Template:Did you know nominations/Tony Akins (Canadian football)


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:49, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Tony Akins (Canadian football)

 * ... that Canadian football player Tony Akins returned two punts exactly 65 yards for touchdowns in 2000?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Central Acropolis, Tikal

Created by BU Rob13 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:47, 15 May 2016 (UTC).


 * The article is new, having been created three days ago. It is certainly long enough and complies with the policies on neutrality, sourcing and copyright. The hook is interesting and appears to be properly sourced to offline sources (AGF). QPQ has been met.
 * So I think this is ready, but I have a couple of questions for the author . The hook and relevant paragraph of the article both have the number 65. But I noticed that the stats at the bottom of the page has the number 67. Is this a typo, or perhaps he had a 67-yard run which wasn't a touchdown? Also, I noticed these were his only returning touchdowns for his entire career, not just the year 2000. Do you think incorporating that into the hook would be more interesting? AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 04:17, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The source that provided the stats table is unfortunately just that - a book that contains a series of stats tables on all players up to 2010. It has no contextual information, but I do know the statistics were compiled in partnership with the CFL head statistician, so these are the official statistics of record. I've double-checked and this is not a typo introduced by me, so the remaining explanation would have to be either a 67-yard return that wasn't a touchdown or a typo from the author of my source. I was able to find no reference to such a return in searching the database of periodicals I had access to, but it would be WP:OR to conclude that a reliable source is incorrect. I think we have to yield to WP:VNT here. ~ RobTalk 04:25, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks for double checking Rob. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 04:29, 16 May 2016 (UTC)