Template:Did you know nominations/Callum Hendry

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:37, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Callum Hendry

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• ... that footballer Callum Hendry gave up playing for a year following the death of his mother in 2009? Source: The Herald

5x expanded by Kosack (talk). Self-nominated at 10:27, 21 December 2017 (UTC).

• Reviewed: Yang Yuanyuan

• New, in time, long enough, sourced, inline hook citation checks out, no apparent copyvios, QPQ done. --Usernameunique (talk) 08:54, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

• Sorry, but I don't understand what's hooky about this hook. Yoninah (talk) 20:29, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: A footballer who simply stopped playing for a whole year and still went on to turn professional. Far from the norm in the modern age where players live the game day in, day out from very young ages and most don't make the grade. Kosack (talk) 20:45, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

• OK, but the hook doesn't say anything about him going on to turn professional. For a non-football fan who's never heard of him, the hook needs to say a little more. Yoninah (talk) 20:50, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: perhaps ALT1: ...that before turning professional, footballer Callum Hendry gave up playing for a year following the death of his mother in 2009?
• @Kosack: OK. But is it important to mention the year? There's an 8-year gap between his mother's death and his turning professional, much more than implied by "before". Yoninah (talk) 21:16, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

• No, the year can certainly be taken out if it's unnecessary. Kosack (talk) 21:25, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

• OK, thanks. ALT1 hook refs verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Usernameunique. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:35, 13 January 2018 (UTC)