Talk:Anthony Vaz

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A fact from Anthony Vaz appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Anthony Vaz was the first flag bearer and team captain for Kenya at the Olympics?

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Did you know nomination

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 Lightburst talk 14:26, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Anthony Vaz was the first flag bearer and team captain for Kenya at the Olympics? Source: Daily Nation ("...in 1956 when the country made its Olympics debut...Anthony Vaz, was given the unique honor of being the flag bearer") + The Standard ("Overall team captain, hockey player Anthony Vaz, was given the task of handing the Union Jack to visiting Princess Margaret during the Kenya Agricultural Show.")
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of Green Bay Packers presidents

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:58, 27 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Anthony Vaz; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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:

@BeanieFan11: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:51, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]