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A fact from Lynching of John Carter appeared on Wikipedia's
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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
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The result was: promoted by
Kingsif (
talk) 17:55, 10 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Meets requirements. Interesting article, although rather disturbing subject. (
t ·
c) buidhe 06:51, 19 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks
User:buidhe--but I see now that I have the word "mob" in there twice (I tweaked the hook a few times while I was editing). I think I'm going to take out the first one--let me know if you don't think that's a good change.
Drmies (
talk) 14:09, 19 April 2021 (UTC)reply
No objection here. (
t ·
c) buidhe 21:11, 19 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Buidhe and
Drmies, this hook would seem to be a decent amount over 200 characters, unless I cannot count correctly, which is entirely possible...
Eddie891TalkWork 19:27, 1 May 2021 (UTC)reply
You're right, it's 230 characters. Maybe it can be trimmed somewhere? (
t ·
c) buidhe 19:33, 1 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Eddie891, it's 198 if you take out "a mob of" (struck through) and "the lynched body of John Carter", which is pretty much the title of the article. But I can be more economical: ALT1 is 188, without the linked article and the question mark. I'm actually puzzled why this was approved almost two weeks ago and is still here. Thanks,
Drmies (
talk) 19:39, 1 May 2021 (UTC)reply
ALT2:... that in the 1927 lynching of John Carter in
Little Rock, his body was burned in a Black business district, up to 5,000 white people looting businesses and an
AME church for flammable material?
193 characters in toto if you restructure the sentence, Drmies.
Uncle G (
talk) 15:00, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
I don't understand why "Black" is capitalized but "white" is not, both in the hooks and in the article. Shouldn't they have the same treatment?
BlueMoonset (
talk) 15:31, 4 May 2021 (UTC)reply
ALT1 is 212 characters and still ineligible: both linked article and final "?" must be included in the count. I'd also like this to wait while "Black" and "white" is settled. To me, the proposed ALT2 does not work as a sentence; there's a disconnect between the business district and the up to 5,000 white people. I've struck all the hooks; a new one that doesn't exceed 200 characters is needed.
BlueMoonset (
talk) 15:50, 4 May 2021 (UTC)reply
BlueMoonset, the Black/white issue is a style accepted widely by (American) style guides, including that of the AP and the NYT, and it is acceptable on Wikipedia, though there are some who grumble. I'm not sure what disconnect you mean: a mob of 5,000 flooded into the Black business district of that town, dragging the corpse of a Black man to burn it right there and set an example for others. Let me try a tweak, and please tell me if that's good enough:
Drmies, sorry I didn't see this sooner—your ping didn't go through because you forgot to add a sig. (No sig, no ping.) I hadn't known of the style change from "black" to "Black"; perhaps "white" will ultimately catch up, but having read of the change (which happened last June for the AP), I am dropping my concerns in that regard. ALT3 is an improvement and comes in at 177 prose characters, so I'm approving it.
BlueMoonset (
talk) 16:36, 10 May 2021 (UTC)reply
BlueMoonset, shoot you're right, I forgot to sign. My apologies, and thanks for sending this on.
Drmies (
talk) 16:44, 10 May 2021 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Lynching of John Carter appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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
Kingsif (
talk) 17:55, 10 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Meets requirements. Interesting article, although rather disturbing subject. (
t ·
c) buidhe 06:51, 19 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks
User:buidhe--but I see now that I have the word "mob" in there twice (I tweaked the hook a few times while I was editing). I think I'm going to take out the first one--let me know if you don't think that's a good change.
Drmies (
talk) 14:09, 19 April 2021 (UTC)reply
No objection here. (
t ·
c) buidhe 21:11, 19 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Buidhe and
Drmies, this hook would seem to be a decent amount over 200 characters, unless I cannot count correctly, which is entirely possible...
Eddie891TalkWork 19:27, 1 May 2021 (UTC)reply
You're right, it's 230 characters. Maybe it can be trimmed somewhere? (
t ·
c) buidhe 19:33, 1 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Eddie891, it's 198 if you take out "a mob of" (struck through) and "the lynched body of John Carter", which is pretty much the title of the article. But I can be more economical: ALT1 is 188, without the linked article and the question mark. I'm actually puzzled why this was approved almost two weeks ago and is still here. Thanks,
Drmies (
talk) 19:39, 1 May 2021 (UTC)reply
ALT2:... that in the 1927 lynching of John Carter in
Little Rock, his body was burned in a Black business district, up to 5,000 white people looting businesses and an
AME church for flammable material?
193 characters in toto if you restructure the sentence, Drmies.
Uncle G (
talk) 15:00, 2 May 2021 (UTC)reply
I don't understand why "Black" is capitalized but "white" is not, both in the hooks and in the article. Shouldn't they have the same treatment?
BlueMoonset (
talk) 15:31, 4 May 2021 (UTC)reply
ALT1 is 212 characters and still ineligible: both linked article and final "?" must be included in the count. I'd also like this to wait while "Black" and "white" is settled. To me, the proposed ALT2 does not work as a sentence; there's a disconnect between the business district and the up to 5,000 white people. I've struck all the hooks; a new one that doesn't exceed 200 characters is needed.
BlueMoonset (
talk) 15:50, 4 May 2021 (UTC)reply
BlueMoonset, the Black/white issue is a style accepted widely by (American) style guides, including that of the AP and the NYT, and it is acceptable on Wikipedia, though there are some who grumble. I'm not sure what disconnect you mean: a mob of 5,000 flooded into the Black business district of that town, dragging the corpse of a Black man to burn it right there and set an example for others. Let me try a tweak, and please tell me if that's good enough:
Drmies, sorry I didn't see this sooner—your ping didn't go through because you forgot to add a sig. (No sig, no ping.) I hadn't known of the style change from "black" to "Black"; perhaps "white" will ultimately catch up, but having read of the change (which happened last June for the AP), I am dropping my concerns in that regard. ALT3 is an improvement and comes in at 177 prose characters, so I'm approving it.
BlueMoonset (
talk) 16:36, 10 May 2021 (UTC)reply
BlueMoonset, shoot you're right, I forgot to sign. My apologies, and thanks for sending this on.
Drmies (
talk) 16:44, 10 May 2021 (UTC)reply