Talk:Dick Mize

Dick Mize is currently a Sports good article nominee. Nominated by Arconning (talk) at 12:05, 17 June 2025 (UTC) An editor has indicated a willingness to review the article in accordance with the good article criteria and will decide whether or not to list it as a good article. Comments are welcome from any editor who has not nominated or contributed significantly to this article. This review will be closed by the first reviewer. To add comments to this review, click here and then edit the page. Short description: American biathlete (born 1935)

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A fact from Dick Mize appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 July 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Olympian Dick Mize designed multiple cross-country skiing trails in Anchorage, Alaska, over a 40-year period? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dick Mize.

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The result was: promoted by Darth Stabro talk 17:04, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• ... that Olympian Dick Mize designed multiple cross-country skiing trails in Anchorage over a forty-year period?

• Source: [1]

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Receiver (statue)

5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 14:17, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is 5x within the time frame. No image to review. Hook fact is cited, and Earwig only shows 20% likelihood of issues; none of the highlighted phrases appear problematic. Hook is sufficiently interesting. Good to go!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:51, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Arconning: The source that is cited does support that he designed multiple cross-country skiing trails, but it doesn't say that it was over a forty-year period. Do you have any other source that supports this? Everything else is good. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 21:35, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @SonOfYoutubers: [2] Arconning (talk) 09:39, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Arconning: Looks good, approved. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 15:54, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Dick Mize/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Arconning (talk · contribs) 12:05, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: BlackJack (talk · contribs) 19:50, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Arconning, I'll pick this one up. Hope to make a start tomorrow. Good luck. Jack (talk) 19:50, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Table

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): 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, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Comments

Lead

• Link first instance of cross-country skiing (sport).
• Extend opening sentence by adding his birthplace. That will put Eagle County into context for the second sentence.
• During his college years, he earned multiple medals being part of the Western Colorado Mountaineers when they had won two titles on 1956 and 1957 in cross-country skiing. This needs to be revised. The "had" is superfluous, and "on 1956 and 1957" lacks sense and breaks the flow. Suggest rewording it as "During his college years, he earned multiple medals as part of the Western Colorado Mountaineers when they won two cross-country skiing titles in 1956 and 1957".
• Link "army" to United States Army, with branch if known.
• Can "competing for the United States" be linked to a US biathlon team? Or, was it a US Army team, which isn't really clear?
• Link running.
• Can "Masters World Championship" be linked to anything?

Early life, education, and NCAA

• No need for "Richard Norman "Dick" Mize" here. Just Mize is enough.
• Include Eagle County in the birthplace, for context as above.
• I'm confused by Copperhill, Tennessee. I see that Red Cliff is near Tennessee Pass in Colorado, so is there another Copperhill in Colorado?
• Link high school, basketball, and saxophone.
• Link all of marching band, football, soccer, and the first narrative mention of cross-country skiing.

Career

• Change After graduating, he had enlisted to "After graduating, Mize had enlisted". A new section needs his name at an early stage.
• He then participated at the 1959 North American Championships which was also a test event for the then-upcoming Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and placed second with a time of 1:54:21.9. This needs to be revised. Try something like "He then participated at the 1959 North American Championships, which was also a test event for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. He placed second with a time of 1:54:21.9".
• By the way, I presume "he placed second" is okay in American English, because we would say "he was placed second" in GB? Ignore me if it is good AE.
• He competed in his second world championships at the Biathlon World Championships 1959 in Courmayeur, Italy. is awkward with the repetition. Try "He competed in his second world championships at Courmayeur, Italy in 1959".
• Link Tennessee Pass.

Later years

• Link all of physical education, biology, skiing, and cross-country running.
• Why "even" an administrator?

References sample

You have twelve references, all online, so I'll take four as a sample.

• Ref 2: Good.
• Ref 4: Good.
• Ref 9: Good. The source actually says he was Sp-4 rank, so I'd specify that in the article.
• Ref S: Good.

That's about it for now. I'll leave it with you, and then I'll complete the review when you've had chance to consider all the comments. No rush. Jack (talk) 16:53, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]