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Did you know... that German SA officer Walter Heck was paid only 2.50
ℛℳ (about US$2) for designing the Nazi SS double rune symbol?
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ALT1... that German graphic designer and SA officer Walter Heck was paid only 2.5
ℛ︁ℳ︁ (about $2) for designing the Nazi SS double rune symbol (pictured)?
ALT2... that German graphic designer and SA officer Walter Heck was paid only 2.5
ℛ︁ℳ︁ (about $2) for designing the Nazi SS double rune symbol (pictured), and did not retain the copyright?
ALT3... that graphic designer Walter Heck was paid so little for creating the Nazi SS double rune symbol (pictured), that
Heinrich Himmler offered him a house and garden if he survived World War II?
Overall: The article, hook, and picture all look great. Kudos to everyone who worked on this! The only problem is that ALT3 is too long (223 characters not counting the (pictured) part). Can you trim this so it can be approved as an option? If not, I can just approve ALT1 and ALT2.
BuySomeApples (
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22:50, 10 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks @
Edwardx: that gets it under the maximum character limit so all hooks are good to go. I also changed "the Second World War" to "World War II" just to trim a few more characters.
BuySomeApples (
talk)
23:25, 10 July 2022 (UTC)reply
A fact from Walter Heck appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 July 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that German SA officer Walter Heck was paid only 2.50
ℛℳ (about US$2) for designing the Nazi SS double rune symbol?
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ALT1... that German graphic designer and SA officer Walter Heck was paid only 2.5
ℛ︁ℳ︁ (about $2) for designing the Nazi SS double rune symbol (pictured)?
ALT2... that German graphic designer and SA officer Walter Heck was paid only 2.5
ℛ︁ℳ︁ (about $2) for designing the Nazi SS double rune symbol (pictured), and did not retain the copyright?
ALT3... that graphic designer Walter Heck was paid so little for creating the Nazi SS double rune symbol (pictured), that
Heinrich Himmler offered him a house and garden if he survived World War II?
Overall: The article, hook, and picture all look great. Kudos to everyone who worked on this! The only problem is that ALT3 is too long (223 characters not counting the (pictured) part). Can you trim this so it can be approved as an option? If not, I can just approve ALT1 and ALT2.
BuySomeApples (
talk)
22:50, 10 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks @
Edwardx: that gets it under the maximum character limit so all hooks are good to go. I also changed "the Second World War" to "World War II" just to trim a few more characters.
BuySomeApples (
talk)
23:25, 10 July 2022 (UTC)reply