Talk:Tom Conlon

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A fact from Tom Conlon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Port Vale F.C. captain Tom Conlon's grandfather's father-in-law played for the club more than a century ago?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Conlon.

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Tom Conlon/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 13:24, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

If I didn't say it before, I should have done, link "footballer" to association football.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Football League" link.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link Stevenage.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link Loan (sports).
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"his hometown club" any personal life e.g. the fact he was born near Stoke is in the infobox but not in the prose.
Added birth info.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link scout.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"in a game against" in a game not really needed.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"the "Posh" first" similar comment to before. Either introduce every nickname after the first formal team name mention, or ditch them. This is particularly important for things like "Posh" and "Boro" when there's literally no link to the club names.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"2013–14 campaign" put "campaign" in the pipe.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"substitute's" link.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"2014–15 season" put "season" in the pipe. Check all subsequent "season"/"campaign" stuff.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"following season turned out to be Conlon's breakthrough season " quick repeat of season.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"an injury sustained" what sort?
Changed it.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Hertfordshire side's lead" most readers won't connect Stevenage to Hertfordshire.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"season, scoring twice, as" so he didn't score in any other game that season...
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"cruciate knee ligament injury" link.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The 2017–18 season saw Conlon" overlinked.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"was a key member of the Vale's midfield" where is that in the source?
Changed it.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link sent off.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link volley.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link free-kick.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"win at Exeter City;[45]" overlinked.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Spaced hyphens in titles of refs should be en-dashes.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Scorelines should use en-dashes not hyphens.
Done.Echetus Xe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's it for now. On hold. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:46, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

- OK, I've addressed those concerns.EchetusXe 12:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - Cool, looks fine. Promoting. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:12, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:50, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Port Vale F.C. captain Tom Conlon's great-great grandfather played for the club over a century ago? Source: "Tom is actually the third player in the family to have turned out for the Vale. Her dad, Tom’s great-grandfather, was goalkeeper George Heppell who kept goal for the club, playing 213 games between 1937-1952. What’s more, his father-in-law, so Tom’s great-great grandfather, was Albert Pearson, the midfielder and forward who played 114 games for Vale either side of the First World War and also played for Liverpool." (Baggaley, Michael (16 March 2020). "Tom Conlon on family pride and his Port Vale history". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 16 March 2020.)

Reviewed: Borromean rings

Improved to Good Article status by EchetusXe (talk). Self-nominated at 15:52, 18 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

as I reviewed the GAN this is a straightforward enough review for me, from the article's point of view. The only issue is that the hook is not explicitly mentioned in the article, you have Heppell = great-grandfather and Pearson = Heppell's father-in-law, so you're making that leap to Heppell = Conlon's great-great grandfather, but the "in-law" bit bothers me, I don't call my "father-in-law's father" my grandfather.... The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:11, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Could say about his ancestor being five generations ago but I can't think of a pithy way of saying it like that. Echetus Xe 11:58, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Or just "his grandfather's father-in-law"? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:03, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay that's fine yeah. Echetus Xe 15:10, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 ... that Port Vale F.C. captain Tom Conlon's grandfather's father-in-law played for the club over a century ago?

ALT1 is good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 16:05, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]