Talk:Elbert E. Martin

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 02:08, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Martin holding Roosevelt's speech

• ... that in 1912, former football player Elbert E. Martin (pictured) overpowered a would-be assassin and took his gun away? Source: Martin, who is six feet, tall and a former football player struck squarely on the man's shoulders and bore him to the ground. He threw his right arm about the man's neck with a deathlike grip and with his left arm seized the hand that held' the pistol. In another second he had disarmed the fellow.
  • ALT1: ... that former football player Elbert E. Martin (pictured) stopped an assassin from killing former US president Theodore Roosevelt? Source: Martin, who is six feet, tall and a former football player struck squarely on the man's shoulders and bore him to the ground. He threw his right arm about the man's neck with a deathlike grip and with his left arm seized the hand that held' the pistol. In another second he had disarmed the fellow.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Horned sungem

Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 02:37, 13 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Elbert E. Martin; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• A football player who saves the president? This should be interesting. I'll review. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:57, 13 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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice work. Strongly prefer ALT1 as I think it is much more interesting that it was Theodore Roosevelt that he saved. BeanieFan11 (talk) 04:16, 13 February 2024 (UTC)