- 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 Allen3 talk 14:12, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
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Lemar Durant
edit... that gridiron football player Lemar Durant broke both the single-game conference record for touchdowns and season conference record for catches in his first year with the Simon Fraser Clan?
Created by BU Rob13 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:21, 27 July 2015 (UTC).
Article reads well, is properly sourced. QPQ Done. Right size and age. The hook is hooky but, unless I'm reading the sources wrong, incorrect. The article says he tied the record, not that he beat it. Apologies if I'm mistaken, I don't really get how gridiron football works. Brustopher (talk) 20:24, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- @Brustopher: You're correct. I think when I went to write this hook I was trying to reduce redundant phrasing and cut down too much. It's tricky to find a word that means both "tied a record" and "broke a record". I think it's accurate to say that he set both records, as that doesn't imply he surpassed the previous record. Would you consider this to be accurate? ~ RobTalk 20:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that gridiron football player Lemar Durant achieved both the single-game conference record for touchdowns and season conference record for catches in his first year with the Simon Fraser Clan?
- @BU Rob13: Can "set" be changed to "achieved?" Setting a record still has the implication of being the first person to do it in my mind. Thanks. Brustopher (talk) 20:35, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- @Brustopher: I'm not a huge fan of the wording, but I also doubt we can come up with better without using two verbs. Let's go with that. ~ RobTalk 20:50, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- @BU Rob13: Good to go then.
Brustopher (talk) 20:52, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- @BU Rob13: Good to go then.
- @Brustopher: I'm not a huge fan of the wording, but I also doubt we can come up with better without using two verbs. Let's go with that. ~ RobTalk 20:50, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- @BU Rob13: Can "set" be changed to "achieved?" Setting a record still has the implication of being the first person to do it in my mind. Thanks. Brustopher (talk) 20:35, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
