Talk:Jim Dillard (gridiron football)

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Date	Process	Result
December 22, 2023	Good article nominee	Not listed
October 30, 2024	Good article nominee	Listed
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 27, 2022. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Jim Dillard (pictured) declined an offer to play in the National Football League?
A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on July 25, 2022.
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Did you know nomination

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 Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:19, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Dillard in college

... that Jim Dillard (pictured) declined an offer to play in the National Football League? Source: "Dillard skipped the NFL to play eight years of Canadian football, a decision he doesn't regret." (NewsOK)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Johnson (wide receiver, born 1972)

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:54, 25 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Thoroughly expanded, well referenced, neutral, with no close paraphrasing. Hook is interesting and cited. Image is of good quality and appears to have an appropriate license. QPQ is done. 97198 (talk) 11:10, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Unsuccessful. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:14, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 16:16, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (No original research): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Notes

Added jersey numbers and drafts to infobox
Changed the NFL teams in the infobox to offseason/practice only
Added Players of Canadian football from Oklahoma and American football defensive backs cats
The infobox says he was a West all star in 1962 but he is not listed at 1962 CFL season and the StatsCrew ref says it was 1963. Also, this should be noted in the body of the article.
"Described as one of Oklahoma State's "all-time greats", source just says in the rushing category. So maybe change it to ""all-time great" runners.
"selected both in the NFL Draft (by the Baltimore Colts, 51st overall) and AFL Draft" add 1962 to both of those. I was going to suggest adding 1962 to the beginning of the sentence instead but the draft actually took place in Dec 1961.
"He was named an all-star selection in his first season with Ottawa" Change it to East all star or something like that
"his way to a third all-star selection" Suggest just changing it to say second East all star selection or something like that
Do you know when he signed with the Colts?
I suggest expanding his career stats totals somewhat. He did have 19 receiving TDs also.
What is the Tulsa Knights?
What's the Oil Bowl Hall of Fame?
Add his All Star selections to the lead.

That's all I think. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 16:19, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Closed with the nominator BeanieFan11's permission. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:14, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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GA comments

Copying from the GA review:

The infobox says he was a West all star in 1962 but he is not listed at 1962 CFL season and the StatsCrew ref says it was 1963. Also, this should be noted in the body of the article.
- Changed to '63 per source.
"Described as one of Oklahoma State's "all-time greats", source just says in the rushing category. So maybe change it to ""all-time great" runners.
- Done.
"selected both in the NFL Draft (by the Baltimore Colts, 51st overall) and AFL Draft" add 1962 to both of those. I was going to suggest adding 1962 to the beginning of the sentence instead but the draft actually took place in Dec 1961.
- Done.
"He was named an all-star selection in his first season with Ottawa" Change it to East all star or something like that
- Done.
"his way to a third all-star selection" Suggest just changing it to say second East all star selection or something like that
- Done.
Do you know when he signed with the Colts?
- Not sure. I see a lot of coverage on Newspapers.com about him being traded but not being signed. PFA doesn't have it on their transactions list.
I suggest expanding his career stats totals somewhat. He did have 19 receiving TDs also.
- Added a little.
What is the Tulsa Knights?
- Clarified.
What's the Oil Bowl Hall of Fame?
- Mentioned what the Oil Bowl is.
Add his All Star selections to the lead.
- Added.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:21, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9: BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Could you cite the jersey numbers. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:03, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and made some edits to the article myself. I guess you couldn't figure out what high school he went to? PFA doesn't have anything either. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:05, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@WikiOriginal-9: Found his high school and added. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:19, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work. That all looks good now. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:22, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 02:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 18:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

This is a follow-up on my previous review. All points have now been addressed. Passing the article. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did a spot check of sources in the first review and did not find any more issues. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:58, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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