Template:Did you know nominations/Alfredo Frohlich

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 19:56, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Alfredo Frohlich

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• ... that naturalized American Alfredo Frohlich is an authority on the postal history of his native Colombia? Source: see article please
  • Reviewed: Cranksgiving
  • Comment: still working on it

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 18:14, 10 October 2022 (UTC).

• @Philafrenzy and Whispyhistory: New enough and long enough. QPQ present. The hook gives me pause in two places: nothing says "authority" (maybe the Champion of Champions? Philatelic awards are not my forte) and saying he's a "naturalized American" is not very interesting. Thoughts, please? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:31, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. I used authority indeed because of the award but also because he has written three books on the mails of Colombia. Naturalized American was just to give the hook extra human interest by injecting some of his life story. I don't think it's a bad hook but will see if I can think of an alt. Philafrenzy (talk) 02:21, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

• ALT1... that Alfredo Frohlich formed an award-winning collection of Panamanian postal history that included items as early as 1777? Philafrenzy (talk) 02:40, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
• ALT2... that Alfredo Frohlich's postal history collection included an 1839 letter to the future president of Colombia that is also the earliest surviving registered letter from Panama? Philafrenzy (talk) 03:02, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

ALT2 seems like a promising angle but the Colombia president mention seems extraneous. Maybe just focus on the "earliest surviving registered letter" part? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:49, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

• ALT2a... that Alfredo Frohlich's postal history collection included an 1839 letter that is also the earliest surviving registered letter from Panama? Philafrenzy (talk) 09:27, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
• @Sammi Brie: This still needs a final check. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:42, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
  • Approved for ALT1 or 2a. I cannot find the offline source for 2a. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:57, 4 November 2022 (UTC)