Talk:Nile Kinnick

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Nile Kinnick was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Reviewed version: August 7, 2006

Contents 1 Halfback 2 Ironmen Nickname 3 Neutral Point of View 4 GA status 5 Cleanup tag

[edit] Halfback

Nile Kinnick was a halfback, so I removed the Category link.

[edit] Ironmen Nickname

I have to find the source for the Ironmen name but as I understand it, there was one game in which only 13 players were healthy enough to play and 8 of those 13 played the entire game.

[edit] Neutral Point of View

"a lasting tribute to Iowa’s greatest football player" is an opinion so I changed.

Same to the end of the last paragraph "...in lasting tribute", as well as the comments as to how many people are aware of the various memorials to Kinnick. Attributations of the coin thing is also necessary. --Eirishis 22:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA status

This nomination is on hold for 7 days for these reasons: expand the lead to cover the scope of the article, add a persondata box above the categories (not required, but suggested See Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell for a sample]], and provide footnotes for the unquoted sections.Rlevse 10:31, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Failed GA due to no action taken.Rlevse 18:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup tag

Sections 3 and 4 should be in chronological order. Right now, we read about post-1939, then his death, followed by paragraphs about pre-1939, then more about his death; it's quite confusing. Maralia 17:13, 19 August 2007 (UTC)