Talk:Howie Shanks

A fact from Howie Shanks appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a doctor told Howie Shanks that he only had a few weeks to live, but he lived another 31 years?

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 15:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added some info on his illness today. Intent to go back later and add some more info from his biography.Daninger4995 (talk) 21:47, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:53, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Howie Shanks in 1913

... that a doctor told Howie Shanks (pictured) that he only had a few weeks to live, but he lived another 31 years? Source: [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rick Buffington

5x expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 00:01, 30 September 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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Muboshgu All in all, great article. With an interesting hook i'm happy to approve this. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:29, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]