The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:59, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
I would suggest using the second one, but amending it to say "99-year-old Captain Tom Moore" and would suggest that "walking laps of his garden" would be more accurate than "walking around his garden". The latter implies that he just walked around a bit. Dcfc1988 (talk) 22:46, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Added an Alt. It is going to need adjustment as he may be 100 by the time it goes live and the total is changing daily. Philafrenzy (talk) 07:56, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
It would be good to schedule this for 30 April, his 100th birthday, and re-word accordingly. We could also mention his UK number one single; and in any case should update the sum raised, which is still climbing. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:02, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Overall: Very interesting man, with a life worth mentioning on this encyclopedia. I've updated the amount raised to over £28.7 million, per the current stats in his article. Whomever adds this to a queue and whomever adds this to the main page should feel free to update it again if seen fit. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 22:14, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Since this has just been moved to the special occasions section to run on April 30, Moore's impending hundredth birthday, I'm revising the hook accordingly:
ALT1b hook looks good to go; birthday is verifiable. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 03:29, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Can we rescue the original picture of him in uniform which was deleted on Commons because expired Crown copyright was not proven? The only image in the article at the moment is fair use. Perhaps we can get the uniformed picture released if the expired copyright can't be proved? Philafrenzy (talk) 07:20, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
What about appending "...and is No 1 in the UK singles charts" [also, that figure in the hook is already out of date; please check the latest figure before posting]. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:55, 25 April 2020 (UTC)?
Hi, I came by to promote ALT1b (ALT1c is rapidly losing hookiness as more info is being tacked on), but the article is tagged with a move request. Yoninah (talk) 16:50, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Alt1c, as suggested by Andy, remains interesting, I think, and is quite incredible for a 100 year old, and also meets criteria. What do others think? The move request is ongoing but a consensus appears to be forming. I asked that it be closed before the article goes on the Main page; if not I would just suggest we remove the tag for that day as it is not an orange or red tag. Does that work? Whizz40 (talk) 17:15, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
ALT1c is just a bunch of information about someone who's 100 years old. It tells you everything you need to know and there's no need to click on the article. ALT1b, with the words by walking laps of his garden adds some hookiness interest and would make me want to click on it to find out more. Yoninah (talk) 17:25, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Agree Alt1b as updated for the exact total. And Captain Tom Moore in the hook even if they haven't agreed to move it back yet (which they should notwithstandng policy arguments). The idea of raising money by walking laps is what he is know for. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:00, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Yoninah, I don't think this nomination should risk missing its special occasion date—a hundredth birthday, about as special as you can get—because of a move discussion. Let's get it into prep now. If the article is moved before April 30 (I'm assuming we're going for the 00:00 UTC set), we change the bold link in the hook and the first parameter of the DYKmake and DYKnom templates for it. If it hasn't as of 24 hours before, we request in the move discussion that the move not happen right before or while the article is on the main page. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:52, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
OK. Restoring tick. Yoninah (talk) 18:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Very interesting man, with a life worth mentioning on this encyclopedia. I've updated the amount raised to over £28.7 million, per the current stats in his article. Whomever adds this to a queue and whomever adds this to the main page should feel free to update it again if seen fit. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 22:14, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
ALT1b hook looks good to go; birthday is verifiable. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 03:29, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote ALT1b (ALT1c is rapidly losing hookiness as more info is being tacked on), but the article is tagged with a move request. Yoninah (talk) 16:50, 26 April 2020 (UTC)