A fact from Gavin Patterson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 January 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Gavin Patterson, the new CEO of BT, is known for his open shirt collar?
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@Russ McLean, @DGG, @Bbb23, @Andrew Davidson: as this name cropped up on a couple of talk pages I watch, I've had a go at creating a stub for someone who certainly appears to me to be adequately notable. I have no idea what Russ's original article looked like, of course. I hope this current version will withstand scrutiny and be allowed to survive and be expanded. There must be some school in Warrington claiming him as a "notable former pupil"; his actual date of birth is probably out there somewhere (not just a back-engineering from age in years at date of news article); there is more to be said about his achievements; someone might have a free image. Over to you.
I hope I haven't trodden on toes by creating this, it just seemed a useful way forward after an exploratory Google revealed several sources. Happy and Peaceful New Year to you all. And now I really must get on with today's Real Life jobs, like sorting out Mother's income tax. I shouldn't be back on Wikipedia for a good few hours.PamD10:36, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify, in case anyone else is puzzled by the history of the article as it now appears: I created a stub earlier today when there was no existing article. I didn't over-write Russ's text, as appears from the page history: this original version has now been re-added to the article history, before my first edit. I also note that Russ is better at arithmetic than me, I got "take 46 from 2013" wrong, will correct - though it's still, I think, a case of "1966 or 67" as we don't know his birthday. PamD12:14, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your work Pam. I lobbied elsewhere to get Russ's first draft restored and that's why it shows up again in the edit history. I'll do some more myself and hope that we can work this up into a DYK. Andrew (talk) 12:57, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
