Talk:Michael Basinger

GA review

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 02:49, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 14:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll do this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Comments

• You need to find a way to link batting average
• there and instead enrolled at Gavilan College in 1970.
• However, shortly after, he decided that he did not like the school and transferred to the University of California, Riverside, joining Wayne Howard, his football coach from Gavilan.-->Shortly after deciding on Texas, he decided that he did not like the school and transferred to the University of California, Riverside, where he joined Wayne Howard, his football coach from Gavilan.
• References:
  • All appear consistently formatted and are appropriate for what is being cited.
  • There's a lot of consecutive sentences cited to the same source (as an example, the whole last paragraph). Can you go through and clean these up?
  • Spot checks: 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 19

Nice work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

• @Gonzo fan2007: I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:03, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:20, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif talk 00:41, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that after playing in the NFL, Michael Basinger played "honky tonks"?

• Source: Sun-Star ("Meanwhile, he writes songs and plays 'honky tonks' in Nashville for $30 a night, waiting for his chance at stardom.")

• • ALT1: ... that football player Michael Basinger "went bananas" after learning he was selected for an all-star game? Source: quote from Tribune
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2024 European Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
  • Comment: To do QPQ within a day or two.

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 357 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:10, 5 May 2025 (UTC).

• New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact checks out and is in article. No textual issues. Good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 09:48, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
• Skipping over this one because I'm not sure either hook meets DYKINT, but happy for another promoter to take it if they disagree :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 09:32, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Two months since expansion, no promoting for two weeks, marking as rejected. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:53, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
• As suggested by @Launchballer:, reopening and proposing ALT2 ... that in the off-season, NFL player Michael Basinger worked at a grocery store? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:43, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

  Checks out; this seems to be on User:GalliumBot/transfem/DYKNA but not T:TDYKA, will it automatically be moved @Theleekycauldron:?--Launchballer 19:56, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

  GalliumBot isn't currently running transfem in its userspace (that was just for testing) or on the live pages (WugBot still has those until the trial period), so no, it won't be retranscluded or moved back to DYKN unless someone does that manually. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:50, 29 June 2025 (UTC)