Template:Did you know nominations/The Sporting Spirit

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:58, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

The Sporting Spirit

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• ... that per George Orwell, "Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play...it is war minus the shooting"? Source: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/the-sporting-spirit/
  • ALT1: ... that per George Orwell, "Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, disregard for all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: it is war minus the shooting"? Source: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/the-sporting-spirit/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl

Created by Ktin (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 08:22, 22 December 2021 (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: All matches on Earwig are direct quotes from the essay. Prefer the original hook to the alt but both are good. —🎄☃️❄️ Season's greetings from AFreshStart (talk) ❄️☃️🎄 09:20, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

• • Promoter's comment: quite the interesting combination of nominators... theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 21:58, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Tweaked ALT0 to T:DYK/P7