Talk:Sophie Whitehouse

A fact from Sophie Whitehouse appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 April 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse, who has lived in England, Africa and the US, has been chosen to play soccer for the Republic of Ireland?

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Thx Victuallers (talk) 16:14, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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 Lightburst (talk) 01:00, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Sophie Whitehouse in 2023

... that goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse (pictured), who has lived in England, Africa and the US, has been chosen to play soccer for the Republic of Ireland? Source: https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/from-growing-up-in-africa-to-playing-for-the-only-club-with-equal-pay-meet-irelands-newest-goalkeeper-42420663.html
- ALT1: ... that goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse (pictured) is surprised how shoe ownership changes from country to country? Source: https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/from-growing-up-in-africa-to-playing-for-the-only-club-with-equal-pay-meet-irelands-newest-goalkeeper-42420663.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph Longworth
- Comment: New article. Please feel free to fix stuff, change or add to the article.

Created by Victuallers (talk) and S.A. Julio (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 10:10, 14 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Sophie Whitehouse; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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: Fascinating sports biography article! Earwig copyvio checks out, new enough and long enough. Both hooks are cited in the article, although I have a very strong preference for the main hook over ALT1. Good to go here! Nomader (talk) 17:25, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]