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.
Osborne at the 2018 Christmas Regatta on Lake Karapiro
... that New Zealand rower Hannah Osborne(pictured) unexpectedly displaced the current double-world champion in double scull, Olivia Loe, for the 2021 Olympic Games? Source: "Olivia Loe has been dropped from the double scull boat, where she won two world titles, as the national selectors eye their best chance of claiming a medal at Tokyo. ... But Loe's speed is no longer seen as quick enough and she was moved to the quad in favour of Hannah Osborne." Stuff
Comment: Would be cool if we could run this on the day rowing starts. Rowing's first day of competition is on Friday, 23 July. There will be heats in six boat classes and W2x is up fourth. The heats will be between 8:30 h and 12:10 h Japan Standard Time (JST; UTC+09:00). Very conveniently, I see that Tokyo is in the local update times table. Note that I've also nominated Emma Twigg in single scull with the same request.
Created by Schwede66 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:31, 19 June 2021 (UTC).
Update – I think I can organise a photo for this nomination, so don't sign this off and promote it too quickly, please. Schwede66 09:56, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
Holding for the image but otherwise looks good! Long enough, new, referenced and neutral; no Earwig pings; interesting and verified hook; QPQ done. Ping me when you have an image Schwede66! Innisfree987 (talk) 05:13, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, Innisfree987. Can confirm that it seems likely that some images will be released and they are top quality. Schwede66 10:23, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for waiting patiently, Innisfree987. First photo has arrived and I've added it to the article, produced a square crop of it and this crop is now part of this nomination. I'd say the crop is more suited for the 120px size images that we use on the mainpage than the whole image. I believe that using a crop of an image that's used in an article meets rule requirements ("It must already be in the article"). There's more images to come but from the selection that I've seen, this one was the most striking. Schwede66 02:39, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Hannah Osborne 2018 Christmas Regatta (cropped and lightened) Remarkable image especially in wide! Wonderful get, Schwede66. I’m only a little concerned that the cropped version, particularly in small size, is a little hard to “read” because of the darkness. I made a lighter version, but I suppose the rules would require you to use it in the article too... it is certainly technically possible to lighten her in the larger image without losing the beautiful cloud detail but I don’t have those tools at my disposal, we’d need to make a graphics lab request. Before I go any further down this rabbit hole tho: are you still hoping to have this run on the same day as Emma Twigg? Because only one article per set could have an accompanying image anyway. But tell me what you think! Innisfree987 (talk) 05:30, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Great photo indeed, eh? (the photographer has photos of the whole team and we are sending 34 rowers to Tokyo; how good is that?) Happy with having it lightened. I'd be easy about lightening just the crop, but am fine with whatever gets decided. My mate User:Podzemnik is a photo wizard who is active on Commons; maybe he could chip in. With regards to the Twigg nomination, if both run in the same set and I could chose which one to make the lead, I'd go for Osborne because of the stunning photo. But we may be on a 12-hour cycle at the time and they could run in different sets (and only 1 of the 8 can have a photo; I don't have an expectation that my noms get picked for the lead spot). Schwede66 05:41, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
My gosh—images of 34 rowers, what a collection! (If you like, please do claim credit for this accomplishment at the Women in Red Olympics editathon!) And good for promoter to know about your image preference. All sounds good to me as well but I can wait to mark it so it doesn’t get moved to accepted nominations before Podzemnik has a chance to weigh in. Innisfree987 (talk) 06:08, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Update: I've been in touch with my mate (Podzemnik) by email regarding this specific photo. His phone is out of coverage, which most likely means that he's out hiking. Given that it's middle of winter here, I suspect he'll be back soon. With regards to the 34 rowers, I've now processed photos for 11 of them. Schwede66 00:23, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
Whenever you’re ready! Amazing for that cache. Innisfree987 (talk) 23:36, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Ok, here's where it's at and what I suggest we do. The photographer has gone through all her external hard drives and she cannot locate the raw image, so we'll have to make do with what we've got. My mate had a look at the photo and has tweaked the file itself. He's produced a different crop and I've used that here and in the article's ibox. I've used the full photo in the body of the article. So we therefore comply with the DYK photo rules and we also have a lighter photo suitable for use on the homepage. How does that sound? Schwede66 06:18, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Holding for the image but otherwise looks good! Long enough, new, referenced and neutral; no Earwig pings; interesting and verified hook; QPQ done. Ping me when you have an image Schwede66! Innisfree987 (talk) 05:13, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
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Terrific. Away we go! (Shame the RAW file on that is lost; quite a capture. Ah well; the archive is always incomplete!) Innisfree987 (talk) 06:52, 14 July 2021 (UTC)