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A fact from Kenneth Lo (writer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Kenneth Lo was called "the foremost expert in Britain on Chinese food"?

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Title

The article title seems a bit odd to me, as I mainly think of the subject as a chef. Perhaps (food writer) would be better than just (writer)? Andrew🐉(talk) 12:57, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He seems to be best remembered for being a juggernaut in the cookbook industry, so it's somewhere between "(chef)" and "(writer)". As far as I'm aware "(food writer)" would almost never be an option, given that the info contained in the parantheses should be as brief as possible, and "food writer" is merely a subset of "writer". Readers will figure out soon enough just what kind of "writer" he was anyhow, if they stumbled upon the page; and if they didn't, then the title hardly matters. Cheers, Kingoflettuce (talk) 13:05, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

TV

The article needs some content about his TV work, which will be the way he became most famous. Andrew🐉(talk) 12:57, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, unfortunately I haven't managed to find any sources regarding his TV work. Kingoflettuce (talk) 13:03, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Checking, I don't think he was actually a TV chef -- the obits in the Indy and NYT don't mention this. I suspect that, where this occurs, it's due to confusion with Ken Hom.

What the sources do say is that he was a champion tennis player so we should say something about that.

Andrew🐉(talk) 14:20, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I mentioned his appearance at the Davis Cup in "Early life". Kingoflettuce (talk) 14:25, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that on a second reading and have adjusted. Will leave it alone for now but continue to look out for more. Andrew🐉(talk) 14:30, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:50, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Kenneth Lo was called "the foremost expert in Britain on Chinese food"? Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-kenneth-lo-1596450.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Retribution (professional wrestling)

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 10:52, 4 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Review
I'm starting a review. I've eaten at Memories of China and so am surprised that we're only getting to this now. Andrew🐉(talk) 12:01, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - Gets a moderate Earwig score of 26.5% which seems to be due to the use of quotations. These seem to be attributed and reasonably appropriate so I reckon it's ok.

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

The extensive use of quotations such as the hook is not to my taste but that's a matter of style and not a show-stopper. Thanks for getting the topic done. Andrew🐉(talk) 12:40, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]