Talk:Bill Morrow (Australian politician)

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A fact from Bill Morrow (Australian politician) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 October 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Australian train driver Bill Morrow received the Soviet Union's Lenin Peace Prize alongside Fidel Castro?

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The result was: promoted by Nineteen Ninety-Four guy talk 17:30, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Australian train driver Bill Morrow received the Soviet Union's Lenin Peace Prize alongside Fidel Castro?

Source: "later he became [...] an engine-driver on the construction of a number of north Queensland railway lines"; "recipients of the 1960 Lenin Prize for consolidation of peace between peoples: Sekou Touré, Fidel Castro, Rameshwari Nehru, Antoine Tabet, Michael Sadoveanu, William Morrow"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Franklin

5x expanded by ITBF (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

I T B F 💬 16:24, 9 September 2024 (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 across the board for sourcing, length, interest etc. Consider bluelinking Fidel Castro? Up to you though. Well done! GraziePrego (talk) 07:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]