A fact from Riddick Parker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Riddick Parker increased his weight by 26 pounds (12 kg) because he was regarded as "small" for a defensive end, at 274 pounds (124 kg)?
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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.
Not a review, just a suggestion. This would be a lot hookier IMO if it were made clear that Parker was already huge when he was considered "small". How about "alt1 ... that American footballdefensive endRiddick Parker increased his weight by 26 pounds (12 kg) because he was regarded as "small" at 274 pounds (124 kg)? Cbl62 (talk) 22:35, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, that would be more interesting. I've tweaked it slightly to reduce MOS:SEAOFBLUE and MOS:OVERLINK:
Overall: Created a day before nom, agree ITN appearance is fine; long enough; each paragraph/direct quote is cited appropriately. Article is well-written and no copyvio concerns picked up by Earwig. Sources good (lol at a 274-pound man being "undersized"). Hook also good and interesting. ALT1a is good to go. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 23:48, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Created a day before nom, agree ITN appearance is fine; long enough; each paragraph/direct quote is cited appropriately. Article is well-written and no copyvio concerns picked up by Earwig. Sources good (lol at a 274-pound man being "undersized"). Hook also good and interesting. ALT1a is good to go. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 23:48, 28 August 2022 (UTC)