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	A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 25, 2023. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Gavin Massey (pictured) made his professional debut for Watford Football Club after growing up within 300 yards (270 m) of its stadium, Vicarage Road?
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The following 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 Bruxton (talk) 01:05, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Gavin Massey in a Port Vale shirt

• ... that Gavin Massey (pictured) grew up within 300 yards (270 m) of Watford Football Club's Vicarage Road stadium, the club for whom he made his professional debut? Source: "Raised just 300 yards from Vicarage Road... he made his debut for the Hornets on the last day of the Championship in 2010 against Coventry City" link
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sayuri Ogawa
  • Comment: I'm not very good at making hooks sound punchy so feel free to try and improve it. Would have been a lot easier had he not made his debut away from home.

Improved to Good Article status by EchetusXe (talk). Self-nominated at 11:35, 9 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Gavin Massey; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

• Newly promoted GA. QPQ present. Hook fact checks out. No textual issues. ALT0a below... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:51, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT0a: ... that Gavin Massey (pictured) made his professional debut for Watford Football Club after growing up within 300 yards (270 m) of its stadium, Vicarage Road?
    • That sounds good, thank you.20:09, 14 August 2023 (UTC)