Talk:Ebenezer Harcourt

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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Viriditas (talk) 03:11, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Ebenezer Harcourt debuted for the Nigeria national football team at 15 years old, becoming the youngest Nigeria player ever?

• Source: 15-year-old Ebenezer Harcourt became the youngest goalkeeper to feature for the Super Eagles

• • ALT1: ... that 15-year-old Ebenezer Harcourt was the youngest player to represent the Nigeria national football team? Source: 15-year-old Ebenezer Harcourt became the youngest goalkeeper to feature for the Super Eagles
  • ALT2: ... that 15-year-old Ebenezer Harcourt debuted for the Nigeria national football team before his club Sporting Lagos F.C.? Source: 15-year-old Ebenezer Harcourt became the youngest goalkeeper to feature for the Super Eagles Nigeria U20 goalkeeper, Ebenezer Harcourt, made his long-awaited first-team debut in Sporting Lagos’ 1-1 draw…on Friday
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  • Comment: Feel free to suggest alternative wording or better sources.

Created by HKLionel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

it's lio! | talk | work 12:13, 23 December 2025 (UTC).

An error occurred when I made this nomination using DYK-wizard, causing it to not be transcluded at Talk:Ebenezer Harcourt. Can someone help fix this and check if anything else is amiss? Thanks, it's lio! | talk | work 12:19, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - three uncited direct quotes
• Neutral: - promotional language could be reduced
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: I support moving forward once citation issues have been addressed, as well as some pruning of promotional tone. I prefer ALT1 for conciseness. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 17:40, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

None of the quotes are uncited, the refs are at the end of the paragraphs. I have addressed all your tags. Happy holidays, it's lio! | talk | work 18:06, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

HKLionel: All quotes need to be immediately cited within the sentence (see MOS:QUOTE). Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 21:19, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, it's lio! | talk | work 05:49, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Done, it's lio! | talk | work 05:53, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for adding those citations! However, when I searched some of the cited articles for the stated quote, I did not find it. I have tagged those quotes as failing verification. Please address this. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 18:34, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Oops, didn't see this. I paraphrased "fearless and commanding" in the ESPN source to "courageous and imposing", would you rather I use the original wording with quotation marks instead? "General" is in the Infonews source. The rest of the sentence is an amalgamation of all three sources, not just the Football In Nigeria source. Tell me if you still can't verify the sentence from the three sources. Sorry for the confusion, I'll keep in mind to make ref placements clearer in the future. Thanks, it's lio! | talk | work 13:32, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

@Significa liberdade: Is this article ready to be approved? If not, what else is needed? Z1720 (talk) 16:34, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Z1720! I have some concerns about the promotional tone, though others may feel differently. Would you be willing to take a look? Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 01:04, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

@Significa liberdade: I've rewritten the article to tone it down as much as I could, hopefully the current version assuages your concerns. Thanks, HKLionel TALK 07:21, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Looks good! Thanks, HKLionel! Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 15:26, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Approving ALT1 now that issues have been addressed. I would also support the main hook, as long as "youngest Nigeria" is changed to "youngest Nigerian". Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 15:26, 5 February 2026 (UTC)