Talk:Yuichi Kitamura
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Did you know nomination
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Kitamura in 2025
- ... that a Japanese jockey (pictured) is nicknamed "desk" for knocking down one?
- Source: https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2025/11/08/articles/20251108s00041000199000c.html
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- Comment: Pretty well known incident in the Japanese horse racing community. I'm not sure if it goes against Wikipedia:DYKHOOKBLP though as it does concern a jockey's suspension; even if it is something that Kitamura himself admitted as an old shame.
Created by Jnglmpera (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Jnglmpera (talk) 10:46, 13 April 2026 (UTC).
- I am proficient in Japanese, and I have verified that the sources back up the claims regarding the desk incident. I added a small clarification in the article about the suspension in terms of number of calendar days vs. race days. Someone quickly glancing over [this] source might be confused since it says a 4 day suspension. This is clarified in [another] source to be 4 race days (開催日).
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- I am not an expert on WP:DYKHOOKBLP, but it seems like this hook should be reworded - Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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Overall: 
Perhaps the hook could be reworded so that it doesn't focus on him knocking down a desk. Something like '... was nicknamed "desk" by fans because his first name and last name were already taken?' It doesn't answer why the fans chose desk over any other nickname, but maybe that's a good thing for piquing readers' interest. AdJHu 胡 21:57, 14 April 2026 (UTC)