- 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 Bruxton talk 00:30, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Forest Van Hook
Van Hook in college
- ... that Forest Van Hook was so large that he had to buy two tickets when attending sports events? Source: Mount Pulaski Historical Society ("Van Hook frequently attended U of I football and basketball games. He always had two tickets, since he weighed more than 300 lbs.")
Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:06, 16 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Forest Van Hook; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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Overall: Interesting hook; good work on the article! ~ Tails Wx 03:01, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Tails Wx: Thanks for the review. I also added an image to the nom; not sure if it'd be good or not - but figured I might as well give the option. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:18, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- Oh, I also approve the image as well–it's in public domain and should be okay to use. I somehow overlooked the image. ~ Tails Wx 03:22, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- Seeing his actual size was a letdown. 6ft tall and 300lbs is not large any more. Bruxton (talk) 00:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)