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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 Yoninah (talk) 23:05, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that LaVon Mercer was homeless as a teenager, but later as a high school senior basketball player he averaged 38 points, 30 rebounds, and 12 blocked shots per game? Source: "he found himself homeless at the age of 16""superstar who averaged 37.6 points, 30.1 rebounds, and 12 blocked shots this past season."
  • ALT1:... that LaVon Mercer was homeless as a teenager, but later playing basketball for the University of Georgia Bulldogs became the school's all-time career-leader in blocks and field-goal percentage? Source: "he found himself homeless at the age of 16""Individual Records .. Field Goal Percentage Career .602 Lavon Mercer"
  • ALT2:... that LaVon Mercer, who was homeless as a teenager, later served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years, played 14 years in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and was its 1980-81 season MVP? Source: "he found himself homeless at the age of 16""he became an Israeli citizen, serving in the Israeli Army for two years""Israeli Basketball Premier League Records; Lavon Mercer .. Years Pro:14 ... Season MVP: 1 פעמים (1980-81"

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Littlest Angel
• Comment: Posting this per request at DYK talk as IPs apparently can't nom. They have committed to checking the review at least every few days since we can't ping them.

5x expanded by 2604:2000:E010:1100:B50C:B066:E244:2AEB (talk). Nominated by Valereee (talk) at 16:17, 13 December 2020 (UTC).

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: A real Cinderella story. I think ALT2 is the best, but all of them are fine to me. I guess you don't need an account to write kickass copy! jp×g 04:17, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

dob

Hey, Rikster2, dob for blp needs widespread coverage in RS —valereee (talk) 20:51, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

I sourced it from a broadly available basketball register. Professional athlete birthdates are typically widely published. Is there a concern from the subject? Otherwise, don’t see why this would be treated differently than other pro athletes. Rikster2 (talk) 21:17, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Rikster2, yes, I'm aware pro athletes' dob are often widely published. We need multiple sources for it, per WP:DOB. It doesn't matter if the subject hasn't objected. —valereee (talk) 21:53, 13 December 2020 (UTC)