Talk:Larry Rivers (basketball)

Larry Rivers (basketball) is currently a Other sports good article nominee. Nominated by Cielquiparle (talk) at 06:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: American athlete and coach (1949–2023)

A news item involving Larry Rivers (basketball) was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 4 May 2023.

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A fact from Larry Rivers (basketball) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Gator Rivers dribbled a basketball around chairs and under tables in a closet when trying out for the Harlem Globetrotters?

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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 Lightburst (talk) 03:43, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Gator Rivers dribbled a basketball around chairs and under tables in a closet when trying out for the Harlem Globetrotters? Source: ABC News (Associated Press)
- ALT1: ... that Gator Rivers and other ex-Harlem Globetrotters campaigned to help children "Just Say No"? Source: Abilene Reporter-News
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Freshies (basketball)

Created by Cielquiparle (talk). Self-nominated at 03:57, 6 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Larry Rivers (basketball); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

The article is both new and long enough at 7823 characters. The article is neutral and has the correct inline citations. The QPQ is done. I much prefer ALT1 as it is interesting to me, and it cited and in the article. Earwig does not alert to copyright violations. Bruxton (talk) 03:29, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Agree ALT1 is better and am striking the other one so there is no confusion. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:39, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cielquiparle: Oops my mistake- I mistakenly identified the the wrong ALT - I actually checked out and liked ALT0. I just confirmed the other, and unstruck ALT0 so a prep builder can choose either. Both are interesting and in the article cited. Bruxton (talk) 15:09, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]