A fact from Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 April 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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"One of four speed skating events to be contested at these Games, this was the first event ever contested at the Winter Olympics" - close reptition of the word "event"
"He did not attend Chamonix but word failed to reach Games organisers in time." - how about He did not enter the Chamonix event and his withdrawal was not communicated to the organisers of the Games in time.?
"Mathisen himself was unable to attend the Games due to his status as a professional." - a bit of a WP:LIMITED violation in the text in bold and should be changed
"The Americans contested metric events at Saranac Lake where Jewtraw clocked 46.6s." - better to pass WP:LIMITED took part in metric competitions at Saranac Lake, where Jewtraw set a time of 46.6 seconds
"He also set a new world record in the 100 yard event in 9.4 seconds. Whilst Roald Larsen of Norway skated 44.6s in Frogner." - these two sentences can be merged into one
"He had retired before the 1924 Games but made a comeback to compete." - how about but returned to the sport to compete in France. to avoid close paraphrasing with the sporting reference reference used to verify it
"After the gold medal, he skated two more Olympic races before retiring once more." - this sentence is entriely a copy from the sporting reference source used to verify it and will need to be written to pass WP:LIMITED
Overall the main issues with the article concern the prose and there are some instances of close paraphrasing of the sources that need to be addressed. On hold. MWright96(talk) 09:14, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi MWright96, thanks for the review. I will address these points in the next couple of days. Cheers – Ianblair23(talk) 13:18, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again for the review MWright96. I have addressed each of your points above. Cheers – Ianblair23(talk) 05:43, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]