Template:Did you know nominations/Lakers-Rockets brawl

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: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 17:07, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
Article was deleted at AfD; closing nomination.

Lakers–Rockets brawl

  • ... that an NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets drew the highest rating for a regular-season game in more than two years after a brawl erupted between the teams? Source: Bontemps, Tim (October 21, 2018). "NBA suspends Brandon Ingram, Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul for Lakers-Rockets fracas". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2019."LeBron's Home Opener Big For ESPN". Sports Media Watch. October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.

Created by 2506Locks (talk). Self-nominated at 02:06, 24 October 2019 (UTC).

  • Unfortunately, the article is currently subject to a deletion discussion. The result of the discussion ultimately decides how this nomination proceeds. I will still conduct a review in the case it survives AFD.
  1. New – The article is new. It was moved into the article mainspace on October 21. checkY
  2. Long enough – The article is long enough. Well over 1,500 characters of prose. checkY
  3. Cited hook – The hook is cited; I was initially worried that the claim came from a tweet, but as it comes from sportswriter Richard Deitsch and he cites ESPN, I think it should be okay. A reference directly from ESPN would be still be preferred. checkY
  4. Within policy – I'm weary about some of the content in the article, especially as involves WP:BLP. For example, the lead reads: "Rockets guard Chris Paul and Lakers guard Rajon Rondo each had a history of controversial actions mutually and toward others." This statement is followed by three citations, two of which simply reference a single controversial aspect in the past of their respective careers. To me, this comes across as synthesized material. If sources do not cite a history of controversial actions, editors should not make such claims. ?
  5. Review requirement (QPQ) – This is the nominator's first DYK nomination and is exempt from QPQ. checkY

ƏXPLICIT 02:51, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Article was deleted per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lakers–Rockets brawl. howcheng {chat} 19:58, 8 November 2019 (UTC)