Template:Did you know nominations/Miles Caton

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... that when he was five, Miles Caton "belted out a Sam Cooke tune" at the Lakeview, New York branch of the NAACP's 24th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala?

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Source: [https://liherald.com/stories/lakeview-naacp-branch-holds-annual-awards-gala-honors-local-heroes,28399 "Five-year-old Miles Caton belted out a Sam Cooke tune."]}}
ALT1: ... that when he was twelve, Miles Caton{{'s}} performance on Little Big Shots was singled out as "the one act the audience will never forget"? Source: [https://2paragraphs.com/2018/03/little-big-shots-watch-gospel-singer-miles-in-jay-zs-444-video/ "the one act the audience will never forget is 12-year-old gospel singer Miles Caton."]
ALT2: ... that Miles Caton learned how to play blues guitar in two months for his starring role in Sinners? Source: [https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/sinners-actor-miles-caton-sammie-interview "We had two months for me to prepare."]
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vincent de Groof
Comment: There were quite a few sources to pick from for this nomination; I could use another if necessary or desired.

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Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.}}

CJ-Moki (talk) 06:14, 25 April 2025 (UTC).

I did some minor cleanup of the article, mostly around quotations. I left an inline {{tlp|buzzword inline}} tag at "long-anticipated". We really shouldn't say thing like that in Wikipedia's voice. I would suggest removing it, or alternatively attributing it with something like "which according to Zach Simmons was long anticipated". Review to be forthcoming. – Reidgreg (talk) 16:18, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
16px Query: Article is new enough (nominated four days after expansion from redirect), long enough, well sourced, and presentable. No neutrality, BLP or copyvio issues detected (Earwig for quotations and reference titles which get flagged from the extant reference style). No images and QPQ verified. The quote "belted out a Sam Cooke tune" from ALT0 is not in the article. Otherwise, each hook fact (0–2) is cited in article. AGF for ALT0. ALT1 checks. The ALT2 fact is from an interview and seems acceptable (DYK does not specifically require secondary sources, but as you commented that there are multiple sources for the nom it might be good to add cite an additional source there). Hooks are under the maximum length but ALT0 and ALT1 could be made more concise. – Reidgreg (talk) 19:29, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
In ALT0, maybe it could lose some specificity to keep the hook short and punchy: ...that when he was five, Miles Caton sang a Sam Cook song at a local NAACP branch's annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala? In ALT1, {{tq|performance ... was singled out}} and the quote part {{tq|the one act}} are redundant; they say the same thing. Suggest changing: was singled out as → was called. – Reidgreg (talk) 19:29, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
{{Reply to|Reidgreg}} Thank you for responding to this nom. I have made the requested buzzword edit. Here are alternatives to ALT0 and ALT1:
ALT0a: ... that when he was five, Miles Caton sang a Sam Cooke song at a local NAACP branch's Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala? Source: [https://liherald.com/stories/lakeview-naacp-branch-holds-annual-awards-gala-honors-local-heroes,28399 "Five-year-old Miles Caton belted out a Sam Cooke tune."]
ALT1a: ... that when he was twelve, Miles Caton{{'s}} performance on Little Big Shots was called "the one act the audience will never forget"? Source: [https://2paragraphs.com/2018/03/little-big-shots-watch-gospel-singer-miles-in-jay-zs-444-video/ "the one act the audience will never forget is 12-year-old gospel singer Miles Caton."]
CJ-Moki (talk) 02:03, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
16px Approve ALT0a, ALT1a, ALT2 – Reidgreg (talk) 22:33, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

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