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A fact from Tony Hudgell appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after suffering life-changing injuries as a baby, five-year-old Tony Hudgell raised £1.7 million for a London children's hospital, and inspired English law changes on child abuse?
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... that after suffering life-changing injuries as a baby, five-year-old Tony Hudgell raised £1.7m for a London children's hospital, and inspired English law changes on child abuse? Source: BBC News: Tony Hudgell receives award for his sponsored walks : "He raised £1.7m for the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, which has cared for him since he was a baby." .... "The family also campaigned successfully for Tony's Law, which introduced tougher sentences for child abusers."
ALT1: ... that five-year-old English double amputee Tony Hudgell, who set out to raise £500 for the Evelina London Children's Hospital by walking 10 km (6.2 mi) on his prosthetic legs, eventually raised £1.7m? Source: BBC News Amputee schoolboy Tony Hudgell raises £320,000 for NHS "Tony Hudgell has new prosthetic legs and crutches and aims to walk every day in June to reach his 10km challenge. ...He said he had hoped to raise £500 for charity." BBC News Tony Hudgell receives award for his sponsored walks : "He raised £1.7m for the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, which has cared for him since he was a baby."
Overall: Interesting hook, but the sources should be replaced to show the updated fundraising amount. The picture used in the article is not freely licensed, and does not meet the fair-use criteria (pictures of living people can generally be freely created). DHN (talk) 07:27, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks DHN. I have amended the article so that there is now a BBC-sourced citation for the £1.7m final figure. In light of the lack of a Commons-licensed image, I hadn't envisaged use of one in the DYK. Paul W (talk) 13:59, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]