Talk:American Writers
Latest comment: 1 month ago by Crisco 1492 in topic Did you know nomination
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following 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 Crisco 1492 talk 11:17, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
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- ... that William Lloyd Garrison read American Writers and told John Neal to be on guard should he return to the United States?
- Source: Pages 568–569 of this dissertation includes a long quote from Garrison's piece in the Newburyport Herald reacting to American Writers, including: "A word of advice to Mr. Neal before we part. If he venture to place his foot again on our soil, we say — Critic! gardez bien! or you may reap that reward for your vile labors, which you so richly merit."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ibsen Nelsen
- Comment: Thanks in advance for reviewing my nomination!
Created by Dugan Murphy (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.
Dugan Murphy (talk) 01:06, 17 September 2024 (UTC).
Article is new enough, long enough, and well-sourced. Earwig's results flagged only proper nouns and properly attributed quotes, and though I was unable to access many of the article's sources, the few I was able to spot check showed no reasons for concern. QPQ done. The hook is interesting and backed up by the quote from a reliable source provided by the nominator. My one admittedly small quibble with the hook is that I'd prefer the bolded link to be the first one encountered. I'd propose:
- ALT0a: ... that after reading American Writers, William Lloyd Garrison told John Neal to be on guard should he return to the United States?
- Dugan Murphy, assuming you don't object I'll leave it to the promoter to choose their preference. Either way, great work on another well written John Neal article and DYK hook. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 19:13, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for reviewing, DrOrinScrivello! I think your hook would probably come across a little more clear to more readers, so I accept that recommendation. Dugan Murphy (talk) 11:52, 15 October 2024 (UTC)