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August 27
 Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as The Don, was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport. (more…)

I'm nominating Donald Bradman for August 27, which is the 100th anniversary of his birth.

As his article describes, he is possibly Australia's greatest hero: only Ned Kelly has been the subject of more books, but he is also revered all over the cricket-playing world and even has a claim to having a claim on having achieved the greatest statistics of all time in any sport. During his playing career, such was his prowess that his name has become an archetypal name for unfailing success and dominance.

I believe it receives 7 points - 6 for the centenary and another for "notability". As well as Bradman being a common topic for Australian schoolchildren, the Bodyline controversy (sporting issue, turned diplomatic incident) was sparked by English fear of Bradman's genius, is a topic in the New South Wales Higher School Certificate as part of the Modern History syllabus. --Dweller (talk) 13:22, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

William Blum - RS

 * William Blum - not a Nicaragua specialist; obviously the template used to create human rights section

Groggy asserts that Blum is not expert enough on Nicaragua to be reliably cited. Does anyone disagree with this? Should Blum be removed, or would it be acceptable to balance his opinion with that of experts? --Dweller (talk) 15:28, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Groggy, Blum does not have expertise in or any experience within Nicaragua never mind the Contra movement. I do not think having him as a source is acceptable. Jpineda84 (talk) 16:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Remove Blum. 2 of the parties argue for removal, the third has no objection. Groggy, or Jpindeda84, please remove it sensitively, with an edit summary that points people to this subsection of this subpage. --Dweller (talk) 15:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)