Template:Did you know nominations/Tim McKee

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The result was: rejected by Gilderien Talk|List of good deeds 19:21, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Tim McKee[edit]

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... that U.S. swimmer Tim McKee lost the closest race in Olympic history, finishing second in the 400 m individual medley by two one-thousandths (0.002) of a second behind Sweden's Gunnar Larsson in 1972?

Improved to Good Article status by Dirtlawyer1 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:45, 7 July 2015 (UTC).

The nomination occurred over 10 days after the article was promoted to Good Article status, and so this article is well outside of the DYK criteria for newness. ~ Rob^Talk 11:23, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

@BU Rob13: Is the 7-day deadline absolute? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:54, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

@Dirtlawyer1: No rule is absolute as per WP:IAR, but this one is far enough outside the deadline that I'm not inclined to ignore all rules. If it were 8 days old, for instance, I don't think anyone would care, but this is ~50% over the "limit". You're welcome to seek a second opinion if you'd like to. ~ Rob^Talk 12:01, 10 July 2015 (UTC)