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The result was: '''promoted''' by [[User:PumpkinSky|<span style="color:darkorange;">Pumpkin</span><span style="color:darkblue;">Sky</span>]] [[User talk:PumpkinSky|<span style="color:darkorange;">talk</span>]] 15:13, 25 August 2012 (UTC)<br />}} |
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====Auto polo==== |
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[[File:Auto polo crop.jpg|100x100px|Chicago Auto polo game in the 1910s.]] |
[[File:Auto polo crop.jpg|100x100px|Chicago Auto polo game in the 1910s.]] |
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*'''ALT 1''' ... that '''[[Auto polo]]''' ''(pictured)'' was once described as a "lunatic game"? |
*'''ALT 1''' ... that '''[[Auto polo]]''' ''(pictured)'' was once described as a "lunatic game"? |
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<small>Created/expanded by [[User:Froggerlaura|Froggerlaura]] ([[User talk:Froggerlaura|talk]]). Self nom at 04:32, 23 August 2012 (UTC)</small> |
<small>Created/expanded by [[User:Froggerlaura|Froggerlaura]] ([[User talk:Froggerlaura|talk]]). Self nom at 04:32, 23 August 2012 (UTC)</small> |
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:*{{In progress}} [[User:ACP2011|Anne]] ([[User talk:ACP2011|talk]]) 15:17, 24 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] Fun article! Date and length fine, photos licensed. Hook correctly formatted and cited (great hook photo!). Well-researched. No copy vios. One small point: Refs 1 and 7 suggest that the Kansas connection started in 1911, not 1912. Do you have alternate info? Thank you for your article. [[User:ACP2011|Anne]] ([[User talk:ACP2011|talk]]) 16:22, 24 August 2012 (UTC) |
::*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] Fun article! Date and length fine, photos licensed. Hook correctly formatted and cited (great hook photo!). Well-researched. No copy vios. One small point: Refs 1 and 7 suggest that the Kansas connection started in 1911, not 1912. Do you have alternate info? Thank you for your article. [[User:ACP2011|Anne]] ([[User talk:ACP2011|talk]]) 16:22, 24 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:I changed the date to 1911. The official "first" match was on July 20, 1912 but I guess he could of thought of it the year before as the source suggests. Had fun writing it. [[User:Froggerlaura|< |
:I changed the date to 1911. The official "first" match was on July 20, 1912 but I guess he could of thought of it the year before as the source suggests. Had fun writing it. There was also a Paris Auto Polo Association in the 1950s formed by American ex-pats that supposedly kept score by hitting pedestrians [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eSEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9mQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7094,491965&dq=paris+auto-polo+association&hl=en]. I didn't include because I can't tell if they're serious or if it's satire. [[User:Froggerlaura|<span style="color:darkgreen;">Froggerlaura</span>]] [[User talk:Froggerlaura|<sup><span style="color:maroon;">ribbit</span></sup>]] 16:44, 24 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] You're all set. I agree with you; I couldn't tell whether the article was serious! [[User:ACP2011|Anne]] ([[User talk:ACP2011|talk]]) 17:41, 24 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Latest revision as of 05:19, 5 May 2021
- The following discussion 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.
The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 15:13, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Auto polo
[edit]- ... that Auto polo (pictured) was promoted by a Kansas car salesman to sell Model Ts?
- ALT 1 ... that Auto polo (pictured) was once described as a "lunatic game"?
- Reviewed: The Sense of Beauty
Created/expanded by Froggerlaura (talk). Self nom at 04:32, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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- Fun article! Date and length fine, photos licensed. Hook correctly formatted and cited (great hook photo!). Well-researched. No copy vios. One small point: Refs 1 and 7 suggest that the Kansas connection started in 1911, not 1912. Do you have alternate info? Thank you for your article. Anne (talk) 16:22, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
- I changed the date to 1911. The official "first" match was on July 20, 1912 but I guess he could of thought of it the year before as the source suggests. Had fun writing it. There was also a Paris Auto Polo Association in the 1950s formed by American ex-pats that supposedly kept score by hitting pedestrians [1]. I didn't include because I can't tell if they're serious or if it's satire. Froggerlaura ribbit 16:44, 24 August 2012 (UTC)