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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 Allen3 talk 16:45, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Para-alpine skiing[edit]

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Sgt. Anthony Larson, his adaptive ski instructor close behind, skis down the beginner’s hill on his mono-ski March 9 in Vail, Colo. Larson lost his right leg below the knee while serving in Iraq.

  • ... that para-alpine skiing sit skiers (Anthony Larson pictured) use a mono-ski developed in Austria by an above the knee amputee?

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk). Nominated by Hawkeye7 (talk) at 11:26, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

  • Comment: Would this DYK read better? ... that para-alpine skiing (pictured) uses a mono-ski developed in Austria by an above-the-knee amputee?
The new DYK above is shorter. Grammatically I think these are the two options: "skier amputated above the knee" or "above-the-knee amputee" CathMontgomery (talk) 06:10, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
  • Original and alt are both fine, though our own article uses monoski without a hyphen, this should be standardised in the article and hook. "Above-the-knee" would also be the correct use, rather than "above the knee". Otherwise this all checks out fine. GRAPPLE X 23:53, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
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