Talk:Ray Jennison

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A fact from Ray Jennison appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 March 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ray Jennison legally changed his last name from "Jenison" because "people were always misspelling it"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ray Jennison.

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GA Review

Passed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:15, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Ray Jennison/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 20:35, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Gonzo fan2007 (talk · contribs) 19:32, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this one. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:32, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Comments

Regarding the first sentence, you need to clarify that American is his nationality. I think you do this on your other bios.
Sentence 3 and sentence 4 of the lead both start with "He later", can you switch one up?
I would just summarize "in Paris, France, and London, England." as "in Europe." in the lead.
last name to "Jennison." I believe the quotation mark goes inside the period on this type of quote.
Jennison played for South Dakota State's you add SDSU is the previous sentence, recommend using it here instead of spelling out the full school name again
"huskiest linemen,", same as above, I think the quote goes inside the comma
Green Bay Packers of the National Football League you can just use "NFL" here
He later remarried to Mary Garnett Jennison -> He was later remarried to Mary Garnett Jennison
References:
- Add access-dates to Ref 4, 18 and 25
- Ref 16 is missing the |via=Newspapers.com
- References are consistently formatter and reliable for what is being cited
- Spot checks: 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 23, 24, and 25 all checked out

Nice work BeanieFan11. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:53, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:50, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Passed. Nice work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:15, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:45, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Jennison, c. 1929

... that NFL player Ray Jennison (pictured) legally changed his last name from "Jenison" because "people were always misspelling it"?

Source: TB Times

ALT1: ... that Ray Jennison went from "Bozo" to being a colonel? Source: a play on his nickname, "Bozo" ([1]), and that he later became a colonel ([2])
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bersey Electric Cab
Comment: To complete QPQ within 24 hours.

Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 299 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:37, 17 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

This might be my 300th DYK. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:40, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations on number 300, BeanieFan11! This article, promoted to GA on Feb 12, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced and copyvio free. Both hooks are in the article and cited. IMO the first hook is more interesting. Good to go. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 22:25, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]