Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Faroux

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:25, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Charles Faroux

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Charles Faroux at the 1922 French Grand Prix

• ... that Charles Faroux (pictured) helped to initiate the 24 Hours of Le Mans? Source: http://www.historicracing.com/driver_detail.cfm?driverID=1682
  • ALT1 ... that Motorsport journalist Charles Faroux (pictured) was also a three time balkline billiards world champion? Enzyklopädie des Billardsports. Vol. 1 (1. ed.). Heinrich Weingartner. 2009. p. 156. ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Miramare di Rimini
• Comment: Not a big Motorsport guy, but he's super notable for that. Let me know if there's any issues.

Created by Lee Vilenski (talk). Self-nominated at 21:57, 10 August 2019 (UTC).

• @Lee Vilenski: I'll review this one. epicgenius (talk) 15:07, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - There's one "citation needed" tag, but according to DYK rules, it's not that major compared to if the article was mostly unsourced. However, this should be rectified anyway.
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - Either hook is fine but the original is better.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 15:07, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Epicgenius - Is this a pass? Could I get the {{DYKtick}}? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 07:25, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

• @Lee Vilenski: No major problems with the article, however, you may want to get the citation-needed tag fixed before this appears on DYK. epicgenius (talk) 12:34, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this. Could you please tidy up the grammar in this sentence: In 1905 he took what? place in his first world carrom championships, at the and by 1907 huh? reached second place, which he accomplished again in 1910. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 00:27, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

• Reworded Yoninah Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 07:44, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

• Thank you. I cleaned up other language in the article; it read like a bad translation. Restoring tick per Epicgenius' review. Yoninah (talk) 13:25, 2 September 2019 (UTC)