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- 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 Sock talk 12:32, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
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42 (film)
- ... that 42 was released just days before Jackie Robinson Day in 2013, the annual MLB celebration of the man it portrays?
- Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that 42 opened in theaters just three days before Jackie Robinson Day, Major League Baseball's tribute to the Black ballplayer? Source: [2]
- ALT2: ... that the movie 42, based on Jackie Robinson, has the best-ever debut for a baseball-themed film? Source: [3][4]
- Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Yovt (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐๐๐๐) 14:37, 11 April 2025 (UTC).
This is almost perfect and I think your first suggestion is definitely the best. The only issue I take with it is that it doesn't specify that 42 is a film. I also thought it made sense just to specify "three days", so I made three minor changes to clarify that and I think this revision works nicely:
- ...that the 2013 film 42 was released three days before Jackie Robinson Day, the annual MLB celebration of the man it portrays?
- I also think saying "the baseball player it portrays" for Jackie's link would work, but I'm less married to that. Let me know what you think or if you'd like to tweak it, but that's my only minor note! Fantastic work on expanding and improving the article, Yovt. Sock (
tocktalk) 22:28, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
Hello Sock, thank you for picking up this DYK nomination, and for calling it "almost perfect
", first time's the charm it seems. Yes I do believe your proposal is great and I have no objections, will be happy with the following (or other version); thank you!
- ...that the 2013 film 42 was released three days before Jackie Robinson Day, the annual MLB celebration of the ballplayer it portrays? ๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐๐๐๐) 13:43, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
- I definitely think we need to specify "baseball player" since "ballplayer" is only really a baseball-specific term in the U.S. The UK uses it as a general term for skilled sports players, especially in football/soccer, and spelling it out still comes in well below the 200-character limit. Just to confirm, are you okay with it being "...that the 2013 film 42 was released three days before Jackie Robinson Day, the annual MLB celebration of the baseball player it portrays?" Sock (
tocktalk) 16:07, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
- I definitely think we need to specify "baseball player" since "ballplayer" is only really a baseball-specific term in the U.S. The UK uses it as a general term for skilled sports players, especially in football/soccer, and spelling it out still comes in well below the 200-character limit. Just to confirm, are you okay with it being "...that the 2013 film 42 was released three days before Jackie Robinson Day, the annual MLB celebration of the baseball player it portrays?" Sock (
Ultimately yes, I am very much okay with the following, and thank you Sock:
- ...that the 2013 film 42 was released three days before Jackie Robinson Day, the annual MLB celebration of the baseball player it portrays? โ Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoavt (talk โข contribs) 12:56, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
Perfect! In that case, we're good to go. Great work again! Sock (
tocktalk) 12:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Jackie Robinson film '42' capitalizes on Dodgers for promotion". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Jackie Robinson film '42' capitalizes on Dodgers for promotion". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "'42' Sets Baseball Movie Record for Opening Weekend - CBS Detroit". CBS News. April 15, 2013.
- ^ "Why '42' Had the Most Successful Opening Weekend of Any Baseball Movie Ever". Bloomberg. April 17, 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2024.