Talk:Kader Nouni

A fact from Kader Nouni appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the "Barry White of tennis" is a French chair umpire?

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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 Cielquiparle (talk) 15:41, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the "Barry White of tennis" is a French chair umpire? Source: Nickname attested in many sources, as early as 2016
- ALT0a: ... that there is a "Barry White of tennis"? Source: Ibid.
- ALT0b: ... that the umpire Kader Nouni is known as the "Barry White of tennis"? Source: Ibid.
- ALT1: ... that Kader Nouni has "the best voice in tennis"? Source: "With his smoky tones, he's been praised for having the best voice in tennis" link
- ALT2: ... that John McEnroe joked that Kader Nouni's voice is "an argument for smoking cigarettes"? Source: "Even former tennis great John McEnroe conceded Nouni had a 'great voice', joking that 'he's an argument for smoking cigarettes if you're an umpire'" link
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2023 London Marathon

Created by Hameltion (talk). Self-nominated at 02:10, 18 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Kader Nouni; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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: Just know that I legit searched for Nouni on YouTube (and got amazed by him) as soon as I read this hook, so that alone guarantees you a green tick. But jokes aside, this looks like a great introduction to a very interesting topic, although it might be considered as a "niche" one; I'd prefer one between ALT0, ALT0a and ALT0b hooks. Plus, every parameter looks good, including your QPQ review. On a side note, I just wanted to notice that this article does feature a suitable picture: did you choose to keep it out on purpose? But anyway, thank you for this nomination: you genuinely made my day! Oltrepier (talk) 16:11, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Oltrepier: Thanks for the review! Yeah, I chose not to include the picture because he's kind of covering his face, and none of the other options are super high quality either. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 20:52, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hameltion: I think this pic might have been good enough, to be honest... But anyway, thank you for clarifying it, and congratulations! Oltrepier (talk) 20:56, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]