Template:Did you know nominations/Serjeant (horse) & Saltram (horse)

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 13:22, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Serjeant (horse), Saltram (horse) edit

  • ... that in 1784, the racehorse Serjeant had to run half a mile more than the previous winner, Saltram, in order to win the Derby Stakes?

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 08:20, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

  • Length and timeliness check out. Article has no pictures to worry about. Hook is properly formatted. All facts in article are supported by inline citations. Plagiarism check: here, here, here. No cause for concerns. Article reads neutral enough to this non-horse person.
  • that there is no plagiarism and print sources support text, including the bit cited for the hook.

Serjeant (horse)

  • Removed unsourced statements. Article still long enough and timely enough. No plagiarism issues found. Hook information is supported in article.
  • that there is no plagiarism and print sources support text, including the bit cited for the hook.
Article is good to go. --LauraHale (talk) 11:50, 20 February 2012 (UTC)