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Good articleEvan Lysacek has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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March 12, 2007Good article nomineeListed
December 15, 2008Good article reassessmentKept
September 23, 2023Good article reassessmentKept
Current status: Good article

Untitled

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Something should be mentioned about Evan's skates at Nationals. His free skate was the highest score ever awarded by a domestic US judging panel.

Good Article Review

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This article is close, and I don't doubt it can be a Good Article, with a little work. Here are my suggestions:

  • The following items need citations:
    • "Lysacek lost motivation, had a poor showing at the U.S. Championships and was not selected for the World Junior team."
    • "After that, Lysacek changed his diet and his training habits and made goals for himself." It's also an awkward piece of writing. What goals?
    • "a competition for which his only goal was to make it out of the qualifying round."
    • "He became the first American men's single skater to win a medal in his first attempt at Worlds since Tim Brown won the silver in 1957"
    • "He placed second at Skate America, but it was clear that his Grease free skate was not working. Lysacek and coach Frank Carroll made the decision to find a new long program."
    • "At the Olympics, following a disappointing 10th place finish in the short program, he was hit with the stomach flu. Unable to practice, he stayed in bed at the Olympic village, receiving fluids from IVs. After considering withdrawing, he decided to skate the next day and went on to skate a career best free skate."
    • "I'm very happy," he said. "It was close to getting a medal, and I think that if I was a little bit better in the short program I would have challenged for a medal. So that's upsetting, but it gives me a lot of confidence."
    • "Once again troubled by illness, he captured the bronze medal despite being on three different antibiotics to fight a bacterial infection, which at one point, caused him to cough up blood."
    • "He appeared in the indie film Skate Great, playing a Russian Olympic gold medalist. He has also done some modelling."
  • The following weasel phrases (the underlined material) should be removed or attributed:
    • "He placed 12th in his senior debut at nationals, a very promising start for a fifteen year old."
  • "Lysacek literally jumped from third to first while sitting backstage..." No he didn't. He figuratively jumped from third to first. Simply jumped would be sufficient.
  • The programs need a source.
  • If you can't provide wikilinks for U.S. Junior Title and U.S. Novice Title, briefly mention what ages these competitions are for. This provides context for readers not familiar with the sport.

Please strike out my suggestions as you make the changes. Leave a note here if you have any questions. The nomination will be on hold for between two and seven days, depending on whether progress is being made.--Djrobgordon 08:17, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks for doing this. Questions on citations:
Lysacek lost motivation, had a poor showing at the U.S. Championships and was not selected for the World Junior team. Which part do you want cited? That he lost motivation? The fact that he had a bad showing (12th, a repeat of the year before) and didn't go to Junior Worlds is self-apparent.
The part about the motivation was what I was questioning. Actually, I seem to remember him saying this in one of the sources you provided, so it may just be a matter of providing a second footnote to that source. I noticed you don't have multiple citations pointing to any one ref. Here's how you do it, just in case you don't know: instead of beginning the reference with the <ref> tag, use <ref name="SOURCE">, with a name of your choice in place of SOURCE. Then, each additional time you cite that source, use <ref name="SOURCE"/>, and it will automatically ref to the same source. Sorry if you were already aware of that. Just wanted to note it, in case.
a competition for which his only goal was to make it out of the qualifying round This is something he repeatedly said in interviews after the competition. I can try to track down newspaper articles, but is there a way to cite ESPN on-air interviews?
A print source would be preferable, but if you can't find one, you can cite the show using {{cite video}}. You should have the exact date of the broadcast, which doesn't seem like a problem, since you can find out the date of the competition. I did find an article with some quotes about the competition[1], but he doesn't specifically make this point.
He became the first American men's single skater to win a medal in his first attempt at Worlds since Tim Brown won the silver in 1957 Again, this is something from the ESPN broadcast. Is there a way to cite that?
You could use the template I provided above, but it would be better to have a print source. Try looking for any articles that summarize the competition.
He appeared in the indie film Skate Great, playing a Russian Olympic gold medalist. Already cited.
Move the reference to the end of the paragraph. Right now, it looks like it's only the source of the first sentence.
The programs need a source. Most are from his website. How should I cite a large block of information like that? The ones that aren't on his website are from vids I've seen of his programs. They are up on YouTube, though for Copyright CYA reasons, I'd prefer not to link to them.
I wouldn't link YouTube either. This site[2] also lists quite a few of his routines. It's not exactly kosher, but I'd put a note at the bottom of the section saying something like "All program information was obtained from..." I think having a link after every song would be unseemly.
If you can't provide wikilinks for U.S. Junior Title and U.S. Novice Title, briefly mention what ages these competitions are for. Novices and Juniors compete at the United States Figure Skating Championships. There are not currently pages for the 1999 Nationals or 2000 Nationals. I can link to the U.S. Figure Skating site for the results,[3] and [4], or I could make a page for the competitions. Which works better?
If you want to make those pages, that's great, but it's certainly not necessary just to clarify this article. If I were you I'd use footnotes. It would be cleaner than putting the clarification in text. It would look something like <ref>The U.S. Junior Championships are for skaters between the ages of __ and __.</ref> It'll show up below, just like a reference.
Working on the rest. Again, thank you for taking the time. Kolindigo 21:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you have any other questions, let me know.--Djrobgordon 00:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to experiment with putting a couple of sub-headers in the career section, just to break up the block of text a little. Let me know if they don't work for you. I'm not up on my skating lingo, so I'll probably word them wrong, but I think splitting the block makes the page look better--Djrobgordon 19:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to format the references with citation templates, so that readers can easily see what the source is without following a link.--Djrobgordon 22:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you've done everything I've asked, so I'm happy to promote this to Good Article status. As soon as I finish converting the refs (which I'm going to do right now) I'll go through the steps of making it official. Congratulations, and thanks for helping make Wikipedia a better encyclopedia.--Djrobgordon 04:17, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good article status in question

