Template:Did you know nominations/Blanche Badcock

Blanche Badcock

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... that a poultry farmer was the first woman to shoot for the Sovereign's Prize, the highest honour in British rifle shooting?

Source: Kay, Joyce (2004-09-23). Foster, Marjorie Elaine (1893–1974), Rifle Shot and Poultry Farmer. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65174.

ALT1: ... that when Blanche Badcock took up rifle shooting at Bisley, only one club would accept her? Source: Kay, Joyce (2004-09-23). Foster, Marjorie Elaine (1893–1974), Rifle Shot and Poultry Farmer. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65174.
ALT2: ... that Blanche Badcock shared a top score in a shooting match with her partner, Marjorie Foster, beating all six men on the team? Source: Reader, Jean (2021). "Reginald Cory, Blanche Badcock and a Poultry Farm in Surrey" (PDF). Welsh Historical Gardens Trust Bulletin. 80: 25–27.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Chisholm (geographer)

Created by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 27 past nominations.

UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 14:46, 28 September 2024 (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: Consider changing King's Prize to Sovereign's, since that's what's cited in the the OUP, though I understand this may be an anachronism. Will leave up to the promoter; otherwise good to go. ThaesOfereode (talk) 22:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks -- "Sovereign's Prize" and "King's Prize" are the same thing, though there's another argument for "Sovereign's" (that no woman had ever shot for the prize while Victoria was on the throne). I've made that change. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 10:19, 29 September 2024 (UTC)