Template:Did you know nominations/Christabel Oduro

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:47, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Christabel Oduro

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... that Christabel Oduro, who has played international soccer for Canada, has expressed interest in playing internationally for Ghana? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that Canadian soccer player Christabel Oduro has played for teams in the US, Germany, Israel and Sweden? Source: US, Germany, Sweden & Israel

Reviewed: Infrastructure Client Group
Comment: ALT0 is interesting because not many people play soccer/association football for 2 countries (if you play in a competitive game for one country, then you can't play for a 2nd country). ALT1 is interesting as it's an unusual mix of countries. Using soccer rather than football in the article, as that's the term used in Canada

Created by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:59, 1 June 2020 (UTC).

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - North America is chock full of dual-national players; same goes for playing in multiple countries, just as a consequence of the sport's structure. I think a hook about her relationship to a fellow professional player or her multi-sport career in secondary school would work better.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Sounder Bruce 03:52, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

SounderBruce Many people are dual nationality, but not many play international soccer (football) for two different countries, because FIFA makes it difficult to do so. Although saying that, she's only "expressed interest" in playing for Ghana, if she'd played for them I think it'd be an interesting hook
I don't personally think playing multiple sports at school is that interesting- many athletes have done so- however I'll make an alt hook for her family:
ALT2: that Canadian soccer player Christabel Oduro is the cousin of Dominic Oduro, who was played for Ghana? Joseph2302 (talk) 16:50, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

ALT2 looks great. Sounder Bruce 17:52, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this. Admittedly, I know nothing about soccer, but the first hook is well written and I think it will get lots of hits. @SounderBruce: I'm wary of hooks that talk about family relationships rather than the subject himself. Yoninah (talk) 21:28, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

- @Yoninah: Dual-nationality players are rather common in international soccer, as FIFA allows you to play for the country that your grandparents hailed from. Having two players in the same family playing for different countries is a bit unusual, as there are only a few other examples (like half-brothers Jérôme and Kevin-Prince Boateng). Sounder Bruce 05:51, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: I understand. Should the words has played in ALT2 be changed to plays? Yoninah (talk) 10:36, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

According to [2] (tab National Team), he's played once for Ghana, in 2012. So to imply he still plays for the Ghana national team seems incorrect to me. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:55, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

@Joseph2302: so should was played be changed to once played? Something's wrong with the grammar here. Yoninah (talk) 10:57, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Yoninah That's because there's a typo in the hook, I meant "has played". Although "once played" would work too. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:07, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. Restoring tick per SounderBruce's review. Yoninah (talk) 11:45, 19 June 2020 (UTC)