Talk:Anthony Harrison

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Review: April 10, 2024. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Anthony Harrison appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that John Sterling, Anthony Harrison and Chuck Compton were all signed by the Green Bay Packers as replacement players because of a players' strike during the 1987 NFL season?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Sterling (American football).

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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 Lightburst (talk) 15:29, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that that John Sterling, Anthony Harrison and Chuck Compton were all signed by the Green Bay Packers as replacement players because of a players' strike during the 1987 NFL season?

Sources:

John Sterling: [1]
Anthony Harrison: [2]
Chuck Compton: [3]

Reviewed: (1) Ann Corcoran; (2) Holmium; (3) George Munday

5x expanded by Gonzo fan2007 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:03, 11 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/John Sterling (American football); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Another multi-article nomination, I see? I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:46, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Are you sure you don't want to expand four more replacements and add them here? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - Hahahahaha I said no more seven-parters... « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:59, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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:

I've reviewed each of the three articles and they all appear to pass the criteria. This nomination appears good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:53, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Anthony Harrison/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 22:48, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Harper J. Cole (talk · contribs) 19:22, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this one on. --Harper J. Cole (talk) 19:22, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Harrison played college football for Georgia Institute of Technology and He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology An inconsistency: "the" precedes the college's name the second time but not the first time.

Fixed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink "hitting .512" to Batting average (baseball).

Linked. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also wikilink senior and Sophomore.

Linked. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

After injuries to teammates, he became a starter during his freshman year. It looks like only one teammate was injured (cornerback Mike Travis). Another, Toby Lantz moved position to cover for him, leaving a gap at safety that Harrison filled.

Fixed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He was taken off the field by a stretcher and transported to the hospital, where he was cleared of any serious injuries. Maybe add that he was back playing the following week?

I'm not sure the source says that. What were you proposing? « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You could add that he was waived in preseason to make it clearer that he missed out on making the full squad.[4]

Added. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's also worth stating that he didn't keep his place in the squad when the strike ended. I couldn't find any sources stating that specifically, but here's one listing the sixteen replacement players who stayed on the roster, with Harrison not among them.[5]

Added. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

His rather common name makes it hard to search for sources, but I did find one more reference, to him returning to college and graduating after his career. Worth adding?[6]

Added. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Other than that, all looking good. Harper J. Cole (talk) 20:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think I have addressed/responded to everything Harper J. Cole. Thank you! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I think that looks good now. As you say, the source doesn't specifically mention him returning from the injury, and it's already established that he was in all three replacement games. I'll promote the article now. Harper J. Cole (talk) 23:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update?

I'm just curious as to whether we know anything about Harrison's life after his 1989 graduation. I know that each Wikipedia article subject has a different amount of source material to work with, but it seems like we have significant gaps here for a GA. In addition to the 35 years after his graduation, we have nothing for the years between his birth and his high school graduation. Since he is only 58, that means we have only covered a tiny portion of the man's life. Larry Hockett (Talk) 18:30, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]