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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:32, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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William Shuttleworth[edit]

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  • ... that the historian who researched early Canadian baseball figure William Shuttleworth believed that "at first people thought I made him up"? Source: [1]

Created by Giants2008 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:27, 9 January 2017 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.
Overall: There is a problem with this sentence: 
The Canadian Base Ball Association was founded in 1864, with Shuttleworth as its first vice-president;<ref>Humber, p. 114.</ref> it was the first baseball organization in the country.<ref name="CBHOF">{{cite web|url=https://baseballhalloffame.ca/inductees/william-shuttleworth|title=William Shuttleworth|publisher=Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame|accessdate=January 2, 2017}}</ref>

The 1st cite is fine per WP:AGF, but the second source says: From 1854 through the 1870s, Shuttleworth was a driving force behind the sport in Canada and he served as vice-president of the first Canadian baseball organization in 1864. Which does not prove that Canadian Base Ball Association was the first baseball organization in the country. I am sure other sources do. But this source doesn't.

Perhaps restructure the sentence. Anyway, GREAT READ. An easy yes with easy fix. — አቤል ዳዊት?(Janweh64) (talk) 17:03, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm 99.9% sure that it is the same organization, but the sources don't seem to want to cooperate in that regard (at least not in a way that avoids synthesis). With that in mind, I just took that claim out wherever I saw it. I also added the historian's name to the article. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:36, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Funny thing is I would bet my life on it too. Good to go. On unrelated note, add more links in lead and other sections. It's so bare. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janweh64 (talk • contribs) 23:54, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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