Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Davis (cricketer, born 1971)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:39, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Mark Davis (cricketer, born 1971)

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... ~~that Mark Davis was the first person in English first-class cricket to be penalised five runs?~~

Reviewed: 2nd DYK nomination, so no review required.
Comment: Was 351 characters beforehand, now over 2000 characters (so more than 5x)

5x expanded by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:10, 2 July 2015 (UTC).

5x expansion/length checks. Hook is cited and source checks. Spot checks finds no signs of close paraphrasing. QPQ not needed as stated by nominator. Looks good to go. Freikorp (talk) 02:39, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Joseph2302, Yoninah Upon reading the single citation for this hook, it clearly states that Davis "almost became the first man to concede five runs in the English first-class game", and that in fact the umpire "ruled that the single scampered by Davis should be deducted from the score". The Rambling Man (talk) 12:10, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

I agree, seems like I misread the source. The hook could be changed to ALT1: ... that Mark Davis was almost the first person in English first-class cricket to be penalised five runs? Joseph2302 (talk) 14:18, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
ALT 2: ... that in 2002, Mark Davis and Robin Martin-Jenkins scored the highest eighth wicket partnership for Sussex in first-class cricket?
ALT 3: ... that in 2002, Mark Davis scored his maiden first-class century during a record partnership with Robin Martin-Jenkins?
ALT 4: ... ~~that Mark Davis played for Sussex from 2001 to 2005, and has been a club coach since 2005?~~

Added some ALT hooks, @Freikorp and The Rambling Man: what do you think about these? Also, corrected the article, which said he got a five run penalty (which he didn't). Joseph2302 (talk) 14:25, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Well spotted. Those hooks look fine to me, I think ALT1 and ALT2 are the most interesting. BTW I'm going away in a couple hours for a significant period of time and probably will not be able to reply to this conversation again. Freikorp (talk) 21:33, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

I have struck the original hook per the objection, and ALT4 because it's an inferior hook IMO. Any of the three remaining hooks would probably be okay, though I'm not that keen on ALT2. Gatoclass (talk) 12:32, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
Comment As a cricket lover, I'd suggest that ALT2 is the strongest claim, followed by ALT3. ALT1 is really really lame (sorry) and borderline unencyclopedic. --Dweller (talk) 08:26, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

NB I fixed a typo in ALT2 and suggest including this wikilink to help readers? --Dweller (talk) 08:30, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Added Joseph2302 (talk) 19:42, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Alt3 only Checked alt3. Expansion etc checked above. Length is fine. No image, neutral. No paraphrasing spotted. GTG Victuallers (talk) 16:36, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

I added a Wikilink to Sussex County Cricket Club#Highest partnership for each wicket in ALT3, hope nobody minds. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:39, 25 July 2015 (UTC)