Talk:Benoit Blin
Latest comment: 1 month ago by DimensionalFusion in topic Did you know nomination
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 | A fact from Benoit Blin appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 October 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 DimensionalFusion talk 10:15, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
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- ... that during his service with the French Navy, pastry chef and television judge Benoit Blin cut off the tips of his fingers in a kitchen accident?
- Source: " For me, when I was a young lad I made a silly mistake during my military service. I used a butcher knife to slice a tomato when I was doing staff food. It was extremely sharp and chopped the end of my fingers off with the tomato." from "The man behind the chef: Benoit Blin - The Staff Canteen Live". www.thestaffcanteen.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ALT1: ... that in 2011, French-born chef Benoit Blin was president of the British team at the World Pastry Cup? Source: "Benoit is no stranger to high-end pastry competitions. He was team president of the UK Pastry Team in the 2011 Pastry World Cup " from: "BBC Two - Bake Off Creme de la Creme, Series 1 - Benoit Blin MCA". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 870 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 14:32, 15 August 2024 (UTC).
- Not a review (and no matter how much I like Bake Off The Professionals, I still do my QPQs oldest first!), but the WP:METRO is not a reliable source.--Launchballer 20:59, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads-up Launchballer, luckily everything was covered by the BBC source so I've switched it over to that - Dumelow (talk) 21:18, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
You should consider installing WP:UPSD. Full review needed.--Launchballer 21:44, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, that is a very handy gadget that should be more widely known, thanks - Dumelow (talk) 07:47, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads-up Launchballer, luckily everything was covered by the BBC source so I've switched it over to that - Dumelow (talk) 21:18, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook facts check out with a strong preference for ALT0. No textual issues. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:03, 16 September 2024 (UTC)- QQ: Why does it say French-born instead of just French DimensionalFusion (talk ▪ she/her) 19:16, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
