Template:Did you know nominations/Colin Clinton

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:20, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Colin Clinton

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• ... that Colin Clinton was the youngest ever president of the Institution of Civil Engineers when he took up the post in 2004? Source: "On his first tour as teh youngest president of the Institution of Civil Engineers" from: "Bacon butty is a must for Arup director". The Times. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  • ALT1:... that Colin Clinton arranged for civil engineers to be interviewed on Heart FM? "A meeting was quickly convened between Clinton and Heart FM marketing manager Nigel Ackroyd ... Heart FM will use civil engineers to talk about the city on the airwaves." from: "Profile: Colin Clinton - ICE Midlands Association chairman". New Civil Engineer. 21 October 1999. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  • ALT2:... that President Clinton's day was ruined if he didn't get a bacon butty and a cup of tea? "I build my life around getting a bacon butty and a cup of tea on the train and when that's impossible, it ruins my day" from: "Bacon butty is a must for Arup director". The Times. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Edda Tasiemka

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:44, 7 February 2020 (UTC).

• I'm loving the ALT2 hook and so jumping in quick to start a review. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:24, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Review

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: The ALT2 hook is excellent and so that's the one I've checked. As there's not a picture, alas, it would be a good choice for the final, quirky slot. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:39, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

• ALT2 seems like a great April Fools hook. Yoninah (talk) 00:06, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Yoninah. I have no objections if people want to run this on April Fool's Day - Dumelow (talk) 07:30, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

I'd like to echo Yoninah, with the addition that I would specifically oppose this one's use before or after 1 April (I came here because I was somewhat annoyed by an Easter egg link being placed on a linked DYK nomination on what was clearly not April Fool's Day). Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 07:56, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you. I've added this to the April Fool's Day run list. Yoninah (talk) 13:51, 12 February 2020 (UTC)