The following discussion 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
62.25.109.197 (
talk) 13:04, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, within policy. But the hook fact is, although supported by a source, not correct. There were earlier black women to represent South Africa on the track. A quick look at the
South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics shows
Geraldine Pillay and
Janice Josephs both taking part in track events. I'm not sure where the source went wrong, but maybe she was the first in the 2008 games or the first in that event. Alternative hook and the fix of this line in the article would be necessary to proceed.
AbstractIllusions (
talk) 15:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
The following discussion 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
62.25.109.197 (
talk) 13:04, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, within policy. But the hook fact is, although supported by a source, not correct. There were earlier black women to represent South Africa on the track. A quick look at the
South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics shows
Geraldine Pillay and
Janice Josephs both taking part in track events. I'm not sure where the source went wrong, but maybe she was the first in the 2008 games or the first in that event. Alternative hook and the fix of this line in the article would be necessary to proceed.
AbstractIllusions (
talk) 15:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)