Talk:Kenny Williams (basketball, born 1972)

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Further research[edit]

He was a 6xConference POTW (1/14/92, 1/26/93, 2/16/93, 2/23/93, 11/28/93 and 2/20/94). If researching these would result in links to games played against a lot of important players and against teams with team-season articles, I would research these weeks. However, I think they would result in games against teams that did not have team season articles and for whose players didn't amount to that much. Sorry I am punting this, but I like linking to team-season articles and important players when I do this type of research.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:56, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Bruxton (talk) 14:27, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Created by DaHuzyBru (talk) and TonyTheTiger (talk). Nominated by TonyTheTiger (talk) 05:11, 25 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Kenny Williams (UIC basketball); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

  • Full review to follow, but I'm not really impressed by the hook. It's great that his number was retired and all, but from what I can tell as well as searching about it, the UIC Flames basketball program isn't really that well-known or successful. It also doesn't help that he's the third player to have his number retired; it would have been more intriguing had he been the first. Perhaps if his number was retired by a much more famous program, for example by Duke, maybe the hook would have worked better instead. Maybe a different angle can be proposed here? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:30, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT that Kenny Williams was the first UIC Flames men's basketball player to score 2000 points?---TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:16, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There's no need to move the actual DYK nom even when the article title changes. That would just further break things. As for the new ALT... eh, it's not great either. It's not uncommon for college or professional players to score thousands of points over their careers, especially if they have long ones. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:00, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
2000 is not so common. Sure List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders has a few people with 3000+, but 2000 is still a lot.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:21, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds much better. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:09, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can an admin check if I added a second nominator correctly. I would also like a second opinion on whether anything needs to be done to address the page move.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:14, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Article meets DYK requirements and a QPQ has been done. ALT2 is the best choice here: the source is in Polish so AGF, but a translation does seem to confirm the information; it's also cited inline. To answer the question above: there's no need to do anything on the page move part. The article can stay where it is, but the title of this nomination page does not need to be changed. I will leave it to the promoter to address the credits part, but I think TonyTheTiger's mention needs to be changed to nominator instead of make? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:55, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • still need an admin to look at the two issues above.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:29, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Restoring Narutolovehinata5's tick after properly adjusting this template's contents to reflect the article move, and confirming that the new DYKmake created by TonyTheTiger is properly constructed. An admin is not needed, just someone who is properly knowledgeable. All DYK templates should be adjusted after their article moves rather than hoping the promoter will catch the name change. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:11, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]


More potential content[edit]

At 04:16, February 27, 2023 (UTC) User:DaHuzyBru kindly left the following information on my User talk page. --TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:37, 28 February 2023 (UTC) Hey. Below is the content of the Kenny Williams usbasket profile.[reply]

I can't verify most of this content with quick google searches, and most of it has clearly been given to the website by a fan or someone close to the subject. DaHuzyBru (talk) 04:16, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Full name: Kendall Ovial Williams
Nickname: Kenny
Outlook
Kenny is a great kid. He is tremendously gifted & he is a fantastic European pro. Kenny speaks well, loves basketball and life. He is fun, with great social skills at any level. Kenny is a teriffic person. He comes from a close family and hard working role models. He is one of the best players and persons you can bring on a team.
Year-By-Year Career
1992-1994: Ill-Chicago (NCAA): 22ppg, 5apg, 3rpg, 41% 3pt, 83% FT
1995: NBA Seattle Supersonics Camp
1995,1996: 2 USA Marathon Tours vs. NCAA Division I Colleges
1997: IAAA European Tour
1997-1998: Murcia (Spain): was waived after a calf injury early in the year, In Nov.'97 signed 10-day contract with Trefl Sopot (Poland), in Feb.'98 replaced Chris Ensminger in Porto (Portugal): 21.9ppg, 5.7apg
1998: Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) Free Agent Camp: Before the NBA lockout, Kenny played well in a camp in Milwaukee. Several NBA teams have expressed interest in Kenny.
1998: Upper Deck All Stars Tour
1998-1999: in Dec.'98 signed with Sopot (Poland): 24.2ppg
1999-2000: Turk Telekom Ankara (Turkey), in Oct.'99 signed by Gravelines (France-ProA): 7 games: 11ppg, 2.9rpg, in Jan.'00 went to Stargard (Poland), but in Feb.'00 left the team and moved to Turkey
2000-2001: SKK Szczecin (Poland): 6 games: 17ppg, 3rpg, 5.2apg; had to leave the team in Oct.'00 due to team financial problems, in April '01 signed at Doncel Distributel La Serena (Spain-LEB2)
2001-2002: Doncel Distributel (Spain-LEB2)
Nov.2002: Nike All-Stars Touring team (playing exhibition games against NCAA teams)
2003 November: Nike Elite All-Stars playing exhibition games against NCAA teams
2007: Drafted by Chicago Aztecas (PBL,2rd(15))
2007-2008: Cicero Cometas (ABA) TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:37, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 05:41, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Heyo! I'll review this tomorrow (2 August UTC). ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 05:41, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There we go! Short but sweet. On hold. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 19:29, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome work! Passing another great article. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 16:36, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio check[edit]

Earwig says good to go.

Prose[edit]

Refs[edit]

Passes spotcheck on refs 5 (useable for sports reporting per WP:NYPOST), 11, 12 and 25.

Others[edit]

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