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Jim Laker, as a BBC commentator in his later years, displayed a fine sense of humour. Once, in the late 1970s, he was commentating on a Sunday afternoon (John Player League) 40-overs match between Somerset and (I think) Warwickshire. For some reason which I don't recall, Viv Richards was captaining Somerset, and put himself on to bowl 8 overs of his off spin - taking (again I think - my memory is not as good as it was), 4 wickets for 27 runs.
Laker waited until his spell was over, and said:
Hair Commodore 16:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
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Bearing in mind WP:CITEVAR, I don't think the sourcing in this article has been done at all well. Many citations are formatted Hill, 159 instead of Hill, p. 159 and there is frequent re-iteration of citations instead of deploying refnames (Harvard sfn would be a good option). The bibliography lacks author links, ISBN and publishing locations. Unless anyone has serious objections, I'd like to apply standard WP:CITE notation throughout, continuing where I left off over a year ago.
I have an interest here because my father knew Jim Laker. They met in WWII when they served together in North Africa. My dad had Jim's book, Over To Me, so I might be able to use that here. I've ordered the Alan Hill biography but it might be a week or two before it arrives given postal difficulties at present. If anyone knows of other biographical works about Jim, could you please let me know. There is one book he wrote called Spinning Round the World, but I'm not sure if it is an autobiography or a work on spin bowling.
There is another problem with the article because section one has been written like a drama which culminates in the not-so-startling revelation that Jim was a great cricketer. I think sections one and two need to be combined. I'll work on it as and when. Thanks in advance for any help. Stay safe. No Great Shaker ( talk) 20:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
MeegsC (
talk) 14:08, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by No Great Shaker ( talk). Self-nominated at 11:51, 24 June 2021 (UTC).
In that case a new reviewer needs to make up their own mind about ALT1 and ALT2 so I am restoring both. Desertarun, if you really "don't get" articles, hooks and rationales you need to think very carefully about whether DYK is the right place for you. All three of these hooks have been taken from the text of a GA-rated article, they did not present any problems for the GA reviewer and the meaning of each is clear enough for DYK purposes. No Great Shaker ( talk) 11:42, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
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Jim Laker, as a BBC commentator in his later years, displayed a fine sense of humour. Once, in the late 1970s, he was commentating on a Sunday afternoon (John Player League) 40-overs match between Somerset and (I think) Warwickshire. For some reason which I don't recall, Viv Richards was captaining Somerset, and put himself on to bowl 8 overs of his off spin - taking (again I think - my memory is not as good as it was), 4 wickets for 27 runs.
Laker waited until his spell was over, and said:
Hair Commodore 16:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
An image used in this article,
File:JimLakercc.jpg, has been nominated for deletion at
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This notification is provided by a Bot -- CommonsNotificationBot ( talk) 11:53, 3 August 2011 (UTC) |
Bearing in mind WP:CITEVAR, I don't think the sourcing in this article has been done at all well. Many citations are formatted Hill, 159 instead of Hill, p. 159 and there is frequent re-iteration of citations instead of deploying refnames (Harvard sfn would be a good option). The bibliography lacks author links, ISBN and publishing locations. Unless anyone has serious objections, I'd like to apply standard WP:CITE notation throughout, continuing where I left off over a year ago.
I have an interest here because my father knew Jim Laker. They met in WWII when they served together in North Africa. My dad had Jim's book, Over To Me, so I might be able to use that here. I've ordered the Alan Hill biography but it might be a week or two before it arrives given postal difficulties at present. If anyone knows of other biographical works about Jim, could you please let me know. There is one book he wrote called Spinning Round the World, but I'm not sure if it is an autobiography or a work on spin bowling.
There is another problem with the article because section one has been written like a drama which culminates in the not-so-startling revelation that Jim was a great cricketer. I think sections one and two need to be combined. I'll work on it as and when. Thanks in advance for any help. Stay safe. No Great Shaker ( talk) 20:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
MeegsC (
talk) 14:08, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by No Great Shaker ( talk). Self-nominated at 11:51, 24 June 2021 (UTC).
In that case a new reviewer needs to make up their own mind about ALT1 and ALT2 so I am restoring both. Desertarun, if you really "don't get" articles, hooks and rationales you need to think very carefully about whether DYK is the right place for you. All three of these hooks have been taken from the text of a GA-rated article, they did not present any problems for the GA reviewer and the meaning of each is clear enough for DYK purposes. No Great Shaker ( talk) 11:42, 30 June 2021 (UTC)