Talk:Dick Linthicum

A fact from Dick Linthicum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that prior to his career in the CIA, Dick Linthicum played basketball at UCLA and became the university's first All-American in any sport?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Vaticidalprophet (talk) 09:50, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that prior to his career in the CIA, Dick Linthicum played basketball at UCLA and became the university's first All-American in any sport? Source: "Dick Linthicum. UCLA’s first All-American in any sport..."(Los Angeles Times) "He followed that with a 16-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency"(UCLA Athletics)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carol Thomas

Created by Bagumba (talk). Self-nominated at 12:32, 3 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dick Linthicum; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:43, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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:

Appears to meet all the criteria. QPQ done. Looks good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:49, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Date of birth and death[edit]

Hey, I found the grave of a "Richard Linthicum", Commander in the US Navy at the Arlington National Cemetery (Section 60 Site 3598). He is listed as born November 29, 1908 and died March 30, 1979. A photo is available (Army Cemeteries Explorer and Find a Grave) - Caddyshack01 (talk) 14:17, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]