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A fact from J. T. Blatty appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 May 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that J. T. Blatty (pictured) was a tennis star and US Army captain before photographing military volunteers in Ukraine?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/J.T. Blatty.

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:27, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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J.T. Blatty at her exhibition in 2020

... that J.T. Blatty (pictured) was a tennis star and US Army captain before photographing military volunteers in Ukraine? Source: https://goarmywestpoint.com/news/2020/7/6/athletics-womens-tennis-alum-to-receive-2020-21-fulbright-scholarship.aspx "During her time at the Academy, Blatty was captain of the women's tennis team, a four time All Patriot League selection, the Patriot League Most Valuable Player and in 2001 was selected for the Patriot League All-Decade team. ... Blatty started a project known as, Frontline-Peace Life: Ukraine's Revolutionaries of the Forgotten War, where she has spent her time documenting Ukraine's volunteer soldiers and veterans" ; https://www.allianceforukraine.org/articles/jt-blatty-shines-a-bright-light-on-ukraines-volunteer-soldiers "J. T. Blatty, a former United States Army Captain, who has been documenting the front line struggle in eastern Ukraine for the last three years..."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Disney and Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill

Moved to mainspace by GRuban (talk), 4 April 2022. Self-nominated at 16:56, 6 April 2022 (UTC).[reply]

I will review this article for my QPQ.

Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 12:35, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Disney and Florida's House Bill 1557 Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 12:12, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hook could be better. How about ... that J.T. Blatty (pictured) was a tennis captain and US Army captain before photographing military volunteers in Ukraine? Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 02:39, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mgreason: So the change you're suggesting is "tennis champion" to "tennis captain"? Actually, I think that weakens it. Every college team has a captain, not every team has a champion. Also, is there a reason you wrote your review form twice above? --GRuban (talk) 15:47, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@GRuban: I re-read the tennis sources cited and none of them say that she was champion of anything. The members of her team won the league title, she was MVP and named to the "all decade team", etc. So pronouncing her "champion" is your opinion?

Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 11:38, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see the point. I was looking for a single word that meant unusually good, standout, exceptional, memorable tennis player; one they still talk about 15 years later, and consider one of the best women's tennis players of the whole league's first 25 years. How do you feel about "star"? --GRuban (talk) 12:50, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mgreason: Specifically (ALT1): ... that J.T. Blatty (pictured) was a tennis star and US Army captain before photographing military volunteers in Ukraine? --GRuban (talk) 15:47, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]