Talk:Duncan Campbell (inventor)

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Did you know... that wheelchair rugby co-inventor Duncan Campbell is nicknamed "the Quadfather"?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 11:49, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that wheelchair rugby co-inventor Duncan Campbell is nicknamed "the Quadfather"? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that Duncan Campbell is one of five Canadians that co-invented murderball? Source: 2010 article
- ALT2:... that wheelchair rugby was co-invented by Duncan Campbell under the name murderball? Source: 2005 article

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Aleksei Grishin
Comment: If you need clippings of the newspaper articles, let me know.

Created by MrLinkinPark333 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:03, 5 November 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Seems like a target for expansion, but in the meantime, new, long enough, more than well cited including all of the hooks. Strongly prefer ALT1. Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:09, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]