Template:Did you know nominations/William Riedell

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:40, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

William Riedell

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... that shortly before sports shooter William Riedell was to compete in the 1936 Olympics, he had his pistols confiscated by the police because the precinct chief had decided there were "too many guns"? Source: SSUSA magazine ("An example of the problems he ran into, trying to get this team off: out of a clear sky, the New York police descended on Bill Riedell's home in Brooklyn and confiscated his pistols. He had the necessary permits for them, he had just made the U.S. International team and the guns were strictly target pistols. The precinct chief had apparently decided that there were too many guns and gun owners and he was going to straighten that out.")
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Adolphe Jacquies
- Comment: Nominating while the AFD (which appears to be heading towards keep) is still active so the article doesn't run out of eligibility. I can shorten the hook if it is too long.

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk) and Jacona (talk). Nominated by BeanieFan11 (talk) at 22:59, 11 May 2022 (UTC).

5× expansion of 4 May 2022 version completed from 155 characters to 1,886 and nominated seven days later. No copyvios detected. Article is well-sourced. Hook is 199 characters long (just under 200 character max.) and is interesting. Ref 5 (verifying the hook) is a reliable source. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:21, 17 May 2022 (UTC)