Talk:Jake West (basketball)
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 | A fact from Jake West (basketball) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 June 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:23, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
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... that in Jake West's (pictured) fifth start he became the fourth Wildcat to record 13 single-game assists?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vivinos
- Comment: 3rd QPQ of 5 for this nom
Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 393 past nominations.
TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:19, 12 May 2026 (UTC).
The article is new enough and long enough, and free from close paraphrasing. A full QPQ has been done. The hook is cited inline and verified in the hook. However, it does not meet WP:DYKINT: it is unclear what the significance of being the fourth (rather than the first or second) Wildcat to do 13 assists in a game is: why 13 specifically? Someone not well-versed in sports may have no idea if that is a high number or not. Someone has to be a dedicated college basketball fan (let alone a basketball fan) to understand and appreciate the hook. Hooks should be interesting even to non-specialist readers, and deep understanding of basketball terminology and records counts as specialist. Please propose another hook angle. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:30, 24 May 2026 (UTC)- ALT1... that after American basketball player Jake West (pictured) was sidelined for two months by a skull fracture, he was again sidelined by an elbow-induced nosebleed?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:56, 24 May 2026 (UTC)
- That's rather violent, and I don't really think it's a good idea to have a hook that focuses on a living person's injuries. Maybe a hook about the influencer thing (the one about his coach not knowing) would work? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:57, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
- My problem is that I don't believe the hook. Now when you are recruiting basketball players you have to clarify their individual NIL expectations. So when scouting a player you should know if they are already an influencer you can facilitate NIL at a certain level. Maybe the coach's 18-year-old daughter was crushing on West and wanted West to know she knows who he was. I have trouble promoting a hook that is almost surely false. Are there any WP:CBBALL editors who believe that fact.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:01, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
- That could be addressed by attributing the hook or saying his coach claimed it, rather than saying it as fact in Wikivoice. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:20, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
- My problem is that I don't believe the hook. Now when you are recruiting basketball players you have to clarify their individual NIL expectations. So when scouting a player you should know if they are already an influencer you can facilitate NIL at a certain level. Maybe the coach's 18-year-old daughter was crushing on West and wanted West to know she knows who he was. I have trouble promoting a hook that is almost surely false. Are there any WP:CBBALL editors who believe that fact.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:01, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
- That's rather violent, and I don't really think it's a good idea to have a hook that focuses on a living person's injuries. Maybe a hook about the influencer thing (the one about his coach not knowing) would work? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:57, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
- ALT2... that Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins claimed that he did not know his player Jake West (pictured) was an influencer until his own daughter told him?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:38, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
That should be good to go then as being cited in the article, verified in the source, and interesting. I'm not actually sure if "Northwestern" needs to be in the hook given that non-American readers may not know what Northwestern University is, or if it's kept then if it should be linked or not, but I will leave that to the promoter. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:00, 28 May 2026 (UTC)
