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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 Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:38, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Joany Badenhorst

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  • ... that Joany Badenhorst was the first female snowboarder to represent Australia at the Winter Paralympics, but was forced to withdraw after suffering an injury training on the morning of her event?

Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk), Aussiesportlibrarian (talk). Nominated by Hawkeye7 (talk) at 22:12, 21 May 2014 (UTC).

  • GA approved 8 days before original DYK nomination; accepted. Long enough, well referenced. QPQ done. However, these lines are copied verbatim from the source:
  • In early 2011, she underwent surgery to rectify problems with her leg following her amputation.
  • She joined the South African Paralympic program and competed at the 2009 Paralympic Youth Games.
  • Also, footnote 2 doesn't say anything about why her family moved to Australia.
    • It says: Her architect father Peter brought the family to Australia, largely to get the best medical attention.
  • The hook ref is cited inline, but the URL to Yahoo News isn't working; do you have another URL or another source?
  • The hook is over 200 characters.
    • By five. Trimmed the hook slightly Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:36, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:52, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the fixes. Hook ref verified and cited inline. Here's a suggestion for shortening the hook:
  • ALT1: ... that Joany Badenhorst, the first female snowboarder to represent Australia at the Winter Paralympics, was forced to withdraw after injuring herself in training on the morning of her event? Yoninah (talk) 10:36, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Sure. That would be fine. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:44, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
  • ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 14:41, 22 May 2014 (UTC)