Talk:Charing Cross Trunk Murder

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 01:35, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

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The trunk, with the victim's shoes and bag

• ... that a "dreadful smell" led to the discovery of the dismembered body of a prostitute in a trunk in a London left luggage office (trunk pictured)?
  • ALT1: ... that a dead woman's knickers helped solve the Charing Cross Trunk Murder (trunk pictured)? (True Crime Library)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Akbar Bhawan
  • Comment: Philafrenzy added the image before this article was separated out from the Rochester Row article.

Created by Edwardx (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 21:28, 1 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 eligibility:

• Cited: - For ALT1, I found the True Crime Library source says underwear, but not "knickers" specifically. Does the offline source state this?
• Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: - Image licensing is good, assuming the author was anonymous. I've included the source for ALT1 in the template, as is usually done. AGF on offline source for ALT0. I prefer ALT1 as it is more concise and punchy, though there are the sourcing issues I mentioned above. Yeeno (talk) 03:39, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

@Philafrenzy and Edwardx: Have the above been addressed? Z1720 (talk) 19:47, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Z1720. Like many Wikipedians, I have far too many books, and the offline source volume was temporarily mislaid. Alas, it does NOT mention knickers. Another book does, and I must have failed to add it to the article, but have now done so. This is Murder by Numbers "Minnie was identified via a pair of knickers found inside". So, "underwear" is "knickers". And with the URL Link, no need to AGF. Hope that helps. Edwardx (talk) 21:29, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for finding the source, Edwardx. I can't access the URL source myself due to preview limitations, but it is better than nothing, and I'm sure someone else can verify it. Both hooks are approved. Yeeno (talk) 02:57, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

I actually prefer ALT1 without the word "to": "... that a dead woman's knickers helped solve the Charing Cross Trunk Murder (trunk pictured)?" is more concise. Edwardx, does this wording work for you? Yeeno (talk) 03:04, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Yeeno. Agreed. Have trimmed "to". Edwardx (talk) 07:03, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Awesome, ALT1 is ready. Yeeno (talk) 20:26, 9 August 2022 (UTC)