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A fact from Matt Moore (baseball) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Barack Obama was once gifted a baseball glove belonging to Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Moore?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Matt Moore (baseball).

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GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 19:53, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Will review MWright96 (talk) 19:53, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
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Pass/Fail:

Lead

"Moore chose to sign with them rather than attend the University of New Mexico, where he had previously committed." - think you might want to clarify Moore had originally committed to play college baseball for those wondering
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Moore struggled in his second season with the Giants," - struggled with his playing technique/form?
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink bullpen to the relevant article
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"but he had to be shut down after suffering a knee injury during his second game of the year." - what does shut down mean in this instance?
- Done reworded Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Early life

"Moore was born on June 18, 1989, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida." - birth date needs a reliable source to verify it since the Albuquerque Journal does not mention it
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The family moved to Edgewood," - wording is a little too close to the source material
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink scout to the appropriate article in the second paragraph
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Minor leagues

Wikilink XM Futures Game to the relevant article
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tampa Bay Rays

The extra wikilinks for shutout and New York Yankees need to be removed
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"He recovered in time for his first major league start on September 22," - recovered from what?
- Done changed to "his performance" Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Moore started with the Rays in 2012 as part of a five-man starting rotation" - began and player, respectively
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink disabled list to the relevant article only on the first mention
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Before being shut down for the season," - how about Before his season ended early, or something similar to make it more understandable?
- Done changed to "In the 10 innings that he did pitch that season" Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"striking out 27.1% of the batters he faced in April" - the symbol % should be spelt out per MOS:PERCENT
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

San Francisco Giants

"After reports emerged that Moore would be wearing No. 55 with the Giants," - the template No. should be added to the text in bold
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"2017 proved to be the worst season of Moore's career." - The 2017 season proved to be the worst of Moore's career.
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers doesn't need to be linked here since its already linked earlier in the main prose
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink bullpen to the relevant article
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers doesn't need to be linked here since its already linked earlier in the main prose
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"in the hopes that he would follow Mike Fiers as a low-risk pitcher heading into a rebound season." - in anticipation
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink bunt to the appropriate article
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pitcher profile

Baseball America and the term cutter don't need to be linked since they already are earlier in the article
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Early in his career, sports journalists predicted that Moore would become the Rays' ace thanks to his strong pitch repertoire and velocity." - because of his
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink strike zone
- Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"which has led to questions of pitch control" - questions by whom?
- Done reworded as per the article, which also cites a few pitchers that talk about how they'd never in a million years tuck their thumb like that Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shall put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query each of the points raised in this review MWright96 (talk) 11:06, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MWright96 Thank you for the quick and thorough review! I believe everything has been addressed :) Kncny11 ^(shoot) 14:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Kncny11: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 17:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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 Desertarun (talk) 08:48, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Moore pitching with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2012.

... that Barack Obama was once gifted a baseball glove belonging to Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Moore (pictured)? Source: "He gave Obama, a White Sox fan, a glove owned by Moore."
- ALT1:... that Matt Moore (pictured) threw the first ever pitch for the Bowling Green Hot Rods? Source: "Moore was part of the inaugural Bowling Green Hot Rods team in 2009, starting the first game in franchise history."
- ALT2:... that in 2016, Matt Moore (pictured) came within one out of pitching a no-hitter? Source: "Giants lefthander Matt Moore came within one out of a no-hitter against the Dodgers on Thursday night, only to lose his bid for history after 8 2/3 innings in San Francisco's 4-0 win."

Reviewed: Herbert Herbert
Comment: A different image of him with the Giants can be used if ALT2 is chosen, as he was playing with that team at the time.

Improved to Good Article status by Kncny11 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:14, 23 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The article is long enough (15537 characters) and new enough (promoted as a good article on May 23). As it is a good article, it meets core policies and guidelines. The hook is cited, under 200 characters and is interesting. A QPQ is done. Image mentioned is used in the article, looks fine in 100 × 100px and is free to use (under 2.0 Generic license). The main hook is preferred. Good to go. Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 15:08, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]