Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 2011


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:37, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

The Boat Race 2011

 * ... that the proportion of rowers at the 2011 Boat Race who were British was the highest for a decade?

Improved to Good Article status by The Rambling Man (talk). Nominated by Matty.007 (talk) at 13:06, 25 July 2014 (UTC).


 * "highest for a decade" --> "highest in a decade"??? Maybe it's one of the Oxford things. Or Cambridge. EEng (talk) 04:19, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Recently promoted to GA, long enough, well referenced and neutral. No close paraphrasing found. The hook is interesting and supported by an inline citation. Re: "for" vs. "in", I think both work. (For what it's worth, the source says "the highest ratio for 10 years". Anyhoo, good to go. 97198 (talk) 08:54, 5 August 2014 (UTC)