Template:Did you know nominations/Dick Attlesey
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The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 03:11, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Dick Attlesey
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that Dick Attlesey became the first ever U.S. champion in the 110-meter hurdles in 1950 and was the first hurdles gold medalist at the Pan American Games?
- Reviewed: John Morton Blum
Created/expanded by Sillyfolkboy (talk). Self nom at 16:28, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
- Comment New creation date OK, size OK, neutral, cites sources, Hook is 176 characters, OK, Hook is neutral. No plagiarism. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:25, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
Not ok. The sentence "Following the metric standardization of events by the International Amateur Athletic Association, the 110-meter hurdles was held for the first time at the AAU Championships and Attlesey became the first U.S. champion over the distance with a world record time of 13.6 seconds" is not referenced, and that sentence is the basis for part of the hook. Other criteria are fine. Jrcla2 (talk) 15:05, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
- You're entirely right, I've no idea how I came to that conclusion in the first place as standardisation occurred much earlier in 1932 (??!). Now corrected and changing the hook. SFB 18:03, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
- Comment New creation date OK, size OK, neutral, cites sources, Hook is 176 characters, OK, Hook is neutral. No plagiarism. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:25, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
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... that Dick Attlesey set two world records in the 110-meter hurdles in 1950 and was the gold medalist in this event at the first Pan American Games?
