Talk:Paul Chadick

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 12:21, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

(

• Comment or view
• Article history

)

• ... that Paul Chadick performed so well in the Delaware River Basketball League that a sportswriter said it would benefit the league if he retired? Source: Rinard, Dick (February 23, 1943). "Calling the Turn". The Morning News. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com. "His play brought the following comment in the column of Bill Burk, Chester Times sports editor: "We have known it for a long time and so have most of you fans but we think it might be a good time to put it down in black and white: Paul Chadick is too good for the Delri League and is the main reason why Sun Ship has made shambles of competition by winning 23 of 24 games in two years of play. There are no players in the league who can match Chadick in all around ability, condition and competitive spirit ... It would benefit the league if Chadick was to retire."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kuappi

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:45, 22 June 2022 (UTC).

• This was fascinating! New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact checks out, and the article is richly cited. I especially appreciate the attention to detail on the newspaper citations though I caught one that needed some TLC (the pre-2011 name for the Tampa Bay Times isn't in newspapers.com for some reason). Good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:13, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
• that needed some TLC you rang? :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 12:07, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

GA Review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

---

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

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 02:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 15:38, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

• Expand the lead. It's too short for how much content there is.
  • Expanded.
• Added cat American Basketball League (1925–1955) players. I know he's already in Wilmington Blue Bombers players but that's not the only ABL team he played for.
• "Regarded as one of Delaware's greatest basketball players" Source?
  • I think I was basing it off of him being considered one of the best ever to come from Wilmington and Wilmington being Delaware's largest city, which I realize is probably original research. I changed the lead to say that he was considered one of Wilmington's best.
    • Isn't that still original research? There are 20 players in the Wilmington category. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:38, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
      • I was going off of the two quotes from The News Journal in the article, on him being the best player ever developed in Wilmington and one of the great home-grown players in Wilmington history – thoughts?
• Change "Early life and education" to "Early life and college". Sorry, I know you used to write it like that but it lines up better with the standardized "college career" headings.
  • Done.
• Add full name with ref in body.
  • Done.
• "at the local Boy's Club" Is there a link for boy's club? Not sure it should be capitilized.
  • Not sure of a link. The news article had it capitalized so I'd lean towards that, unless you think otherwise?
• "say any thing about it." anything
  • Done.
• "He made the starting lineup" Link starting lineup or something.
  • Done.
• No link for New York State League?
  • League does not have an article.
• The infobox says he was an ABL champion in 1942 but the body says he wasn't on the team? There is a navbox as well.
  • Not sure if he was considered champion because he had played a portion of the season with them? The template has always had him on there. Thoughts?
• "returned to the Industrial Basketball League (IBL)" just put IBL.
  • Done.
• Shouldn't "Wilmington Y. M. C. A." be after Pusey and Jones in the infobox? Why does it only say 1942 and not 42-43?
  • Moved.
• "played with the Sun Ship team in the Delaware River Basketball League (Delri League)" Already abbreviated that earlier unless Delri League wasn't the common name?
  • Changed to just 'Delri League'.
• "In October 1943, Chadick tried out for the Wilmington Blue Bombers of the American Basketball League (ABL)" just put ABL.
  • Done.
• "By the end of 1943 he was" comma after 1943.
  • Done.
• Added cats: United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II, Sunbury Mercuries players
• "He served overseas for 14 months" change to "He had served overseas for 14 months"
  • Done.
• "Penn State League (PSL)" Penn State League also doesn't need to be abbreviated since PSL it not mentioned later in the article.
  • Done.
• "With Wilmington in the 1945–46 season, he appeared in a total of 17 games and scored 174 points" This should go before he signed with the Barons. It's not chronological right now.
  • Re-ordered.
• Why does the infobox just say "Wilmington Bombers" for some of the spans? It looks like Stats Crew and Pro Basketball Encyclopedia might have some more info but Stats Crew says "Blue Bombers" in 1943 and Pro Basketball Encyclopedia says "Bombers".
  • At some point they changed their name, but it is unclear precisely when. Which source do you think I should follow? FWIW, for 43-44, the championship template has 'Bombers'.
    • Actually, you know what the sources you cited in the article still say "Blue Bombers" for those years so let's just change the infobox to Blue Bombers for all three stints. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:47, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
      • Done.
• "166 field goals and 71 free throws" link free throw.
  • Done.
• "Chadick was signed by the Elizabeth Braves in November 1947" change to "Chadick was signed by the Elizabeth Braves of the ABL in November 1947"
  • Done.
• "subsequently signed with the Wilkes-Barre Barons" add "of the ABL".
  • Done.
• "Catholic Basketball League (CBL)" Remove CBL(62).
  • Done.
• "Eastern Basketball League (EBL)" remove EBL and link the league to Continental Basketball Association because Sunbury Mercuries is listed at List of Eastern Basketball Association seasons. Also, I went ahead and linked Sunbury Mercuries in the infobox and body, looks like it could be notable.
  • Done.
• "In the games he did play in" change to "In the games he did play in that season"
  • Done.
• "play and signed with the Lancaster Rockets" what league were they in?
  • Clarified.
• "His release was reported on December 1." change to "His release was later reported on December 1."
  • Done.
• "Butch Bailey, who played with Chadick on St. Paul's in 1940–41 and was at the time their coach" coach of who, St. John's?
  • Clarified.
    • Just to clarify, don't you mean he was the St. John's coach?
      • According to the source, he was St. Paul's coach (a team in the same league) – should I change anything?
• "In the CYO League, Chadick led St. John's to a third-place finish" change to "Chadick led St. John's to a third-place finish in the CYO League"
  • Changed.
• "played high school baseball at Salesianum" should that say "Salesianum School" or was just "Salesianum" the common name?
  • Changed.
• Where is his position of forward coming from? Stats Crew has forward/guard, not that that necessarily means anything.
  • As I don't remember where I got position from, I put in forward / guard per StatsCrew.
• Where is his height and weight coming from? Should be sourced.
  • Sourced.

I think that's everything. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 15:38, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

• @WikiOriginal-9: BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:31, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

  Ok, that's everything now. Amazing research, holy cow. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 01:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

  • I did a spot check of the sources and didn't find any more issues. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:45, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.