Talk:Ben Kimondiu

A fact from Ben Kimondiu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 2001, Ben Kimondiu became the first pacesetter to win the Chicago Marathon?

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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:08, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Ben Kimondiu won the 2001 Chicago Marathon as a pacesetter? Source: [1] p.171
- ALT1:... that Ben Kimondiu became the first pacesetter to win the Chicago Marathon in 2001? Source: [2] p.171

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Suicide in Finland
Comment: I did a QPQ before the one linked, but it's not completed. This one I linked is completed.

Moved to mainspace by MrLinkinPark333 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:33, 28 July 2019 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good to go, and I think ALT1 is more interesting (though I would drop the "ever"). Sounder Bruce 02:41, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce: Dropped ever in ALT1 per suggestion. Does it sound accurate though? To me, it reads as the winner in 2001 was a pacesetter, instead of in 2001 a pacesetter won for the first time. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:53, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, that could be interpreted that way. Perhaps moving the 2001 to the end of the hook would make it work. Sounder Bruce 02:56, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Think that would work, so i did as suggested @SounderBruce:. Otherwise, someone else can proofread it and say otherwise. Thanks! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:31, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]