Template:Did you know nominations/James Walsh (convict)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:55, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

James Walsh (convict)

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... that convict James Walsh drew intricate artworks on his Australian prison cell wall that were discovered by accident almost a century later?

Created/expanded by Ghostieguide (talk). Self-nominated at 11:24, 7 April 2016 (UTC).

New enough, nominator exempt from QPQ requirement per QPQ check results, checks for copyvio reveal no problems (e.g. [1]). Matters that need to be addressed:

Article is not long enough, presently at 1178 characters. Per WP:WIADYK #2a it must have at least 1,500 characters
~~No hook is proposed herein~~
All non-lead paragraphs should have at least one inline citation, per D2 of the DYK supplementary rules.

– North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:29, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Its been a while since I edited anything so bare with me as I try to get back into how to format stuff.. I did try to put a hook.. "that James Walsh (convict) drew intricate artworks on his Australian cell wall that were discovered by accident almost a century later?" but they never showed once I saved the page. I think I need a little help with this. I will however endeaver to expand the text to meet criteria and find a citation. Thanks for your help. Ghostieguide (talk) 14:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

@Ghostieguide: I have added your proposed hook atop this nomination. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:20, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

@Ghostieguide: Page size is still only 1490 bytes of text, below the 1500-byte minimum. Also the biography paragraph needs citations for the part after his conviction. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:57, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Expanded and added references.. Hope it helps.Ghostieguide (talk) 10:26, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Now long enough but the phrasing of the hook fact in the article, "prison officer knocked off some whitewash while moving something", uses the exact words of the source, but is not marked as a quote. All article content needs to be in your own words, not copied, and not closely paraphrased. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:32, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

All remaining issues handled. Earwig found no other copyvio. Good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:36, 30 April 2016 (UTC)