Template:Did you know nominations/St. Cecilia High School (New Jersey)


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 06:38, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

St. Cecilia High School (New Jersey)

 * ... that Vince Lombardi began his football coaching career at New Jersey's St. Cecilia High School, where he taught algebra, chemistry, physics and Latin, in addition to his coaching duties? Sources: "He began his coaching career at St. Cecilia High in Englewood, N. J., in 1938, then became an aide at Fordham and at West Point." and "But a coaching career was calling and in 1939 he joined the faculty at St. Cecelia High School in Englewood, N. J. For an annual salary or $1,700 he was an assistant football coach and a teacher of physics, chemistry, algebra and Latin."
 * ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
 * Reviewed: Clinafloxacin

Created by Alansohn (talk). Self-nominated at 15:42, 13 September 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New, in time, long enough, sourced, inline hook citation checks out, no apparent copyvios, QPQ done. --Usernameunique (talk) 15:13, 16 September 2017 (UTC)


 * [edit conflict while reviewing! first time that's happened to me ...] Symbol confirmed.svg Article creation date and DYK posting date okay. Article size makes it at 1756 B (281 words) readable prose size. Article is neutral, citing is good, no obvious copyvio's to me.  Hook at 193 characters is under limit; hook is neutral and sourced and interest is pretty good - most people don't think of Lombardi as a math and science guy.   No image to judge.  QPQ done.


 * That said, as a history of the school the article leaves a lot unsaid. What was the demographic mix of the school's students? How did it change over time? Why was the school closed? Were there any efforts made to keep it open, as sometimes happens when well-known parochial schools are on the list for closure? If you have a WP account at Newspapers.com, there are potentially hundreds of stories that mention the school. Also, an image would be nice and I think almost anything would qualify under historic purposes fair use grounds. And Category:Educational institutions established in 1866 should be added. But these improvements are all outside of DYK requirements, so this one is good to move forward. Wasted Time R (talk) 15:25, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
 * , these are all valid points and I hope to expand the article further and flesh out the details of the school. Alansohn (talk) 02:32, 17 September 2017 (UTC)