Talk:List of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl selections

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A fact from List of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl selections appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Barry Sanders was the first player to play at least ten seasons in the National Football League and be selected to the Pro Bowl in each year?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 21:39, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Barry Sanders was the first player to play at least 10 seasons in the National Football League and be selected to the Pro Bowl in each year? Source: Sports Illustrated]
- Reviewed: Not applicable (fourth nomination)

Created by Hey man im josh (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

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Hey man im josh (talk) 15:16, 6 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

As a lifelong Lions fan due to watching Barry play in my formative years, I'm happy to review this. The article is new enough, long enough, and well sourced. Tone is neutral, Earwig is clean, and a spot check showed no issues. QPQ not needed. The hook is interesting and well-sourced, but unless I'm missing it, it doesn't appear in the actual article. The prose mentions he shares the team record for selections, and an image caption mentions he was chosen every season he played, but there's nothing about being the first NFL player to play at least ten seasons and be selected each year. @Hey man im josh: if you'll just include the fact in the article's prose and cite the SI article this should be good to go. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 21:18, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well that's embarrassing. I guess I had so many revisions and write ups I somehow accidently left it out altogether!! I've made sure it's now included in the prose. Thanks @DrOrinScrivello. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, happens to the best of us! This is now ready for the Main Page. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 13:44, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Q on Notability

I’m not going to nominate this for AfD because i don’t really want this article deleted, but how does this article meet WP:LISTN? None of the sources seem to list all of the Lions pro bowlers as a group. -1ctinus📝🗨 19:31, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@1ctinus: Pro Bowlers by team is a topic that's very often discussed by the media and is often a contributing factor to a player's Hall of Fame chances. Perhaps I can do a better job at demonstrating it, but my biased view and recollection makes this seem like a fairly easy WP:LISTN pass to me. If the list can be better sourced I'm happy to work on that, but do you see the same issue with List of Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl selections out of curiosity? Hey man im josh (talk) 19:37, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]