Template:Did you know nominations/Medvedev–Tsitsipas rivalry

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:40, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Medvedev–Tsitsipas rivalry

Created by Hameltion (talk). Self-nominated at 19:43, 8 January 2023 (UTC).

  • On hold pending resolution of AfD. If this is kept, feel free to ping me for a full review. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 07:19, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
Hi Tamzin looks like the AfD closed as Keep some time today 1-17-23. Bruxton (talk) 23:40, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

  • Adequate sourcing: Yes
  • Neutral: Yes
  • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Yes
  • Other problems: No - Given that this is about two people talking a lot of shit about each other, it's important to be strict on BLP.
    • upset about some of his opponent's etiquette during the match and especially that Greek Tsitsipas apparently called him a "bullshit Russian" at the net Did he or didn't he say it? If Medvedev alleges it but Tsitsipas denied it, maybe something like ... during the match—including, he alleges, that Tsitsipas, who is Greek, called him ...
    • With so much devoted to them saying mean things about each other, including extensive quotes, should there be a bit more about the "contrition" mentioned in § Reception? Genuine question; we wouldn't want false balance either.
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Quick note on the hook: Putting an insult against a living person on the Main Page is always a concern, but here I think it's okay given that 1) it's a pretty minor (almost comically minor, really) insult, b) it doesn't contain any provable statement of fact (i.e. it is not defamatory), and c) the subject of the insult is not named in the hook (only in the article, where there's more context). So with all that said, @Hameltion, if we can address the two points above this is good to go. Bit more quoting than I'd like, but just on a stylistic level; not enough to be a copyright issue. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 00:08, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the review @Tamzin. Just made an edit re both points. Some sources are hedgy about "bullshit Russian" but others aren't, and Tsitsipas has never disputed that he said it (and the video bears it out if you turn up the volume). "Contrition" was kind of vague, so removed that and added briefly what the sources say match by match. Hameltion (talk, contribs) 16:17, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
These changes address my concerns. :) I think this is a much better way to structure things and balances the article out better. and I think I'll get to use my first {{DYKsmirk}}. This might make a good quirky hook.(?) -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 16:34, 18 January 2023 (UTC)