Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Pow


 * 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 Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:03, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Robert Pow

 * ... that, in the year before he became Fort William mayor, Robert Pow was a member of the winning curling team at the 1932 Winter Olympics?
 * Reviewed: New England tree frog

Created by Big iron (talk). Self nominated at 02:26, 13 September 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New enough. NOT long enough, DYK check shows 1291 characters, so another 209 needed. QPQ review of another article required. Dup detector shows no close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations or plagiarism, when comparing article with all three sources. NPOV. Well-cited, including the hook. The source supports the hook, but it neglects to mention that curling was a demonstration sport in 1932 (although the article does mention this), and it conflicts with our article on the 1932 Winter Olympics, which states, "Medals were awarded in 14 events contested in 4 sports (7 disciplines)". Our article on demonstration sport states, "Traditionally, the medals awarded for the demonstration events followed the same design as the Olympic medals, but of a smaller size. These medals are never included in the medal count." I'm in two minds as to whether the hook uses reasonable "artistic licence" or is too misleading. Any thoughts? Edwardx (talk) 09:51, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * This is actually my first DYK nomination so sorry if I have stumbled a bit. Article is now over 1500 characters. I am sort of torn on the "demonstration sport" issue - I didn't want to get too wordy. Curling is listed as a demonstration sport on the "1932 Winter Olympics" page and the team members were actually given gold medals, although they were "commemorative". I did take a stab at a review of "New England tree frog" although I do not have 5 DYK credits yet. --Big_iron (talk) 13:05, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Looking at your talkpage, you have nine DYK contributor credits (plus any more you might have in your four pages of archived talk), so you do need to do a QPQ. I agree with you that shorter hooks are better hooks. So, I'm okay with the hook. But, as you link to 1932 Winter Olympics, I think it would be a good idea to mention about the demonstration sport commemorative medals in that article too. Edwardx (talk) 19:28, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I have done a bit more reading on this subject. The commemorative medals are awarded to all athletes and officials for participation, including demonstration events. Maybe it would be better to say "winning curling team" instead. --Big_iron (talk) 00:06, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've changed the hook accordingly. Just the QPQ review to go! Edwardx (talk) 09:18, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
 * See New England tree frog --Big_iron (talk) 10:59, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you. Good to go. Edwardx (talk) 12:18, 15 September 2014 (UTC)