Template:Did you know nominations/James van Riemsdyk

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 03:37, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

James van Riemsdyk

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James van Riemsdyk in 2011

... that James van Riemsdyk once scored a goal for the Philadelphia Flyers on a puck that bounced off of his face and into the net? Source: With just over four minutes left in the middle stanza at Madison Square Garden, Travis Konecny fired a shot that deflected off of New York defenseman K'Andre Miller's stick and then struck van Riemsdyk in the face. The puck ended up ricocheting into the net for a goal as the Flyers tied the game at 1–1.
- ALT1: ... that James van Riemsdyk scored the 20,000th goal in Toronto Maple Leafs history 100 years to the day of the franchise's first ever goal? Source: When James van Riemsdyk scored Dec. 19, 2017, he didn’t know it was the 20,000th goal since that opening game of the Toronto Arenas.

Reviewed: Satrio

Improved to Good Article status by GhostRiver (talk). Self-nominated at 04:33, 30 October 2021 (UTC).

Sorry, but I've never seen sentences starting with a lower case letter before, surely it should be "Van Riemsdyk" at the start of a sentence, not "van Riemsdyk"? Gatoclass (talk) 11:42, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Seems like some people have expressed this preference, but I can't find it in policy, only in talk pages like Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters/Archive_20#Surnames beginning with non-capitalized letters. This probably should be capitalized if the lead section is any indication. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:44, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Not sure it's covered by MOS but "van" here is a tussenvoegsel and should be capitalised if no other name precedes it (James van Reimsdyk, Mr J van Reimsdyk, but Van Reimsdyk or Mr Van Reimsdyk, for example). It shouldn't appear in lower case at the start of a sentence. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 22:57, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Full review needed. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:44, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
- Article is new enough (GA promoted on October 30), definitely long enough, neutrally written, and well sourced. No issues detected by Earwig. Both hooks are interesting and verified to given sources which are cited in the article. For DYK purposes, consider duplicating ref #93 at the end of the hook sentence (like "... deflected off of his face into the net.^[93]" Strong preference for the first hook (puck bouncing off his face). QPQ done. Image is compatibly licensed and clear at 100px, but it is not used in the article, which is required. DanCherek (talk) 04:42, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
  - DanCherek I have added the reference accordingly and have moved the images around so that the one in the DYK is the header image and the one that was in the infobox is in the body. I have also capitalized "Van" any time it starts a sentence, even though I think that policy is silly because it's not actually his name. — Ghost River 17:17, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
    - Thanks, this is good to go! DanCherek (talk) 19:41, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P6 without image