- 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. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:27, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Fred Thomas (British politician)
Alt1... that before Fred Thomas became Member of Parliament for Plymouth Moor View, he was the Royal Marines' light heavyweight boxing champion?
Alt2... that before Fred Thomas became Member of Parliament for Plymouth Moor View, he learned to read and write in Arabic and studied abroad in Egypt?
Sahaib (talk) 13:44, 6 July 2024 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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Overall: I am concerned about the hook for WP:BLP focusing on the negative aspects of his career. Can you share some alternatives? AnotherColonialHistorian (talk) 15:15, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Y Much better and more interesting! Approve Alt1. AnotherColonialHistorian (talk) 16:42, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Adding green tick for AnotherColonialHistorian as DYKbot did not pick it up. Z1720 (talk) 01:55, 15 July 2024 (UTC)