Template:Did you know nominations/Norman Surplus

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The result was: promoted by — Amakuru (talk) 21:28, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Norman Surplus

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... that, on 28 June 2019, Norman Surplus became the first person to circumnavigate the globe using an autogyro? Source BBC: First autogyro round-the-world trip completed by Larne pilot

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Created by Dr.K. (talk). Self-nominated at 06:17, 22 August 2019 (UTC).

Comment: If this just happened, then isn't he also (and more interesting) the only person to have done this at the moment? or was there a close-won race going on? — LlywelynII 19:22, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

No, there was no race. He is also the only person to circumnavigate the world currently, but I used the terminology found in the RS. As far as I know there is another pilot trying to circumnavigate the globe as well, and he has collaborated with Surplus during the Russian flyover. I also changed the tense from "was" to "is" in the hook. Dr. K. 19:33, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

And I'll change it back. He is the only person (currently); he was the first person (in an event that has been completed). — LlywelynII 20:52, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

OK, to avoid this kind of argument, I added the date and changed it slightly. Dr. K. 00:56, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

New enough, long enough, well referenced, neutral, with no apparent copyvio. The hook is certainly interesting and it is cited (note that I corrected the month from July to June in the hook). QPQ is done. 97198 (talk) 07:25, 1 September 2019 (UTC)