Template:Did you know nominations/Korbin Forrister

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 06:06, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Korbin Forrister

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~~... that NASCAR driver Korbin Forrister ran a paint scheme supporting Donald Trump's presidential campaign, although the campaign was not sponsoring his team?~~

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
Comment: I'd prefer if this hook went live (at the soonest, if possible) on either February 19 (the start of the Camping World Truck Series season, which Forrister competes in) or February 21 (the date of the Daytona 500, the biggest NASCAR race of the year).

Created by ZappaOMati (talk). Self-nominated at 04:51, 14 February 2016 (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: 2279 characters (375 words), free of copyvio, good to go. Donnie Park (talk) 23:05, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

As has been pointed out at WT:DYK#Electioneering question, a hook mentioning Donald Trump's presidential campaign in the middle of primary season is problematic per DYK rules. Various alternate hooks are being suggested there; once a hook has been settled on, it should be brought back here for a formal review, and then, if approved, moved to the special occasion area. I have struck the problematic hook. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:18, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

It doesn't look like there's really much discussion otherwise, although I feel like this one's probably the best of the 2 hooks suggested: Zappa 24 Mati

ALT1: ~~... that after high school, Korbin Forrister was forced to choose between baseball and stock car racing?~~

Donnie Park, would you be able to return and review the ALT1 hook? If not, could someone else take a look? Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:22, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

I prefer the ALT1 hook better. Donnie Park (talk) 21:33, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Donnie Park, you may prefer ALT1, but you're also supposed to check that the facts in it are in the article and in the source supporting the statement in the article. The article says, He also played baseball while in high school, but decided to pursue a full-time racing career upon graduating. Nothing about being forced to choose; the article makes it sound like an ordinary choice. The source is a bit closer to the hook, in that it says that if he continued with baseball in college, he wouldn't have time for racing, and racing was what he wanted. But without "force" or its analogue in the article, the hook simply doesn't qualify. ZappaOMati, you'll have to adjust the article if you want to use the ALT1 hook, and maybe "had to" rather than "was forced to" would be more accurate. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:43, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset I just went with the hook suggested at the talk. I guess it could be reworded to: Zappa 24 Mati 02:16, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that during high school, Korbin Forrister competed in baseball and stock car racing, deciding to race full-time after graduating?

Apologies for being a bit lax in that approach but I'll go for ALT2 but see what do you think of ALT3. Donnie Park (talk) 02:27, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
ALT3: ... that after graduating from high school, Korbin Forrister chose full-time stock car racing over baseball?

Sounds fair enough. BlueMoonset, your thoughts? Zappa 24 Mati 04:59, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

I think either ALT2 or ALT3 could be used. I have struck ALT1. Rest of review per Donnie Park's February 14 review. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:03, 19 February 2016 (UTC)