Talk:Lou Almada

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A fact from Lou Almada appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Lou Almada brought his younger brother with him to spring training, the team gave his brother his job?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 15:20, 15 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Lou Almada in 1929

... that when Lou Almada (pictured) brought his younger brother with him to spring training, the team gave his brother his job? Source: Beisboleros: Latin Americans and Baseball in the Northwest, 1914–1937
- ALT1: ... that Lou Almada (pictured) earned the nickname "Ladies Day Louie" because he seemed to play better on Thursdays, when the team had a recurring ladies' night promotion? Source: Beisboleros: Latin Americans and Baseball in the Northwest, 1914–1937
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/National Democratic Redistricting Committee

Created by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 19:18, 3 January 2022 (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:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed:
Used in article:
Clear at 100px: - The picture isn't all that great, so maybe shouldn't be used.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: AGF on paywalled sources. I slightly prefer hook 2, although both are nice. AryKun (talk) 08:16, 7 January 2022 (UTC) ALT0 to T:DYK/P2 without imageReply

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