Template:Did you know nominations/Sydney Leroux

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The result was: promoted by Ohc ^¡digame! 02:09, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Sydney Leroux

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... that Sydney Leroux (pictured) represented Canada before deciding to play for the United States women's national soccer team?

Reviewed: Coat of arms of Groningen (province)
Comment: DYK to be held for International Women's Day on 8 March, if possible

Improved to Good Article status by Hmlarson (talk), Vanished user llkdfkj4isw4 (talk). Nominated by Cloudz679 (talk) at 17:48, 7 February 2014 (UTC).

GA quality from Feb 3rd. Hook is well sourced and image is free. Available in many languages. Thank you for your contribution for International Women's Day - there is some competition for places - but that's what its about. I do find the "external video" link unusual. Is this OK by wiki rules? Victuallers (talk) 18:53, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Per WP:IRS, "audio, video, and multimedia materials that have been recorded then broadcast, distributed, or archived by a reputable party may also meet the necessary criteria to be considered reliable sources". I hope this is sufficient. C 679 21:32, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

My concern wasnt about using video as a source. Video could be fine. My concern was that links to external sources is normally not allowed in wiki articles except in the references and external links sections. I have never seen a link to an external video within an article. Is this an innovation? Victuallers (talk) 22:45, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

The video is linked to via the {{external media}} template, which is designed to be placed in the body of an article. I'd never seen this template myself until a few days ago, but it is widely used and considered acceptable. DoctorKubla (talk) 16:52, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

- Well thanks DrK (I think its weird!) - but tick anyway Victuallers (talk) 22:22, 14 February 2014 (UTC)