Talk:Harry Bolick

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 Bruxton (talk) 17:58, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that after being named head football coach at Erskine College, Harry Bolick had to get all the equipment and recruit all the players himself? Source: [1] and [2] - its no wonder they didn't win any games that year!
  • ALT1: ... that one sportswriter called football player Harry Bolick "just what every coach would like to have but seldom gets"? Source: The Greenville News
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pinto Bean (squirrel)
  • Comment: I prefer the first hook.

Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:54, 17 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Harry Bolick; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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: - Not done
Overall: @BeanieFan11: Good article. Just waiting on a QPQ Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:13, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

• @Onegreatjoke: Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Pinto Bean (squirrel) as a QPQ. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:10, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

QPQ has been provided. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:08, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11 and Onegreatjoke: ALT0 is interesting, however we are making an assumption with the hook and in our article by saying, "meaning he had to buy all the equipment and recruit all the players for his team". The references do not say this from what I have read. They just say he faced shortages and had to solve the problem of getting equipment. I think ALT0 needs to be modified. Bruxton (talk) 21:18, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

@Bruxton: Changed to "get all the equipment." BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:29, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Also, one more ALT hook I thought of in case there's issues with the others:

ALT2: ... that American football fullback Harry Bolick was described as being a more effective blocker than an iron fence? Source: Coach Walter Johnson couldn't have built an iron fence for better safeguard than Bolick

BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:33, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks @BeanieFan11: Bruxton (talk) 21:39, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

• Actually, after thinking about it, I think I like the iron fence hook more than that he had to get the equipment and players. So if its okay I'd prefer that be the one to get promoted. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:42, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt attention, to use a new hook we have to ping the reviewer @Onegreatjoke: Bruxton (talk) 22:01, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Better hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:13, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Harry Bolick/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 05:14, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (No original research): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Notes

• Added college boxers, boxing referees, pitchers, and Army cats
• Remove ref from lead. It's already in the article.
  • Done.
• "Southeastern A. A. U. tournament" link AAU perhaps
  • Done.
• Should Erskine baseball say 1946-47? The lake view one has a two year span and i thought he was only at lake view for one year
  • I changed the Lake View one.
• How do we know he coached football at Seneca and Ford?
  • Per this ref: "Jack Ross, former football player, will assume his duties as coach at Seneca High School next Monday, according to Superintendent J. N. Kellett. The 20-year-old ex-Marine succeeds Harry Bolick, former Presbyterian star, who has accepted the job as coach at Ford High School in Laurens."
• the infobox said he was all state in 1934 but I dont think i see that in the article?
  • Hmmm... you're right - it didn't say that in the article and I don't know how I found that initially, but I did a search and did find that to be correct so I added it in the prose.

That's all I think. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 05:39, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

• @WikiOriginal-9: BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:02, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
  • All points have been addressed. Passing the article. Nice work! WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 21:27, 20 October 2023 (UTC)