Talk:Capital Classic (all-star game)

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Did you know... that after Michael Jordan was fired by the Washington Wizards, he wanted to move the Capital Classic from the Washington, D.C., area to New York?

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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 Cielquiparle (talk) 12:11, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that after Michael Jordan was fired by the Washington Wizards, he wanted to move the Capital Classic from the Washington, D.C. area to New York? Source: "After Jordan was fired from his front-office job with the Washington Wizards, he wanted to move the game to New York." (The Washington Post "Jordan's exit left Sports America President Bob Geoghan with a difficult decision: continue a successful relationship with Jordan Brand and run the game in New York, or continue to organize the Capital Classic in D.C. -- without Nike's sponsorship." (The Washington Post (ESPN
- ALT1: ... that McDonald's selected its inaugural All-American high school basketball team to play in the Capital Classic and not its McDonald's All-American Game? Source: "In 1977, McDonald's® selected the best high school basketball players in the country and named them to the first McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team. The Team competed in the Capital Classic Game...In 1978, McDonald's launched its own all-star high school game -- the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game..."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician)

Created by Bagumba (talk). Self-nominated at 08:48, 4 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Capital Classic (all-star game); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:29, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

New enough, long enough, neutral and sourced. No copyvios detected. Hooks are cited and are interesting. QPQ done. Looks good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:52, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]