Template:Did you know nominations/Nicolas Roy

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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:21, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Nicolas Roy

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Roy with the Charlotte Checkers in 2019

... that first overall draft pick Nicolas Roy (pictured) refused to play in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League unless his rights were traded to a Quebec team? Nicolas Roy, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles standoff intensifies "Prior to the Quebec Major League Hockey League draft on June 8, it was made crystal-clear that the desire was for first overall pick Nicolas Roy to play in his native Quebec instead of crossing over to the league's other solitude to join the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles."
- ALT1:... that as a result of Nicolas Roy's (pictured) decision to not play for his draft team, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League made a rule change prior to 2014? QMJHL makes small changes to rules ahead of 2014-15 season, try to avoid another Roy fiasco

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sarah Fisher

5x expanded by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:35, 10 May 2020 (UTC).

The article was significantly expanded starting on May 10, but according to the DYK check tool it's not quite a 5x expansion. The article was 1241 characters before the expansion started, and is now 5631 characters. A true 5x expansion would be just over 6200 characters, leaving the current version 600 characters short. HickoryOughtShirt?4, is it feasible to squeeze another couple hundred characters in there?
Other than that, the expansion was recent enough and is at least 1,500 characters. It's policy-compliant and reliably sourced. On a spot check I don't see CV or paraphrasing issues.
The hook is formatted correctly and sufficiently interesting (my preference is the first one, his actions are a more interesting hook for him than the league's response). Hook fact is sourced. QPQ pending per the nominator's comments.
Included image is CC-licensed by way of Flickr and looks fine in miniature.
IMO once the length issue is sorted and the QPQ is done, this should be good to go. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:07, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick review Premeditated Chaos. I believe I have expanded the article enough to fit the 5x expansion criteria. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:42, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Beauty! I couldn't resist jumping on a Quebec-related DYK since my own DYK was about Quebecois food :) Length all looks fantastic, soon as your QPQ is done we're solid. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:09, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

I created crops of the two images in the article - File:Nicolas Roy (48038949278) (cropped).jpg and File:Nicolas Roy (48039013192) (cropped).jpg. I think one of those would "pop" better at 120px. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:07, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Premeditated Chaos, QPQ done. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:30, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Aaaaaaand we're off! ♠PMC♠ (talk) 19:31, 17 May 2020 (UTC)