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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 03:12, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Margeir Pétursson[edit]

• ... that Icelandic chess grandmaster Margeir Pétursson founded the only Icelandic commercial bank that did not crash during the financial crisis of 2007–08? Source: Reference 10: "Loeb-McClain, Dylan (3 July 2009). "Caution Kept Icelandic Bank Clear of the Worst". The New York Times."

Created by Hrodvarsson (talk). Self-nominated at 23:50, 10 October 2017 (UTC).

Article is new enough and long enough. It's neutral and well referenced. Hook is correctly formatted and hook fact has an inline reference. No copyvios or close paraphrasing detected. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:11, 14 October 2017 (UTC)