Template:Did you know nominations/John Jonathon Pratt
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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:59, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
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John Jonathon Pratt
1867 Pterotype
... that inventor John Jonathon Pratt of Alabama, called the grandfather of the typewriter, made and sold to the public the first practical working typewriters (pictured)?
- Source 1 - John Pratt won the distinction of inventing the first working typewriter that had a sale.
- Source 3 - Pratt was the first man to make and sell typewriters having sold several in London in 1871.
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... that inventor John Jonathon Pratt, called the grandfather of the typewriter, made and sold to the public the first working ones.(pictured)?Source: Same as for original hook above.
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Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 10:03, 1 June 2020 (UTC).
- Article is new enough and policy compliant. Hook is under 200 characters, is interesting to a broad audience, and is supported by citations to reliable sources. QPQ done. Image is currently in the article and is public domain. Good to go. Hog Farm (talk) 03:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)- Comment to Promoter - Can this be put into the #1 slot position. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:24, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Doug Coldwell: is there any way to get rid of the repetition in the hook? Yoninah (talk) 20:50, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Will ALT1 work? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:08, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Doug Coldwell: I spent some time copyediting your article. You have so much good information there, I'm sure you can come up with a great hook for the lead image slot. Yoninah (talk) 21:32, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: I'll get to work on it straight away. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:39, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
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... that with John Jonathon Pratt’s invention of a practical portable typewriter (pictured) came the end of experimental machines? - ALT3
... that with John Jonathon Pratt’s invention of a practical portable typewriter (pictured) came the end of experimental ones? - ALT4
... that with John Jonathon Pratt’s invention of a practical portable typewriter (pictured) came the end of the experimental stage of typewriters?
- @Yoninah: I'll try to come up with additional alternates tomorrow after a night's sleep.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:05, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
- ALT5
... that John Jonathon Pratt’s invention of a practical typewriter (pictured) was the predecessor of the Remington typewriter?John Pratt ... made the first practical model of the typewriter - ALT6
... that John Jonathon Pratt’s invention of a practical typewriter (pictured) was the predecessor of the Hammond typewriter?"Her husband, John Pratt, was the inventor of the first typewriter, the one now known as the "Hammond."" - ALT7
... that John Jonathon Pratt’s invention of a practical typewriter (pictured) was the predecessor of both the Remington typewriter and the Hammond typewriter? - ALT8
... that John Jonathon Pratt's invention of a practical typewriter (pictured) was the precursor of the stock market ticker tape machine?...it was an electric printing wheel, a forerunner of the stock market tape ticker of today.
- @Yoninah: Here are some more ALTs.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:24, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Doug Coldwell: Hi again, sorry for the delay. I think your newer alts (ALTs 5-7) are going in a better direction, because they use names that readers are familiar with. But the word "typewriter" is being repeated too much. ALT8, on the other hand, is very good! I wonder if it should say "working" rather than "practical" typewriter? I wonder what you think of these additional ideas which I gleaned from the article:
- ALT9: ... that John Jonathon Pratt, known as the grandfather of the typewriter (1867 model pictured), invented several common typewriter features before Remington or Hammond machines entered the market?
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... that John Jonathon Pratt, known as the grandfather of the typewriter, called his 1867 model (pictured) the Pterotype ("winged type")? - ALT11:
... that John Jonathon Pratt, known as the grandfather of the typewriter, sold his U.S. model (pictured) for $125 at a time when a horse-drawn carriage cost less than $70?
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... that John Jonathon Pratt's invention of a working typewriter (pictured) was the precursor of the stock market ticker tape machine?...it was an electric printing wheel, a forerunner of the stock market tape ticker of today.
- @Yoninah: - Maybe ALT8a would work. What do you think? BTW, I like ALT9, ALT10, ALT11.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 23:39, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Doug Coldwell: well, it wasn't the typewriter but the wheel that was the forerunner. Yoninah (talk) 19:08, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: - ALT9 would be a good choice to use.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:33, 24 June 2020 (UTC)