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A fact from Walter Gladwin appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 June 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
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ALT1: ... that Walter Gladwin operated elevators during his rise to fame? Source: "Mr. Gladwin, who was born in Verbice, British Guiana, moved to the Bronx as a teen-ager and paid for his college and graduate education by working part time as a printer and elevator operator."
[1]
I think the first hook is more interesting than ALT1, however I think "Assemblyman" should be linked to
New York State Assembly for further context. I would consider linking
The Bronx too for readers who may not be familiar with the borough. I will accept the offline NYT article in good faith, and the article is new enough, long enough, and stable enough. Other than hearing the nominator's opinion on my suggestion, I would say this nomination is ready to go.
Carbrera (
talk)
01:30, 24 May 2021 (UTC).reply
Carbrera, I'm fine with the additional linking, see ALT2 below. I've also included a variant of the URL which bypasses the paywall (I'll update the ref in the article in a moment). --
RoySmith(talk)01:39, 24 May 2021 (UTC)reply
for ALT2. The source seems to still be behind the paywall, but I am not concerned since you quoted it directly. Thanks for the swift response.
Carbrera (
talk)
15:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC).reply
Yeah, I don't quite understand how the NYT runs their paywall. The updated URL did indeed work in an incognito window originally, but eventually stopped working with a "you've exceeded your monthly views" type of message. I assume they're doing access counting on the server side, independent of cookies, etc. --
RoySmith(talk)15:21, 24 May 2021 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Walter Gladwin appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 June 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.
ALT1: ... that Walter Gladwin operated elevators during his rise to fame? Source: "Mr. Gladwin, who was born in Verbice, British Guiana, moved to the Bronx as a teen-ager and paid for his college and graduate education by working part time as a printer and elevator operator."
[1]
I think the first hook is more interesting than ALT1, however I think "Assemblyman" should be linked to
New York State Assembly for further context. I would consider linking
The Bronx too for readers who may not be familiar with the borough. I will accept the offline NYT article in good faith, and the article is new enough, long enough, and stable enough. Other than hearing the nominator's opinion on my suggestion, I would say this nomination is ready to go.
Carbrera (
talk)
01:30, 24 May 2021 (UTC).reply
Carbrera, I'm fine with the additional linking, see ALT2 below. I've also included a variant of the URL which bypasses the paywall (I'll update the ref in the article in a moment). --
RoySmith(talk)01:39, 24 May 2021 (UTC)reply
for ALT2. The source seems to still be behind the paywall, but I am not concerned since you quoted it directly. Thanks for the swift response.
Carbrera (
talk)
15:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC).reply
Yeah, I don't quite understand how the NYT runs their paywall. The updated URL did indeed work in an incognito window originally, but eventually stopped working with a "you've exceeded your monthly views" type of message. I assume they're doing access counting on the server side, independent of cookies, etc. --
RoySmith(talk)15:21, 24 May 2021 (UTC)reply