Template talk:Did you know nominations/William Thomas Pike

Hook modifications

• ... that convicted felon William Thomas Pike published a biographical series (example pictured), which include traders, bishops, and the Lord Mayor of London, but almost no women? [2024-01-27 at 21:48:51, by AirshipJungleman29]
• ... that convicted felon William Thomas Pike published a biographical series (example pictured), which includes traders, bishops, and the Lord Mayor of London, but almost no women? [2024-01-27 at 21:49:14, by AirshipJungleman29]

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 22:25, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Approved. That word has been changed already by editors, several times, but the change from "include" to "includes" is fine, because "series" is a singular noun. Storye book (talk) 11:29, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Did anyone assessing that hook consider that the word "felon" isn't in common usage in British English and that the subject was British? TarnishedPath^talk 10:18, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

• "Felon" is used here in the context of its 1878-1912 historical legal meaning. You can't transpose that in any other way, because if you did, it would not fit with the rest of the hook, which also refers to the same historical social context. Today, in common-usage British English, a felon is still someone who has been convicted and then imprisoned. Even if someone is found to be innocent and released from prison, they are still regarded as a felon in common-usage British English until certain legal procedures have removed their name from the list of convicted offenders. If you really did not want to use the word "felon", then you would have to use a whole lot of explanatory words, which would not suit a hook, and would not work in such a clear manner. "Felon" still works as it did in Pke's day, in that it is associated with the idea of untouchability. Today, ex-prisoners are rehabilitated and treated with respect (well, ideally ... ) but in Pke's era that was not the case. So putting "felon" next to the publication of a biographical series which included a living Lord Mayor of London, does the job of being interesting. Storye book (talk) 10:43, 2 February 2024 (UTC)