Template:Did you know nominations/Howie Shanks

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:53, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Howie Shanks

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Howie Shanks in 1913

... that a doctor told Howie Shanks (pictured) that he only had a few weeks to live, but he lived another 31 years? Source: [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rick Buffington

5x expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 00:01, 30 September 2022 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Muboshgu All in all, great article. With an interesting hook i'm happy to approve this. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:29, 2 October 2022 (UTC)