Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of Dirk Nowitzki

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The result was: promoted by Rjjiii talk 16:59, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that the statue of Dirk Nowitzki originally had three basketballs?

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• Source: {{cite magazine |last=Rogers |first= Tim|date=January 6, 2022 |title= The Dirk Statue Is, Um, Not Great |url= https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2022/01/the-dirk-statue-is-um-not-great/ |magazine= D Magazine|location=Dallas, Texas |publisher=D Magazine Partners |access-date=August 22, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Haney |first=Addie |date=January 6, 2022 |title= The rendering for the Dirk Nowitzki statue was revealed at his jersey retirement celebration, and the internet had some thoughts |url= https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nba/mavericks/dirk-nowitzki-statue-internet-reaction/287-8de0f580-3c25-43ac-b0c6-29677851aaa7 |work=WFAA |location= Dallas, Texas|access-date=August 22, 2024}}{{cite news |author= |date=December 25, 2022 |title=Dirk Nowitzki statue unveiled outside of American Airlines Center |url=https://www.fox4news.com/sports/dirk-nowitzki-statue-unveiled-outside-of-american-airlines-center.amp |work=KDFW |location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=August 22, 2024}}}}
• ALT1: ... that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban promised that the statue of Dirk Nowitzki would be "the biggest, most bad-ass statue ever"? Source: {{cite magazine |last= Dameris|first= Brian|date= December 25, 2022|title= Meet the Man Who Designed Dirk Nowitzki's Statue |url= https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2022/12/dirk-nowitzki-statue/ |magazine=D Magazine |location=Dallas, Texas |publisher= D Magazine Partners |access-date=August 21, 2024}}{{cite news |last= MacMahon|first=Tim |date= December 25, 2022|title=Mavericks unveil statue of franchise legend Dirk Nowitzki |url= https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35318247/mavericks-unveil-statue-franchise-legend-dirk-nowitzki|work= ESPN|location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=August 22, 2024}}
• ALT2: ... that although the statue of Dirk Nowitzki appears unbalanced, a physics professor said its center of mass keeps it upright? Source: {{cite news |last=Mooney |first= Michael|date= January 11, 2023|title= How the Dirk statue stays upright: An Axios investigation |url= https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2023/01/11/dirk-nowitzki-statue-dallas |work=Axios |location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=August 23, 2024}}
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• Comment: First time ever doing anything DYK-related, so please forgive me if I make any mistakes. Left guide (talk) 12:18, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

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Left guide (talk) 12:18, 25 August 2024 (UTC).

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|comments = Article was nominated within 7 days of creation. It is over 1,500 bytes long and is well-sourced. Earwig gave an unlikely violation of 0%. Hook is interesting and well-cited. This is the nominator's first nomination, so a QPQ is not needed at this time. One minor fix I suggest before I pass this is where it discusses the criticism of the basketballs on the statue. The criticism part is cited but the Twitter part is not and I'm not sure if that's important to mention.

|sign = lullabying (talk) 02:47, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

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