Template:Did you know nominations/2004 London Marathon

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:38, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

2004 London Marathon

(

)

... that the winner of the men's race at the 2004 London Marathon fell during the race on cobblestones? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that at the age of 93, Fauja Singh completed the 2004 London Marathon, his last ever marathon race? Source: p119
- ALT2:... that Fauja Singh completed the 2004 London Marathon at the age of 93, making him the race's oldest ever finisher? Source: [2]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Schlosspark Biebrich

5x expanded by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:44, 13 September 2021 (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: Done.

Overall: Article was 5x expanded within nomination limit, is long enough, well sourced and plagiarism free. Hook is cited and I'm a bit 50/50 on if ALT0 is the best hook. I do like ALT2 and have an ALT3 suggestion below. Joseph2302 needs to complete their QPQ. Please ping me when you do and if you have thoughts on my ALT3, or going with ALT2 over the others. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 02:42, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

ALT3: ... that the 2004 London Marathon was the coldest in history, with a temperature of 5.3 °C (41.5 °F) at the start of the races? Source: [3]

I have struck ALT1, as there are sources that supercede that source from 2009 (he ran some more marathons in the 2010s). Any of ALT0, ALT2 or ALT3 would be fine with me, I think ALT2 is most interesting. Will do a QPQ later today. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:19, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
Favre1fan93 QPQ now done: Template:Did you know nominations/Schlosspark Biebrich. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:54, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Passed. I have a preference for ALT2 or ALT3 over ALT0, so I will leave it up to the coordinator to choose. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 12:58, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Promoter's comment: I picked ALT0 over ALT2 because while ALT2 is more interesting, ALT0 is more enticing. ALT2 is a great story, but I read and think "hmm, that's awesome, but there's not really a reason for me to click and find out more". ALT0 is less awesome on its face, but it does get people thinking and possibly clicking to see if there's a story there. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 23:38, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P3