. ALT3 hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:09, 19 May 2016 (UTC)