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From reading through the article, I noted several concerns that warrant delisting. 1. The lead is too short. See Wikipedia:Lead section. 2. There are several instances of Wikipedia:NPOV#let facts speak for themselves and Wikipedia:Words to avoid. 3. The personal life section has too many small paragraphs and the last sentence in the coaching changes section could use some rewriting. Some of the overall writing quality can be improved, such as typical journalist style of switching from subject's name to he/her and back instead of he, he, he. 4. There are a few instances where facts of questionable value are introduced. Placement in relationship to Johnny Weir is too frequent. Lysacek appearing on a tv show to comment on his performance after the Olympics doesn't seem noteworthy (unless perhaps some detail is to the mater is given). I'll give other editors some time to address these concerns before delisting.User:calbear22 (talk) 01:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SOFIXIT. 141.151.176.204 (talk) 07:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It would take hours for me to fix these problems and I am currently working on several other wikipedia projects.User:calbear22 (talk) 09:29, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


There are numerous errors in this article that I have corrected but which someone who apparently has "their" version of this article copied in a file keeps simply reverting by pasting "their" entire article back in. Some of the errors include:

  • He could not have "aged out" of Juniors at 19 - figure skaters can skate in Juniors until they turn 21
  • The fact that he wears Graf skating boots should not be in the article - product placement is never appropriate in an encyclopedia article
  • As the administrator above said, there is no reason to mention that he appeared on a minor, temporary fluff show to talk about his free skate at the Olympics.
  • Saying "he won the title due to the tiebreaker" without explaining what the tiebreaker is or providing a link to the ISU rule for it is nonsensical
  • There are numerous spelling and grammatical errors ("forarm", "commentating", the word "his" where "the" should be used, etc. - I have fixed them repeatedly, but the "paster" just puts all of the errors right back again)
  • Too much fangirl gushing that does not belong in an encyclopedia article; Wikipedia is not an extension of the Evan Lysacek Fan Fanatics, it is an encyclopedia - just the cold, hard facts, please. Save fan worship for fan clubs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.222.244.219 (talk) 07:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As for your first point: single skaters age out at 19. Learn to read the rules.

Olympic Ice is notable.

Commentating is a word.

Graf boots are his equiptment and are therefore useful in an article about his skating career.

