Template:Did you know nominations/Frank Gadsby

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 15:54, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Frank Gadsby

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• ... that Frank Gadsby, nicknamed "Peggy", was a one-legged British stunt diver during the early 20th century? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115643807
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Created by Bungle (talk). Self-nominated at 21:30, 5 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Frank Gadsby; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• I shall review this. Storye book (talk) 14:20, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

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: None required.

Overall: Thank you for this article about a great character and stunt diver. I have done a quick copyedit of the article, for British English - that does not affect DYK. If I understand correctly, you have four existing DYKs (excluding Haldanes), so you do not have to do a QPQ. I believe there is an issue, not yet resolved, about the year of Gadsby's death. I'll add a discussion to the article talk page, but at the moment I don't believe that it affects DYK, because you have valid reasons for not knowing the date without paying for the birth certificate, and you are under no obligation to do that. It would probably be wise to be a bit more vague about the date in the article, though. Storye book (talk) 15:30, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your review and kind words. It's a little awkward, given I write by default in British English(!), though I have recently become quite accustomed to writing in US English due to the type of articles I am editing, so I guess some involuntary crossover of spelling has occurred. I concur with your point about the DOB and have actioned this separately, hopefully to a satisfactory conclusion. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:47, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, Bungle, for tracking down the birth date, and for adding a great picture to the article. Storye book (talk) 11:06, 7 March 2023 (UTC)