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A fact from Dick Harris (center) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that football player Dick Harris was selected in professional drafts four times, including twice as a first-round pick, but never played professionally?
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 Bruxtontalk 21:20, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that football player Dick Harris was selected in professional drafts four times, including twice as a first-round pick, but never played professionally? Source: same
ALT2: ... that Dick Harris was a first-round NFL draft pick and was chosen in three other drafts but declined each offer so he could enter the oil business? Source: same + [1] (oil)
Comment: Realized I'm a day late in nominating this; requesting an extension per Wikipedia:Did you know/Guidelines. Prefer either ALT0 or ALT2; open to other ways of wording this as well.
Newly written, long enough, cited throughout. The ironically titled "Professional career" section details the four times that he was drafted, and yet didn't play professionally. I think I like ALT1 the best. ALT0 is a bit clunky. ALT2 is fine. QPQs are pending. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:21, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for how late I've been; I should be able to get the QPQs done on Sunday. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:20, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]