Talk:MLS Cup 2021

A fact from MLS Cup 2021 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that today's MLS Cup 2021 will mark the seventh consecutive final to feature either the Portland Timbers or Seattle Sounders FC?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/MLS Cup 2021.

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Resources

Regular season format
Season previews: SB Nation, The Athletic, MLSsoccer: Portland
Match previews: Sands brothers, MLS Match Preview, Soccer Weekend, A to Z guide, Timbers Army, The Athletic
Live threads: The Guardian, The Athletic, The Oregonian, ESPN, Sporting News (Borg)
Recaps: The Guardian, BBC, The Athletic, Oregonian, Newsday, NY Times
- Other notes: Trophy inflatable

Did you know nomination

Latest comment: 2 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion

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 Gatoclass (talk) 06:41, 10 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that MLS Cup 2021 will mark the seventh consecutive final to feature either the Portland Timbers or Seattle Sounders FC? Source: MLSsoccer.com
- ALT1: ... that MLS Cup 2021 finalists Portland Timbers and New York City FC both finished fourth in their respective conference? Source: Sports Illustrated
- Reviewed: Did you know nominations/KOBF
- Comment: Would like this hook to run on the day of the final (December 11 at 12 Pacific / the late UTC slot) if possible. I may have to change the hooks if it has to run after that date.

Converted from a redirect by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 09:50, 7 December 2021 (UTC).Reply

Starting the review. Ktin (talk) 19:53, 8 December 2021 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Article meets eligibility criteria (newness / expansion and length). Article is well sourced and I do not see any issues with language. Earwig's copvio test shows no issues with copyvio. ALT0 and ALT1 are both sourced and are interesting. The verbiage / usage is marginally different in the article, but, meets the essence of the message. e.g. seventh consecutive time that either SEA or POR are western conference champions vs the hook stating final to feature. But, to be clear, I do not see an issue. QPQ done. Approving both hooks. Request to promoter to pick this up for a special occasion run as requested by the nominator. PS: I will be cheering for POR (WP:CASCADIA). Ktin (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

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