Talk:Leon Burton

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A fact from Leon Burton appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Leon Burton set the NCAA record of 9.6 yards per carry in 1957?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 14:32, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Leon Burton set the NCAA record of 9.6 yards per carry in 1957? Source: Arizona State Sun Devils; Maroon & Gold: A History of Sun Devil Athletics
- ALT1: ... that Leon Burton set Arizona State University's freshman record of 694 rushing yards in 1955, a record that stood until 2003? Source: The Arizona Republic (Coro); The Arizona Republic (Metcalfe)
- Reviewed: Peter Corby
- Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only appeared in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 11:17, 16 October 2022 (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:

@Bloom6132: Good article.

Will have to approve in good faith since I can't seem to access the sources for the second hook but the article is good nonetheless. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:42, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]