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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:36, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Minneapolis Miracle

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Created by Lamblings (talk). Nominated by Bobamnertiopsis (talk) at 01:12, 18 January 2018 (UTC).

Article was created on 15 January so is in date, is more than long enough and there are no copyvio concerns. A couple of sourcing issues, the end of The Play section is unsourced as is the first quote in Broadcast calls. I would also suggest the hook could be reworded slightly to focus more on the actual game, perhaps:

that the last-second game-winning touchdown by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2018 NFC divisional playoff was dubbed the Minneapolis Miracle?

What are your thoughts? Once the sourcing is fixed and a QPQ review added, this is good to go. Kosack (talk) 13:23, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

  • I added an ALT1 that uses Joe Buck's call of that final play. Consider and reword as appropriate. Alansohn (talk) 17:43, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
ALT1 is kind of uninteresting; one would expect a sportscaster to go off like that in any sport when there's a last-second incredible play that wins a game thought hopelessly lost just moments before. Even the original hook ... well, these moments usually get names, so that shouldn't be a surprise.

I think a more interesting hook would be something that, I admit, is not presently in the article. It has been speculated by reliable sources that Marcus Williams was trying to avoid another pass interference call, which to me makes sense on the replays. We could put this in, and use it as the hook ... not everyone is aware of this angle on the story. Daniel Case (talk) 00:43, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Hook ALT0 is the most interesting and is properly sourced. Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 13:51, 24 February 2018 (UTC)