Talk:Barbara Viera

Barbara Viera is currently a Other sports good article nominee. Nominated by BeanieFan11 (talk) at 21:37, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 08:06, 25 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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... that volleyball coach Barbara Viera had an "ability to motivate, doggedness and never ceasing optimism, sprinkled with a bit of Mother Teresa"?

Source: News Journal

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Kinsey (Quaker leader)
Comment: To do QPQ within 24 hours. Note that in the original quote, it was "Lou Holtz's ability to motivate, Joe Paterno's doggedness and Buddy Ryan's never ceasing optimism". I cut out Holtz / Paterno / Ryan since I don't think they would be well known enough, which I hope is acceptable.

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 462 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Sorry for delay; will complete QPQ I started tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:53, 16 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'll review this today or tomorrow. ミラP@Miraclepine 02:14, 19 May 2026 (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: Moved to mainspace seven days before nom, prose 4918 B. Hook technically doesn't match the ref, but I'll waive this since brackets would make this a bit clunky. Not much worth noting. ミラP@Miraclepine 21:04, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

BeanieFan11, is there another hook here? Even though you've put this in quotations, the fact that someone thought this volleyball coach was super nice and optimistic doesn't strike me as particularly interesting. Any other ideas? Not pulling the tick over this, but I'd love it if there was another option for promoters to choose from. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:12, 8 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- The quote seemed like the best option to me... perhaps something about how many countries she coached in? (Viera had international coaching experience as well, coaching teams that competed in Argentina, Barbados, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and St. Lucia). Or maybe something about becoming a pioneer of women's athletics because when she attended college there were no women's sports program. What do you think? BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:46, 9 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  - Here's something I liked from the article: ALT1: ... that in 27 years of coaching university volleyball, Barbara Viera's teams qualified for post-season play every single year? (Source) This will need another editor to provide an extra tick. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:46, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

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Nominator: BeanieFan11 (talk · contribs) 21:37, 25 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs) 14:14, 26 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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.
a (reference section): 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Comments

Birth name not cited
- Done.
Is top-10 supposed to have a hyphen? Not asking you to change anything.
- Hmm I'm not sure, but I decided to cut it.
"in Fall River, Massachusetts in" comma
- Done.
Westport, Massachusetts - link?
- Done.
Azorean? That's new (I think) lol
- I'm pretty sure she's the first Azores-related topic I've ever written about.
"American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame" add AVCA?
- Done.
"She attended Westport High School in Massachusetts where she graduated in 1959 as class valedictorian." comma before where?
- Added.
Why's she in "Sportspeople from New Bedford, Massachusetts"?
- So it seems originally I had said she grew up in New Bedford, based on a UofDelaware source calling her a "New Bedford native". Someone changed it to say Westport. Given that her obituary says Westport I'm keeping it as Westport and cut the New Bedford category.
"Viera had international coaching experience as well, coaching teams that competed in Argentina, Barbados, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and St. Lucia." Putting "coaching teams that competed in" makes it sound like they were US teams that competed in other countries. Were they actually US teams or Argentinan, etc. teams? Any more details on her international career?
- Based on the source saying "She coached at the international level and took her teams to compete in Barbados, St. Lucia, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Argentina and Mexico." and another source saying "Viera coached U.S. international teams in Barbados, St. Lucia and the former Soviet Union", it seems it was U.S. teams and not teams from other countries. I clarified "Viera had international coaching experience as well, coaching U.S. teams that competed..."
"the Delaware Volleyball Coaches Association in 2002" Is that supposed to say Hall of Fame?
- Yes.
"both the University of Delaware Hall of Fame at the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame in 2003" Is that supposed to say and?
- Changed to "and". Thanks.
Any idea why she died in Rhode Island?
- Well I do say "Viera lived in Newark, Delaware, until moving in 2024 to be nearer to her family," and Massachusetts (where she came from) borders Rhode Island, although the source doesn't say she specifically moved to Tiverton in 2024 so I think keeping it as is would make sense.

Spot checks

Ref 8 looks good.
Ref 1 looks good.
Ref 12 looks good.

Nice work! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:14, 26 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:11, 27 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]