Template:Did you know nominations/Bruce Dowbiggin

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:47, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Bruce Dowbiggin

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... that Canadian investigative journalist Bruce Dowbiggin won a Gemini Award for his work on National Hockey League pension fraud? Investigation into Eagleson and NHLPA pensions as per Houston & Shoalts (1993), p. 20, pp.174–175, Gemini award as per this source

Reviewed: Theodora Kroeber & Ishi in Two Worlds (1st of 2 credits)
Comment: The hook deliberately avoids mentioning Alan Eagleson for possible WP:BLP reasons.

Created by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) and Flibirigit (talk). Nominated by Flibirigit (talk) at 15:25, 18 March 2019 (UTC).

Moved to article namespace less than a week before nomination, and easily passes length requirement. I will assume good faith on the reference "Eagleson: The Fall of a Hockey Czar". There may be a BLP violation related to the statement "Dowbiggin later investigated the influence of money in sports, in relation to Olympic hopeful Tanya Dubnicoff" - was Dubnicoff involved in some scheme, or (as the source suggests) affected by others engaged in a scheme. As phrased in the article, it suggests she was involved; please clarify it. Everything else seems to be OK, and there do not appear to be copyvio or paraphrasing issues. QPQ is completed. Regarding the hook, the cited source does not mention NHL pensions, only the investigation of Alan Eagleson (as mentioned in the above comment) - given that Eagleson was implicated in various schemes involving the NHLPA, a ref with a more specific link (NHL pension investigation -> Gemini) needs to be added.
Overall, not much to do to get a pass. Mind matrix 14:36, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Comments acknowledged. I wasn't expecting a review so soon. I will try to get around to this on the weekend. I also invite HickoryOughtShirt?4 to comment. Thank you. Flibirigit (talk) 19:48, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

I have cleaned up the cited sources on the hook above, and in the article. The mention of Dubnicoff has been reworked. I will also add a couple new hooks tomorrow. Flibirigit (talk) 01:50, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Here are alternate hooks, the second proposed by HickoryOughtShirt?4. Also, I will have limited online access in the upcoming week. Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 14:47, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that Canadian investigative journalist Bruce Dowbiggin won a Gemini Award for his work on Alan Eagleson? Investigation into Eagleson and NHLPA pensions as per Houston & Shoalts (1993), p. 20, pp.174–175, Gemini award as per this source
ALT2: ... that two-time Gemini Award winner Bruce Dowbiggin, was one of the first editors of his university's student newspaper, The Medium? [1]

Good to go. I will assume good faith for referencing for the original hook (I cannot access the book mentioned in the source). BLP issue was addressed. My preference is the original hook then ALT1. (ALT2 is a bit too generic, as many successful journalists and editors were once editors at a university student newspaper.) Mind matrix 15:08, 24 March 2019 (UTC)