Talk:Inman Jackson

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A fact from Inman Jackson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Inman Jackson played "as though he were born with a basketball in each hand"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Inman Jackson.

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 12:13, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.~~.. that Inman Jackson played basketball "as though he were born with a basketball in each hand"?~~

Source: The Minneapolis Journal

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Josef Peskoller
Comment: Realized I'm one day late; requesting an extension per Wikipedia:Did you know/Guidelines.

Created by BeanieFan11 (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 165 past nominations.

Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:01, 1 May 2024 (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: - Not done
Overall: Needs QPQ. I wonder also if hook can do without the "basketball" before the quote i.e. "that Inman Jackson played ~~basketball~~'as though..." —Bagumba (talk) 12:34, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bagumba: QPQ done. So: ALT1: ... that Inman Jackson played "as though he were born with a basketball in each hand"? BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:13, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1 approved.—Bagumba (talk) 07:03, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]