Template:Did you know nominations/Chicago circulation wars

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 SL93 (talk) 00:45, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Chicago circulation wars

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• ... that about 27 men and newsboys were killed in the Chicago circulation wars between newspapers in the early 1900s?
  • ALT1:... that the Chicago circulation wars in the early 1900s killed 27 men and newsboys? same source

Created by Schazjmd (talk). Self-nominated at 17:56, 2 January 2021 (UTC).

• QPQ not required, this is my 2d nomination. Schazjmd (talk) 18:03, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
• Starting review. Will update my notes here. Ktin (talk) 21:52, 2 January 2021 (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: None required.

Overall: Nice article. Article meets eligibility criteria (newness and length). Well sourced. Most of the sources are offline sources (e.g. books) -- will WP:AGF on those sources. Tone is neutral. CopVio score is good. Hook is interesting. Please read a comment on the hook below. No QPQ required per the declaration by the nominator. Ktin (talk) 22:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

• Follow up comments. Please can you paste the exact statement from the offline source here for my attention? The Google Books reference for that page was accessible here, but, perhaps the twenty-seven is clipped to seven in this preview.

• Sure. From page 94: In 1921, Robert R. McCormick hesitantly testified that from 1910 through 1912 about twenty-seven men and newsboys had been killed in the unpublicized clashes. This did not include the earlier killing of a man named Clark. Schazjmd (talk) 22:26, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

• Thanks Schazjmd. Approving the original hook (ALT0). I had read this thing about the count not including "man named Clark" on the Google Books preview, and had wondered if we should say Twenty-eight. But, I think retaining the count at twenty-seven as directly quoted is the right thing to do. Good to go. Nicely done! Ktin (talk) 23:16, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

• Ktin, thanks, and I appreciate you taking the time to review my nomination! Schazjmd (talk) 23:21, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

• @Schazjmd: -- hi there, sorry for reopening this one. Can I ask for a minor edit to add "about 27" to the hook rather than a definitive 27? Just re-read your comment. Ktin (talk) 23:22, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

• Ktin, done. Schazjmd (talk) 23:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

• @Schazjmd: Wonderful. Thanks. Approving this DYK with the ALT0 hook as-is written above. Nicely done. Ktin (talk) 23:29, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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