Template:Did you know nominations/Death and funeral of Babe Ruth

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 03:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Death and funeral of Babe Ruth

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• ... that Life Magazine said Babe Ruth's funeral was the "kind of tribute normally reserved for kings and presidents"? Source: when when the Yankee slugger died from cancer at the age of 53, he received the kind of tribute normally reserved for kings and presidents. His funeral was a multi-day, multi-site affair,
  • ALT1: ... that The Brooklyn Daily Eagle said Babe Ruth's funeral attracted 180,000 people? Source: [Headline: 180,000 Brave Rain as Rites Are Held for Babe Ruth https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-180000-brave-r/140446175/] T
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    The funeral took place over three days and reports say 100,000 saw his body while it was displayed at Yankee Stadium and 80,000 came to the St. Patrick's cathedral. This does not even mention the reports of tens of thousands who came to Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Moved to mainspace by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 03:08, 8 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Death and funeral of Babe Ruth; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:59, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

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: Everything looks good. Two QPQs are done. Prefer original hook, but either works. Appears good to go! Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:28, 10 February 2024 (UTC)