Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Vernon

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Andy Vernon

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~~... that Andy Vernon had a Twitter argument with Mo Farah for over an hour?~~ Source: Mo Farah became embroiled in a remarkable slanging match with British teammate Andy Vernon on Tuesday evening, labeling his fellow long-distance runner “an embarrassment” after the pair traded blows for more than an hour on Twitter

Reviewed: Kari Løvaas

5x expanded by Yellow Dingo (talk). Self-nominated at 10:39, 19 September 2016 (UTC).

Think you need to jazz up that hook. Endless social media heated arguments= par for the course Ribbet32 (talk) 15:12, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Yeah but two Olympians who are teammates and one a four time gold medalist, I'd say that doesn't happen very often. Happy to add an ALT if more users think it's needed. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 21:39, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Then work in the bit about their being teammates. I'm too lazy tonight to do it myself. E Eng 06:34, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

ALT 1: ~~... that Andy Vernon had a Twitter argument with UK Athletics teammate Mo Farah for over an hour?~~

Done @EEng:. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 06:38, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Much better IMHO. E Eng 05:55, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 00:12, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

This article is new enough and long enough. The ALT1 hook fact is cited to a reliable source, the article is neutral and I detected no policy issues. I did however remove the mention of "fellow Olympian" from the hook as that information is not included in the article on Vernon. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:20, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

I have pulled this from q6 due to a discussion at WT:DYK. Gatoclass (talk) 15:47, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

ALT 2 ... that long-distance runner Andy Vernon can now run the 10,000 metres in the time it took him to run 8,000 metres at age 18?
—hook from Taknaran. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 01:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

ALT 3 ... that long-distance runner Andy Vernon has run the 10,000 metres in the time it took him to run 8,000 metres at age 18?
—per Andrew Davidson at WT:DYK. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 01:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Not exactly rivetting is it? Most athletes improve their performances over time. Gatoclass (talk) 08:00, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Unfortunately not. Would a hook around his Universiade gold be interesting? — Yellow Dingo (talk) 08:07, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

ALT4 ... that British middle distance runner Andy Vernon's best result is a gold in the 5,000 metres at the 2011 Summer Universiade?

ALT5 ... that after 12 years as a top British middle distance runner, Andy Vernon has decided to attempt the marathon?

—Taknaran (talk) 23:59, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Reviewer needed to check the recent ALT hooks; I've struck the hook that was pulled from prep. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:50, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Also noting there is no copyvio, and QPQ was done. ALT4 and ALT5 both are short enough. But ALT4 is contradicted by the article which says that he is a long distance runner. There looks to be no overlap with "middle" and this athlete. So I will propose an ALT4a below though I cannot see that the article says that this is his "best result". That is a bit of OR. ALT5 similarly is not in the article, and he may or may not have attempted a marathon. Also in his earlier years it is not clear that he would be classed as "top", so we need a more carefully worded hook. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:07, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

ALT4a ... that British long distance runner Andy Vernon's best result is a gold in the 5,000 metres at the 2011 Summer Universiade?

What about, — Yellow Dingo (talk) 04:47, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

ALT5 ... that upon winning the half marathon Great Birmingham Run in October 2016, Andy Vernon said he hopes to add the marathon to his repertoire and qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics?

New reviewers needed for ALT4a and ALT5. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 04:47, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

ALT4a checks out, also checked for copyvios and there don't seem to be any. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:19, 5 November 2016 (UTC)