Talk:Tom Farris

GA review

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Nominator: History6042 (talk · contribs) 22:00, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 14:48, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll review this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:48, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

@Gonzo fan2007, I will not be available from 8am to 4pm today, other than that I am good. History6042😊 (Contact me) 11:22, 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

• Take a look at some of BeanieFan11's recent GAs to see how the first sentence should go, You need to clarify the difference between nationality and "American football"
• "secondary education" is not a typical American phrasing. I would just delete, as high school is clear enough.
• Farris was selected for the second 1941 All-Big Ten Conference football team quarterbacks. I don't understand the sentence. Was he selected at the quarterback position for this team? Please rewrite.
• Chicago Bears should be linked in the body of the article at its first use, not its second
• After being discharged, he signed for the Chicago Rockets, however, in 1946, the Bears did a player swap with the packers, sending Charley Mitchell to Green Bay in order to get Farris, leading him to not play for the Rockets. this is a long, convoluted sentence with lots of commas. Please split up into clearer sentences. Also, note "packers" should be capitalized.
• He played in the 1946 NFL Championship, where the Bears defeated the New York Giants, winning the NFL. teams don't "win the NFL". I would rewrite just saying "he won the 1946 NFL Championship with the Bears"
• The Rockets quickly singed him to play quarterback for them in the AAFC. "singed" should be "signed". I would also say "The AAFC Rockets quickly..."
• the Rockets went 1 win to 13 losses finishing last in the AAFC Western Division. this is a weird phrasing for a win/loss record. Just say they had a record of 1-13.
• in Citrus Heights, California at age you need a comma after "California"
• References:
  • When you do your Newspapers.com clips, please clip the entire article including the title. This makes verification easier for readers.
  • I would recommend linking all newspapers, so people can easily see the veracity of a specific newspaper
  • Spot checks: 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14
  • Ref 2, the title of the article is "Karp Is 7th Badger Lost This Season"; again, please clip the whole article on Newspapers.com
  • Ref 4, 5, 6, 10 needs |agency=Associated Press
  • Ref 7 needs |agency=United Press International
  • Ref 8 needs the author's name added (Ray Pagel)
  • Ref 9, the title is wrong and the author needs to be included
  • Ref 11 needs a question mark in the title
  • Ref 14 needs |agency=International News Service
  • For all the Newspapers.com sources, please go through and check all the page numbers. The Newspaper.com page number is not the actual page number of the newspaper. As an example, the page number for Ref 10 is "Section 2, Page 7", not "27" which you have.
  • What makes GoldenRankings.com reliable? There has to be a better source for this fact.

History6042, spot checks are complete. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:00, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

@Gonzo fan2007, all  Done History6042😊 (Contact me) 16:12, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

• You should still link football.
• He won the 1946 NFL Championship, with the Bears. comma isn't needed.
• Tea Company, and 7 years for Lambert Marketing comma isn't needed.
• the Rockets went 1-13, the dash needs to be an en dash (–). « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:54, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

  @Gonzo fan2007,  Done. History6042😊 (Contact me) 16:59, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

  Ill give it one last read through tomorrow and complete the ref spot checks. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:12, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

  Okay, thank you. History6042😊 (Contact me) 17:13, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

  @Gonzo fan2007, all done. Except for page numbers as I don't know how to find those. History6042😊 (Contact me) 20:25, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

  @Gonzo fan2007, never mind, I fixed all the issue ones I could find. History6042😊 (Contact me) 20:37, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

  Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 22:23, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

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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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:02, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that American football player Tom Farris thought he was a jinx for every team he played for, so he asked his coach to be traded to an opposing team to make them lose?

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Improved to Good Article status by History6042 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

History6042😊 (Contact me) 00:17, 29 April 2025 (UTC).

• Will review this. I was actually going to suggest making this a DYK hook. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:57, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Newly-promoted GA, article looks good. No QPQ required. Personally, I probably add context in the hook to note that he's a football player (e.g. ... that football player Tom Farris thought...), but I'll leave it to you to decide if you want to do that. Either way, approved. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:09, 29 April 2025 (UTC)