Template:Did you know nominations/Rico Harris
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:39, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
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Rico Harris[edit]
- ... that after the 6-foot-9-inch (206 cm), 300-pound (140 kg) former Harlem Globetrotter Rico Harris disappeared two years ago today, searchers wondered why they could find no trace of such a large man? Boyd, Flinder (December 18, 2014). "The Vanishing Man". Fox Sports. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
The search team finally disbanded and everyone left the Capay Valley with the same question: How could a 6-foot-9, 300-pound man just simply vanish into thin air?
- Reviewed: Frederick Sherwood Dunn
- Comment: Again I am hoping to make an anniversary date in the very near future: October 10. If we miss it, I can amend the hook to allow for other dates next week (October 14, the day they found the car, for instance).
Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 19:50, 8 October 2016 (UTC).
- Checked Earwig, no copyvio.
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New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. My only question is why the lead is so long and focused on his life story, unlike other Disappearance of ... articles in which the lead focuses on the person's reason for notability – the disappearance and investigation itself. IMO the middle two paragraphs of the lead could be cut. But that has nothing to do with this article being good to go for October 10. Yoninah (talk) 21:23, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
