Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Cottrell

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... that football player Bill Cottrell was the first black center in the NFL?

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Source: [https://archive.ph/CWik0 Ex-Detroit Lions OL Bill Cottrell, NFL's first Black center, dies at 80]}}
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alejandro Finisterre
Comment: ~~To complete QPQ within 24 hours.~~

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Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 326 past nominations.}}

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:51, 9 April 2025 (UTC).

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|comments = Article was expanded 5 times within 7 days of nomination. Article is more than 1,500 characters in prose and is written in a neutral tone. Earwig picked up an unlikely copyright violation of 30.6%, with most of it having to do with direct quotes from Cottrell himself. If there is a way to reduce those, that would be preferable. The hook is a "(subject) is..." quote, but I think it's still interesting because it's notable. National Football League should be wikilinked in the hook, though. A QPQ is still needed at this time.

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{{ping|Lullabying}} Added NFL link to the hook. You might have missed that I already included a QPQ, listed above: Template:Did you know nominations/Alejandro Finisterre. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:30, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
16px Issues resolved. Good to go. lullabying (talk) 07:30, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
16px Pulled per concerns raised at WT:DYK#Queue 5 (7 May, 00:00). We'll need a new hook here, one that is less likely to be challenged. {{ping|BeanieFan11|Lullabying}} How about:

::ALT1 ... that after his NFL career, Bill Cottrell became a personnel supervisor at the Ford Motor Company?

::ALT2 ... that Bill Cottrell helped organize chapel services during his time playing for the Detroit Lions?

:Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:33, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:: I could live with those being the hook, but IMO the original hook is more 'hooky'. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:55, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Given how that "first" claim was objected to, it might be for the best to move away from it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:47, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

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