Talk:Tony Hudgell

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 12:07, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that after suffering life-changing injuries as a baby, five-year-old Tony Hudgell raised £1.7m for a London children's hospital, and inspired English law changes on child abuse? Source: BBC News: Tony Hudgell receives award for his sponsored walks : "He raised £1.7m for the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, which has cared for him since he was a baby." .... "The family also campaigned successfully for Tony's Law, which introduced tougher sentences for child abusers."
  • ALT1: ... that five-year-old English double amputee Tony Hudgell, who set out to raise £500 for the Evelina London Children's Hospital by walking 10 km (6.2 mi) on his prosthetic legs, eventually raised £1.7m? Source: BBC News Amputee schoolboy Tony Hudgell raises £320,000 for NHS "Tony Hudgell has new prosthetic legs and crutches and aims to walk every day in June to reach his 10km challenge. ...He said he had hoped to raise £500 for charity." BBC News Tony Hudgell receives award for his sponsored walks : "He raised £1.7m for the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, which has cared for him since he was a baby."
  • ALT2: ... that five-year-old English double amputee Tony Hudgell, who raised £1.7m for the Evelina London Children's Hospital by walking 10 km (6.2 mi) on his prosthetic legs, was inspired by Captain Tom Moore? Source: BBC News Tony Hudgell receives award for his sponsored walks : "He raised £1.7m for the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, which has cared for him since he was a baby." BBC News Amputee schoolboy Tony Hudgell raises £320,000 for NHS "Tony Hudgell has new prosthetic legs and crutches and aims to walk every day in June to reach his 10km challenge. ...He said he had hoped to raise £500 for charity, inspired by Captain Tom Moore."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mario Fiorentini
  • Comment: While initial hook covers the fund raising and 'Tony's Law' impacts, I like ALT2 for its detail and link to Tom Moore

Created by Paul W (talk) and Tabletop123 (talk). Nominated by Paul W (talk) at 10:08, 11 August 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting hook, but the sources should be replaced to show the updated fundraising amount. The picture used in the article is not freely licensed, and does not meet the fair-use criteria (pictures of living people can generally be freely created). DHN (talk) 07:27, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks DHN. I have amended the article so that there is now a BBC-sourced citation for the £1.7m final figure. In light of the lack of a Commons-licensed image, I hadn't envisaged use of one in the DYK. Paul W (talk) 13:59, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

@Paul W: Thanks for updating the sources. I meant that the image shouldn't be used in the article at all, since it doesn't qualify for fair use (could easily be replaced by a freely-licensed image). DHN (talk) 18:22, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification, DHN. The image was added by another editor. I have removed it from the article. Paul W (talk) 13:36, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

DHN (talk) 20:41, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Birth parents’ releases from prison.

We seem to have discrepancies here:

“The case of Simpson, earlier transferred to an open prison and who was set to be released at the halfway point on 12 August 2022, was referred to the Parole Board by the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab. In December 2022, the High Court ruled Raab's bid to delay the release of Simpson from prison was unlawful. Raab appealed against the decision but was overruled, and in February 2023 Simpson was released.

On 28 August 2022, Smith's release was also placed on hold and his case referred to the Parole Board. In June 2023, Smith's application to the Parole Board was rejected and he was set to remain in prison until the end of his sentence in September 2027.

Following separate parole board hearings, both in June 2025, Tony's parents Anthony Smith and Jody Simpson were granted early release from prison after spending seven years behind bars.”

The first paragraph, including the reference, implies that his mother was released in early 2023, but the third paragraph implies that both were released in late 2025. Which is it? — Arwel Parry (talk) 11:48, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing this, Arwel Parry. Both were correct, but what was missing was something about Simpson's subsequent recall to prison in May 2024. I've added that detail, with sources, so that the section now makes sense. Paul W (talk) 12:55, 26 September 2025 (UTC)