Talk:The Boat Race 2013

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A fact from The Boat Race 2013 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 July 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that at the 2013 Boat Race, for the second consecutive year Cambridge had only one British rower in its crew? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 2013.

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Reviewer: Seattle (talk · contribs) 22:09, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• I'll conduct this review. Seattle (talk) 22:09, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

• No DAB links, no dead links, file checks out in terms of copyright.
  • Cool. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• The Metropolitan Police had made contact with Oldfield who is this again?
  • Introduced. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• coxed Oxford in 2003, 2004 and 2005. links of the year only violate
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  • What if I put "in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 races" instead? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Better.

• Cambridge's crew featured just one Brtish rower. disparity between text and table.
  • Not really, the cox doesn't count as a rower. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Milan Bruncvík was the first Czech rower in the history of the Boat Race seems important enough for a mention in the lead
  • Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Mix of "The Boat Race Company Limited" and "The Boat Race Company Ltd"
  • Sorry, my bad. Again. Fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seems passable otherwise. Seattle (talk) 14:03, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• @Seattle: Thanks a lot. I've adjusted accordingly, and responded in line above. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]