All you did was add way too much info about Weir, including a factual error that ties are somehow unprecedented, which they aren't, since it happened at 2007 Worlds, which was before 2008 Nationals, which makes the tie, by definition precented. Keep your Weir-bias for the Weir article. 70.17.181.241 (talk) 11:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life

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Evan Lysacek went to Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL and went to middle school at Gregory Middle School. His history teacher over there was the one and only Tim Higgins! Go Mr.Higgins!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.142.45.244 (talk) 03:25, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this is a warning that the personal life information in this article is messy. Any biography that is of GA standard must have at least one well organised paragraph describing the persons life outside of their field for which they are famous or otherwise incorporate that information elsewhere in the text. This information provided in this article is messy, appearing in a sequence of stubby unconnected sentences rather than properly organised paragraphs. As a result, it does not give enough context for the incidents and information that is mentioned. For an example of how such a section might look, see Brian Urlacher and for pointers on how to expand and improve the section, see this guide. If this information is not improved then this article would be unlikely to survive a Good Article Reassessment and may well be delisted in the future. Thanks --Jackyd101 (talk) 10:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Can you give specific examples of what parts of this article's personal life section are "messy"? Without specific examples and points of what is wrong, it's hard to know exactly what to fix. :) Kolindigo (talk) 21:57, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, just wanted to let you know that Evan LYSACEK is of the CZECH descent from the father's site, because his grandfather came to the U.S. from the former Czechoslovak Republic, from its third largest city of Ostrava. This should be primarily pointed out and NOT some speculations of Italian/Greek origin, where apparently his mother came from. The last name LYSACEK is 100% of the Czech origin ! (John Nemecek, New York) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.112.170.69 (talk) 06:37, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pronounced?

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Is there any source for a statement that his name pronounced [ɛvʌn lyːsaːʧek]? -- deerstop. 16:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if he has ever put out the IPA spelling of his name. But that seems to be a good representation of the way he pronounces his name. Do you know where there might be an IPA reference? Would that be in media guides? Kolindigo (talk) 20:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Mmm, I think there's no chance to find it. I'm actually concerned about that "y" in [lyːsaːʧek]. Accroding to the table [yː] means long [y] as in German Bülow and French sûr. -- deerstop. 15:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Which is why I just marked it as "unknown language": it isn't any East European language that I can figure, and I wonder why it isn't English anyway, since he was born in the US. kwami (talk) 16:10, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've been bold and removed it, because "pronunciation in unknown language" is as unhelpful as it gets. If no one knows what it is, and no one knows if it's accurate, it's useless. Kolindigo (talk) 23:43, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
*sigh* So, how is his name pronounced, anyway?) [Lee-] or [Lai-]?-- deerstop. 03:27, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Lie. Sah. Czech. Kolindigo (talk) 06:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
/laɪˈsɑːtʃɛk/, not */ˈlaɪsətʃɛk/? Which syllable is stressed? kwami (talk) 06:49, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
These Canadian journalists pronounce it /ˈlaɪsətʃɛk/. You wouldn't expect a Czech name to be stressed on any syllable but the first, anyway. (Although for that matter, you wouldn't expect a Czech-American to be Greek Orthodox either, so expectations aren't always fulfilled.) +Angr 08:42, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for an explanation. -- deerstop. 23:17, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evan LYSACEK is of the CZECH descent from the father's site, because his grandfather came to the U.S. from the former Czechoslovak Republic, from its third largest city of Ostrava. This should be primarily pointed out and NOT some speculations of Italian/Greek origin, where apparently his mother came from. The last name LYSACEK is 100% of the Czech origin ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.112.170.69 (talk) 06:34, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greek Orthodox cross

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I have never tried to modify anything on Wikipedia and I notice that Lysacek's bio doesn't offer an "edit this page" tag. But--- his cross is a Russian Orthodox- three-bar cross, not a Greek cross. If you click on the 'Greek Orthodox cross' in the bio, you will see that that cross has a type of swelling at the end of all the bars of the cross. I suspect he is therefore Russian Orthodox, not Greek Orthodox, but don't know for a fact. To remove any confusion, it could be simply changed to 'Eastern Orthodox.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.75.219 (talk) 05:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The cited reference refers to it specifically as a Greek Orthodox cross.  :) Kolindigo (talk) 13:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, while in one source [5] he does specify that he is a Greek Orthodox Christian, the source for the cross [6] simply says "My Orthodox cross," in response to "Things you can't live without". I'll remove the modifier "Greek" from "Greek Orthodox cross" to match the source. Feel free to replace it if I'm missing a source that is more specific regarding the cross itself. Wine Guy~Talk 19:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, you're right. *facepalm* That's what I get for assuming the ref was right. ;) So what that was doing reffing Greek Orthodox, I don't know. (And, without going back and checking diffs, I'd guess I was probably the one to add it, so mea culpa.) Kolindigo (talk) 22:44, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, looks like it's all good now. Thanks to anon for pointing it out. Wine Guy~Talk 23:22, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Czech origin

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One of the Czech biggest newspapers MF DNES write about Lysacek [7]:

...loňský mistr světa, jehož otec byl Čech a prarodiče údajně pocházeli z Ostravy.

