Template:Did you know nominations/Dick Linthicum

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 09:50, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Dick Linthicum

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... that prior to his career in the CIA, Dick Linthicum played basketball at UCLA and became the university's first All-American in any sport? Source: "Dick Linthicum. UCLA’s first All-American in any sport..."(Los Angeles Times) "He followed that with a 16-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency"(UCLA Athletics)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carol Thomas

Created by Bagumba (talk). Self-nominated at 12:32, 3 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dick Linthicum; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:43, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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:

Appears to meet all the criteria. QPQ done. Looks good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:49, 3 July 2023 (UTC)