Template:Did you know nominations/Fred Thomas (British politician)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:27, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Fred Thomas (British politician)

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• ... that British politician Fred Thomas was called a "real life Walter Mitty in Plymouth" because he allegedly exaggerated his military record?

• Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/21/johnny-mercer-labour-rival-fred-thomas-walter-mitty-claim/

Alt1... that before Fred Thomas became Member of Parliament for Plymouth Moor View, he was the Royal Marines' light heavyweight boxing champion?

• Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/13/fred-thomas-former-marine-chosen-by-labour-to-stand-against-johnny-mercer-in-plymouth

Alt2... that before Fred Thomas became Member of Parliament for Plymouth Moor View, he learned to read and write in Arabic and studied abroad in Egypt?

• Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/13/fred-thomas-former-marine-chosen-by-labour-to-stand-against-johnny-mercer-in-plymouth

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2024 Rose Bowl

Created by Sahaib (talk) and Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

Sahaib (talk) 13:44, 6 July 2024 (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: I am concerned about the hook for WP:BLP focusing on the negative aspects of his career. Can you share some alternatives? AnotherColonialHistorian (talk) 15:15, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Y Much better and more interesting! Approve Alt1. AnotherColonialHistorian (talk) 16:42, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

• @AnotherColonialHistorian: done. Sahaib (talk) 16:36, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

• Adding green tick for AnotherColonialHistorian as DYKbot did not pick it up. Z1720 (talk) 01:55, 15 July 2024 (UTC)