Template:Did you know nominations/Ormond Simkins
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The result was: rejected by Rcsprinter123 (report) @ 20:47, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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Ormond Simkins
[edit]- ... that the undefeated 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team, which won five road games by shutout in six days, included Ormond Simkins, whose father may have fired the first shot of the American Civil War?
Created/expanded by MisterCake (talk). Self nominated at 20:48, 24 November 2014 (UTC).
I deeply regret having to note that the nomination is not eligible for DYK. New articles are supposed to be nominated within seven days of having been created. This nomination was made 31 days after its creation, which is simply too late. It was created on October 24 and just under the minimum at 1419 prose characters as of October 29; its latest expansion, starting November 24 (the day it was nominated) takes it to 2152 prose characters, only a 1.5x expansion over the 1419. You would have to expand to 7095 prose characters. At this point, your best chance might be to improve the article to the point that it could be nominated to be a Good Article; if it passes, you then have seven days to nominated it here. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:59, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
