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A fact from Roger Robinson (academic) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 October 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that New Zealand academic and runner Roger Robinson has continued competing in races into his 80s despite knee replacement surgery in both knees?
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The result was: promoted by
RoySmith (
talk) 17:19, 2 October 2022 (UTC)reply
... that New Zealand academic and runner Roger Robinson has continued competing in races into his 80s despite knee replacement surgery in both knees? Source:
[1]: "That old guy making the funny noises can still make those replaced knees − and the rest of his body − move along at unprecedented paces for his age group."
Comment: QPQ to be added. Grateful for any improvements to hook or article!
Created by
Chocmilk03 (
talk). Self-nominated at 22:18, 20 September 2022 (UTC).reply
The article is new enough and long enough. It has a neutral tone and in-line citations. Most of the sources are news articles. QPQ done. The hook is interesting to a wide audience and I was able to verify the source. I think it's a really well done and interesting article.
October(BYU) (
talk) 20:12, 21 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks for your review and kind comments about the article, October(BYU)! Much appreciated. :) Cheers,
Chocmilk03 (
talk) 22:41, 21 September 2022 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Roger Robinson (academic) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 October 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that New Zealand academic and runner Roger Robinson has continued competing in races into his 80s despite knee replacement surgery in both knees?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
RoySmith (
talk) 17:19, 2 October 2022 (UTC)reply
... that New Zealand academic and runner Roger Robinson has continued competing in races into his 80s despite knee replacement surgery in both knees? Source:
[1]: "That old guy making the funny noises can still make those replaced knees − and the rest of his body − move along at unprecedented paces for his age group."
Comment: QPQ to be added. Grateful for any improvements to hook or article!
Created by
Chocmilk03 (
talk). Self-nominated at 22:18, 20 September 2022 (UTC).reply
The article is new enough and long enough. It has a neutral tone and in-line citations. Most of the sources are news articles. QPQ done. The hook is interesting to a wide audience and I was able to verify the source. I think it's a really well done and interesting article.
October(BYU) (
talk) 20:12, 21 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks for your review and kind comments about the article, October(BYU)! Much appreciated. :) Cheers,
Chocmilk03 (
talk) 22:41, 21 September 2022 (UTC)reply