A fact from Tacks Latimer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that former baseball player Tacks Latimer was sentenced to life imprisonment for second-degree murder, but was pardoned for his heroism in stopping a prison break?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Comment (not a review, am a DYK newbie): Seems a really interesting article and excellent hooks. I was just a little confused by the use of "and". Wondering if this could be reworded slightly e.g. "... was convicted of second-degree murder but later pardoned for assisting guards during a prison break"? Otherwise it sounds like the conviction and pardon (or the conviction and the assisting of the guards) happens at the same time. Could just be me. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:26, 3 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
ALT3: ... that Tacks Latimer(pictured) was sentenced to life imprisonment for second-degree murder, but was pardoned for his heroism in stopping a prison break?
Looks good to me. I am going to give this review thing a go:
Overall: Looks great to me. Article length, content and citations all fit the requirements. The hooks are well-cited (reliable sources I can access) and interesting; ALT3 would be my preference because I think the wording is clearer. Earwig flags a potential copyvio but on inspection that is a website that copies from Wikipedia rather than the other way around (and no other issues identified). As noted, I am a DYK newbie but I think this is a very clear approval. Chocmilk03 (talk) 17:28, 4 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Looks great to me. Article length, content and citations all fit the requirements. The hooks are well-cited (reliable sources I can access) and interesting; ALT3 would be my preference because I think the wording is clearer. Earwig flags a potential copyvio but on inspection that is a website that copies from Wikipedia rather than the other way around (and no other issues identified). As noted, I am a DYK newbie but I think this is a very clear approval. Chocmilk03 (talk) 17:28, 4 April 2021 (UTC)