Template:Did you know nominations/Ball Ground, Georgia

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 14:12, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Ball Ground, Georgia

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• ... that Ball Ground, Georgia, got its name because the land was originally used by Native Americans to play stickball? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109841300/1885-account-of-origins/ Quote: "Ball Ground derives its name from the fact that at that place occurred annually the athletic contests of the Indians ...none was more enjoyed than the primitive 'ball' ..." That it was specifically "stick ball" is verified in https://web.archive.org/web/20211129225951/https://cherokeechamber.com/our-community/life-in-cherokee/communities/
  • ALT1: ... that the Cherokee that originally inhabited the land were formally invited back to Ball Ground, Georgia, in 1972 to play stickball, the game that the city derived its name from? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109978010/cherokee-return-to-ball-ground/
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Improved to Good Article status by Aoidh (talk). Self-nominated at 21:49, 12 October 2022 (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: @Aoidh: Great article. Though for hook one i'd propose ... that Ball Ground, Georgia was named what it is because the land was originally used by Native Americans to play stickball? or something like that because just saying "was named" seems like a grammar mistake. I'm not too sure though so i'm waiting on your approval. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:46, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: I was trying to figure out how best to word that so I'm more than open to suggestions. What about ..."that Ball Ground, Georgia was so named because the land..."? - Aoidh (talk) 22:49, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

@Aoidh: Maybe we could do ... that Ball Ground, Georgia got its name because the land... Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:52, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: That works for me, I've updated the first hook accordingly, thanks. - Aoidh (talk) 22:56, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

@Aoidh: Alright then, I approve the nomination. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC)