Template:Did you know nominations/Buster Hoover
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. 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 Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:27, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Buster Hoover[edit]
- ... that as a Major League Baseball rookie, Buster Hoover finished second in the league batting race before his team folded in August?
- Reviewed: Bone Regency
Created/expanded by PM800 (talk). Self nom at 20:24, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Five-fold expansion and date verified. Hook and article generally are supported by reliable sources. Spotchecking shows no evidence of copyvio/close paraphrase problems. Prose ok. Hook is catchy. There are some who suggest that the UA was not truly a major league, but most sources treat it as such. Also, some reliable sources (including baseball-reference.com) don't acknowledge Hoover's status as #2 batter, due to insufficient at bats, but the cited source does. On balance, ok. Cbl62 (talk) 20:49, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
- Promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:12, 2 September 2011 (UTC).
Returned to nomination page as the hook is incorrect. It was the Union Association that folded and the implied connection in the article between the team's performance and the league shutting down is not supported by the source. Yomanganitalk 09:47, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
- Well, you're wrong. Although the Union Association did end after one season, the source clearly states that the team was financially unsuccessful and that its season ended in August after only 67 games (not a full season). It is important for people to actually read the source before rejecting a hook. - PM800 (talk) 13:00, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
- True, I apologize; that snippet was above the fold. I agree that it is important for people to actually read the source before rejecting a hook. Luckily, nobody has rejected this one. The "before his team folded in August" part of the hook has no context though; it relies on the reader knowing that this isn't a full season. Perhaps, ALT1: ... that as a Major League Baseball rookie, Buster Hoover finished second in the league batting race even though his team did not complete the season? Yomanganitalk 13:23, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
- Well, you're wrong. Although the Union Association did end after one season, the source clearly states that the team was financially unsuccessful and that its season ended in August after only 67 games (not a full season). It is important for people to actually read the source before rejecting a hook. - PM800 (talk) 13:00, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
