Talk:Larry Rivers (basketball)

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Did you know... that Gator Rivers dribbled a basketball around chairs and under tables in a closet when trying out for the Harlem Globetrotters?

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Did you know nomination

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 Lightburst (talk) 03:43, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Gator Rivers dribbled a basketball around chairs and under tables in a closet when trying out for the Harlem Globetrotters? Source: ABC News (Associated Press)
- ALT1: ... that Gator Rivers and other ex-Harlem Globetrotters campaigned to help children "Just Say No"? Source: Abilene Reporter-News
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Freshies (basketball)

Created by Cielquiparle (talk). Self-nominated at 03:57, 6 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Larry Rivers (basketball); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

The article is both new and long enough at 7823 characters. The article is neutral and has the correct inline citations. The QPQ is done. I much prefer ALT1 as it is interesting to me, and it cited and in the article. Earwig does not alert to copyright violations. Bruxton (talk) 03:29, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Agree ALT1 is better and am striking the other one so there is no confusion. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:39, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cielquiparle: Oops my mistake- I mistakenly identified the the wrong ALT - I actually checked out and liked ALT0. I just confirmed the other, and unstruck ALT0 so a prep builder can choose either. Both are interesting and in the article cited. Bruxton (talk) 15:09, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Kimikel (talk) 12:32, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Cielquiparle (talk · contribs) 06:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Kimikel (talk · contribs) 21:44, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Cielquiparle: please see my GA review below. Overall, this is a well-written article with just a few things to fix before GA. Please let me know if you have any issues with my suggestions below. Thank you! Kimikel (talk) 21:44, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the thoughtful and detailed review @Kimikel. I believe I've now addressed all your points below. The main challenge was the final section (as it seems the family deliberately withheld publishing further information about his children, for example), but I added a couple of facts from other articles and also changed the section heading. Cielquiparle (talk) 02:21, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cielquiparle: Firstly, thank you very much for your quick work on this. The bottom section now looks far better than before, great work. The one thing left is that my comments under the "Verifiable" section still apply to the article currently. Once that gets addressed, I can pass this article. Thank you. Kimikel (talk) 02:55, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kimikel I believe I've addressed those concerns now. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:38, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cielquiparle just went through and did a quick copyedit. The article is good to go. Thank you very much for the prompt responses, and congratulations! Kimikel (talk) 12:30, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well-written

Early life

"and lived with him" > and live with him

Education and early basketball career

"and set records" > what kind of records? school record, conference record, etc.
wikilink St. Joseph Gazette

Exhibition basketball career

put quotation marks around "Clown Prince"
"athletic team" > correct me if i'm wrong but i feel that "sports team" would sound better
"Rivers partnered with a..." > worth mentioning that the scholarship was with MWSC
"Curly Neal and Jerry "Lovebug" Venable and former" > Curly Neal, Jerry "Lovebug" Venable, and former
"1985–1986 starting lineup were unable to agree on a new contract with Harlem Globetrotter management" > 1985–1986 Harlem Globetrotters starting lineup were unable to agree on a new contract with management

Personal life and death

This section is a little anemic, perhaps consider adding some of the things people said about him after his death in this source [1]

Verifiable

His birthdate and birthplace are never sourced in the body of the article
Many of the newspapers in the references can be wikilinked but aren't (ie Akron Beacon, El Paso Herald-Post, etc.)

Spot check

9: Verified
24: Verified
28: Verified
17: Verified

Broad

Broad enough

Neutral

Neutral

Stable

No edit-warring or the like

Illustrated

Image is non-free; however, it meets the criteria for inclusion here

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