Talk:Lyle Bauer

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... that Lyle Bauer continued to attend Canadian Football League executive meetings despite being unable to speak due to treatment for stage four throat cancer? Source: National Post
- ALT1: ... that Lyle Bauer helped turn the Winnipeg Blue Bombers's C$5.45 million debt into a reported C$5 million balance? Source: The StarPhoenix (C$5.45m debt); CBC News (C$5m balance)
- Reviewed: Willmer House
- Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it only appeared in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 259 past nominations.

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Bloom6132 (talk) 09:22, 3 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - I can't see any source for his height in the infobox. Looks good otherwise.
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Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Great work on expanding the article! Just the height issue to address and then I'd be happy to pass this. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 05:56, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Suntooooth: thanks for the review! The source for his height in the infobox is ref 3 (StatsCrew.com) at the very bottom of the box – not that easy to see given the grey background (which I can't change because it's the default). —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Bloom6132: Ah, sorry for missing that! I'm happy to pass this then. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 17:28, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]