Talk:Derick Neikirk/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 01:13, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Overall this is a good article, though I do have a couple concerns:

• His official website was a geocities site?
• Ref #20 (title history) shows up as a deadlink, though it looks like that's due to a site reconstruction, so fixing the link should be somewhat easy.
• Any information on his transfer form baseball to wrestling (1999-2002)?
• I cleaned up the baseball section myself since that's my expertise.

I'll put the article on hold and pass it when the issues are fixed. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 01:13, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your patience. Yes, his old website was a Geocities site. He then bought his own domain name. I have replaced Reference 20; unfortunately, some information was removed, but the important facts are still sourced. I haven't been able to find anything about the transition years other than the fact that he was training to become a professional wrestler. Thanks for your help with the baseball section. Please let me know about anything else that needs some attention. Thanks, GaryColemanFan (talk) 17:22, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm still not a ban of the cube statistics, because they add nothing to the article. I'm not going to edit war over them though, so in spite of that the article passes. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 20:34, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

You know, Wizardman, when I added the stuff about his baseball career way back in December, I only added his batting stats. I haven’t got ’round to adding his fielding stats. Any suggestions on how to add them without making the whole baseball section overly long? While my primary interest in him was as a baseball player, I do not want to make the baseball section overly long since he is no longer of that world and had such a brief baseball career. Any ideas how to best combine both his fielding and batting stats without doubling the length of that section? Thanks! — SpikeToronto 05:33, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Hm, I'd say unless he was somewhat known in the minors for his fielding, don't worry about those stats. unlike possibly an infielder's, a catcher's fielding stats don't really add anything to our understanding of him. If you can find a bit on his rate of throwing base stealers out, that could be something. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 05:04, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice! I actually do remember finding some stats for his throwing out base stealers. I’ll track it down and add it sometime over the weekend. (If I forget, pester me about it!) I only wish I could find something about his segue into wrestling from baseball. I assume that part of the time gap was spent at a wrestling academy. But, I’d like to find something that discusses what drew him to wrestling, etc., but have found nothing. I’ve struck out! (Pun intended.) Thanks again! — SpikeToronto 23:41, 11 March 2010 (UTC)