Translated:

...world champion of the last year, whose father was Czech and grandparents reportedly came from Ostrava.

I guess, this can be used.

Lysacek is quite surely a Czech surname where it is relatively common, ranked 5962nd with 140 male holders in Czechia.[8] It is originally written Lysáček and pronounced /ˈlisä:tʃɛk/ (there is no difference in pronunciation between Y and I in the Czech language). The word is derived from "lysý" - bald, glabrous, and features a Slavic ending -ček which means diminutive (without it, the name would be Lysák). So the name means "small bald man". Female variant of this name is "Lysáčková". Anyway, only the way how he pronounce his own name is relevant for this article. Miraceti (talk) 11:44, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

His father is actually moravian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.68.189 (talk) 14:50, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pics

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Hi Evan, my name is Eugene Brown (Gene), I live in Hartselle, AL, 48 years old white single male, I just want you to know that I've watched you skating & you're great! I wondering if I can have some pics of you along your autograph on them??? If you don't for me to have them some you can email them to me which is : eugenebrown1@me.com. Again you're great skater & I would love to be your friend too.

Truly yours,


Eugene (Gene) Brown~ Gene48 (talk) 19:34, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Reassessment

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Evan Lysacek

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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.

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch • Watch article reassessment page • Most recent review
Result: I am in agreement with SnowFire. No consensus to delist. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:20, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Many uncited passages, not much information post-2015, and formatting concerns with lots of short paragraphs. Z1720 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Leaning keep. The article seems acceptably cited. Short paragraphs are a stylistic choice, not an error, and can be valid when there are many pieces of not strongly linked information along the lines of "A went to this competition, then this competition, etc." For information post-2015 - as the article already notes, he sorta retired in 2010, he came back for a bit, he suffered a groin injury, he retired again for real in 2014. Since 2015, he hasn't done Wikipedia-notable things aside from getting married in 2019, which is indeed in the article. According to [9] , he's working in real estate with his wife and stopped skating for 5 straight years. That's wonderful for him but not particularly notable enough to cover in the Wikipedia article. SnowFire (talk) 06:06, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Responding to deletion

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An editor deleted material here, musing "what the fuck" it has to do with anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evan_Lysacek&diff=prev&oldid=1197248384

I think it is obvious. It is a comment by a Russian politician on the subject of the paragraph in question, supported by an RS.

I would suggest that, question answered, it is appropriate to restore it. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:90C5:84C7:E1DA:1A9 (talk) 21:53, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It has no business being in the article. Fyunck(click) (talk) 00:54, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a tendency to view RS covered material that directly relates to a subject in the article to be considered as being appropriate for inclusion. Do you have a project-based rationale for your view? Of is it rather that you do not like it? --2603:7000:2101:AA00:90C5:84C7:E1DA:1A9 (talk) 00:59, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn’t directly relate to the subject. Just because Time chose to (inappropriately) quote some Russian crackpot spouting tinfoil conspiracy BS about Canada doesn’t mean we’re obligated to include it. Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:12, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As to the premise that we are ever obligated to include anything in an article - or even to write any article in the first place - that's simply not the case. And we have all manner of articles about "crackpots" and conspiracy theories that most of us would strongly disagree with. That's simply not the test at the project. Here, we have RS-supported text. With a reaction by a person who is wp-notable. That's appropriate text therefore for a wp article. Everything else I am hearing is "I don't like it." Which is a fine view. It is simply not cause for deletion at Wikipedia. I'm pinging admin User:Masem, as he is a sysop who can perhaps contribute his view on this as it appears to be a subject that is of interest to him in general. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:3DC9:7D37:978:D966 (talk) 06:24, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just because we can source it doesn't mean we include it. We have reliable sources for Biden's shoe size... we don't include it. When you post something that is crackpot worthy but sourcable, we are going to need multiple other crackpots saying the same thing to make it subject-worthy. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:44, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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