Template:Did you know nominations/Julius Achon

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 05:27, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Julius Achon

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• ... that Julius Achon was the first Ugandan athlete to win a gold medal at the World Junior Championships?

• Reviewed: Cherry Lass

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by FunkyCanute (talk). Self nom at 13:27, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Note: BLP exception not required here – this has actually had a five times expansion. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:35, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

• Long enough, new enough, has many verifiable inline citations, is neutral, and is otherwise within policy. Hook is good length and well-constructed. QPQ was not an original review, but instead addressed whether a problem had been adequately addressed (I assume that is OK?). This is a moving article about a good person who has been through much adversity, and I hope it becomes a DYK feature. However, there is one clear problem:
     The fact cited in the hook is not clearly cited. In particular, the hook fact is cited in the text at the beginning of the section "Athletic Achievements." However, the next inline citation does not occur until the end of the paragraph, 2 sentences later, so it is not clear whether the citation is intended to apply to the hook fact. Furthermore, inspection of a separate citation casts doubt on the hook fact in its present form. More specifically, the cited article by Meyer states "He won all three races that day and eventually landed at the World Junior Championships in 1994 in Portugal, becoming the first Ugandan runner to win a gold medal." Thus, whereas the draft hook speaks of the "First Ugandan", the Meyer article only supports speaking of the "First Ugandan runner". These issues should be cleared up before the hook is run -- either by modifying the hook, or by providing a clearer citation. --Presearch (talk) 22:20, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Regarding QPQ, I did the original review as well as comment on the rectification of the issue I raised in the original review. With regard to the hook issue, the Kahn article states: "he became the first Ugandan to win gold". The citation was intended to refer to the entire paragraph but for clarification, I've added it again immediately after the hook fact. FunkyCanute (talk) 11:13, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Good to go! Thanks! (AGF for Kahn article, which is not online; and apolgies about my confusion about QPQ - on looking at it afresh, your QPQ is clearly fine...) -- Presearch (talk) 15:57, 27 September 2012 (UTC)