Talk:Murray Dowey

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A fact from Murray Dowey appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Murray Dowey was a clerk and typist for the Toronto Transit Commission before being the goaltender for Canada's gold-medal-winning hockey team at the 1948 Winter Olympics?

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 09:49, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Murray Dowey was a clerk and typist for the Toronto Transit Commission before being the goaltender for Canada's gold medal-winning hockey team at the 1948 Winter Olympics? Source: Ottawa Citizen
- ALT1:... that Murray Dowey's five shutouts and 0.62 goals against average at the 1948 Winter Olympics remain Olympic records to this day? Source: International Ice Hockey Federation

Reviewed: Ekkehard von Kuenssberg
Comment: Please save for July 1, Canada Day (exactly 4 weeks and 4 days from now). Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only scheduled to appear in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:07, 30 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

ALT 0 approved. Although ALT1 is not stated in the article, it does state that the record holds at the time of his death, which was May 29, 2021. One of the sources mentions that the record holds today, and since a winter Olympics is not scheduled until 2022, the record will hold for at least a few months. I imagine that the article doesn't say "current record holder" because of MOS:DATED so I'm willing to WP:IAR and approve ALT1. Z1720 (talk) 16:16, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]