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A fact from John W. Overton appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 February 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that John W. Overton (pictured) was killed in World War I, a year after setting the world track and field records in the indoor mile and indoor 1000 yard (910 m) races in 1917?

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Namesake

Is there any source for the statement that this John Overton was named for John Overton (judge)? Smmurphy^(Talk) 07:01, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Webster's dictionary leads with one that has the same name as another;. The qualifier especially : one who is named after another or for whom another is named is not exclusionary. Trackinfo (talk) 07:17, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, that seems a bit of a stretch. Also, I don't know that judge Overton's middle name was Williams. I'm going to reword a bit. Also, there isn't really a connection between this Overton and Jackson, so I'm going to remove that. Smmurphy^(Talk) 08:58, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I moved mention of the judge to a hatnote, it can be useful for navigation even if it isn't clear if their is a more direct relationship between the two. Smmurphy^(Talk) 15:30, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox photo

I know that most early photos (1900-1940s) of athletes look like "police mug shots," but still, couldn't a better one of Overton be found and used?

Just curious. 2600:8800:786:A300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 11:37, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't find one when I looked. I checked Yale yearbooks from that era as well as WWI PD photo databases and didn't find anything. There are better quality pictures of Overton, but the copyright on those was not clear to me. Smmurphy^(Talk) 19:51, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]