Template:Did you know nominations/Tip O'Neill (baseball)
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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:03, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
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Tip O'Neill (baseball)
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- ... that Tip O'Neill (pictured), dubbed "Canada's Babe Ruth," won the triple crown and set at least eight Major League Baseball batting records in 1887?
- Reviewed: Ada Cherry Kearton
5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nominated at 15:41, 1 August 2014 (UTC).
– Article expansion was from 1,553 to 13,218 characters, well over the 5x requirement. The article itself is in good shape overall with strong sourcing. The hook meets all of the standards, and none of the sources I spot-checked gave me any cause for alarm. Overall, I think this is good to go. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:31, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- A different Tip O'Neill was a powerful American Congressman so if you omit part of the hook a certain segment of readers will be very intrigued:
- ALT1 ... that Tip O'Neill (pictured) won the triple crown and set at least eight Major League Baseball batting records?
Would work better if you leave the img out too. EEng (talk) 02:38, 4 August 2014 (UTC)