Template:Did you know nominations/Roly Bain

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The result was: promoted by  MPJ-DK  18:48, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Roly Bain

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• ... that the Anglican priest Roly Bain used to enter church on a unicycle, open the service with the invocation "Let us play!", and preach while balancing on a slackrope?

• ALT1: ... that the Anglican priest Roly Bain received the Slapstick Prize from Clowns International?
• ALT2: ... that Holy Roly traced the origins of his clown ministry to the fools and "feasts of fools" of the Middle Ages?
• Reviewed: Christopher Codrington (died 1698)

Created by MelanieN (talk), Polentarion (talk), and Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (talk}. Self-nominated at 04:11, 5 September 2016 (UTC).

• No issues found with article, ready for human review.
  • ✓ This article is new and was created on 20:28, 04 September 2016 (UTC)
  • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 2404 characters
  • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
  • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
  • ? A copyright violation is suspected by an automated tool, with 23.1% confidence. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 82 characters
  • ✓ The hook ALT1 is an appropriate length at 162 characters
  • ✓ MelanieN has more than 5 DYK credits. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Christopher Codrington (died 1698) was performed for this nomination.

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• This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts have inline citations to reliable sources, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues with the spot checks I made. He sounds like a breath of fresh air in the Anglican church! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:17, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
• User:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi had made a draft and was not quick enough to move it in article space. I used some of the material for MelanieN's version. in so far Imperatrix should have a credential as well. Polentarion Talk 16:31, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

• I agree and I have added him to the DYK credits. MelanieN (talk) 16:57, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Thnx for the credit. I already like the first hook but tried another one for the fun of it. Polentarion Talk 22:32, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

I am OK with any of the hooks but my preference is for the first one. MelanieN (talk) 15:20, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

The first one, definitely. Can slackrope be linked? Either to Tightrope walking, which is the current redirect or to Slacklining, which is what the article links to? - Sitush (talk) 00:08, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the suggestion. MelanieN (talk) 00:54, 15 September 2016 (UTC)