- 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 Vaticidalprophet talk 09:57, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
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Chet Winters
- ... that future NFL player Chet Winters spent all four of his collegiate seasons as a backup, his first to Billy Sims, second to David Overstreet, third to Buster Rhymes and fourth to Marcus Dupree? Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:50, 24 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Chet Winters; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
The expansion is new enough and long enough (going from 162 characters to 2,709) and the article looks to be in pretty good condition overall, as it is well-cited and well-formatted in general. The problem lies in the hook fact, as it doesn't look to be accurate. Current ref 10 states that Winters "started at right halfback much of [his] time for the Sooners", while ref 11 says he was a blocking back for the star running backs Oklahoma had. What these references appear to be saying is that he wasn't really a backup, but was instead a starter who just didn't receive a lot of rushing attempts himself. That will need to be fixed in the article, and we're going to need a different hook. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:29, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
- BeanieFan11. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:22, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
- Will try to work on this tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:15, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
- QPQ done; will work on the hook soon. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:59, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
- @Giants2008: Thinking how to word this... what about something like "... that for all of his years in college, future NFL running back Chet Winters had little chance to rush the ball due to a different player taking priority every year? BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:52, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- QPQ done; will work on the hook soon. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:59, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
- Will try to work on this tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:15, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
- BeanieFan11. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:22, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
Looks reasonable enough to me. Spot-checks I performed on several sources showed no issues, and the hook seems to fall within guidelines, so this should be good to go now. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:34, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
