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
SL93 (
talk) 06:36, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Created by
Dwkaminski (
talk). Self-nominated at 21:24, 13 March 2022 (UTC).
Comment (not review)
Dwkaminski, to make the hooks easier to review, could you replace the quotes from the article for each hook with brief quotes in quotation marks from the linked sources?
TSventon (
talk) 11:29, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, picture used in article, DYK done, passes earwig. Approving Alt1, though if anyone has a better hook, please suggest it. --
evrik(
talk) 20:21, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
@
Evrik: Just to confirm, I assume you approved ALT1 since you crossed out the original hook and ALT2.
Dwkaminski (
talk) 13:11, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
ALT3: ... that Wade Stubbs built the Cheshire Hall plantation in
Caicos rather than remain in the newly Spanish-controlled Florida? "spanish-controlled florida" might jump-start a few people :)
It's not correct. Thomas Stubbs built the plantation with money from his brother Wade, ran it for several years and then sold it to Wade after financial difficulties. How about the following:
Hmm, I think we can make it a bit punchier. How about:
theleekycauldron (
talk •
contribs) (she/
they) 05:13, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
ALT5: ... that Wade Stubbs moved to Cheshire Hall plantation in
Caicos rather than remain in the newly Spanish-controlled Florida?
It's a slight nuance. Wade initially moved to North Caicos from Florida.
ALT5a: ... that Wade Stubbs, owner of Cheshire Hall plantation, moved to
Caicos rather than remain in the newly Spansh-controlled Florida?
Dwkaminski (
talk) 12:28, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
@
Evrik: What are your thoughts on the above?
Z1720 (
talk) 01:08, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
I think that Alt1 works the best. Thanks for the help! --
evrik(
talk) 02:42, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
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
SL93 (
talk) 06:36, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Created by
Dwkaminski (
talk). Self-nominated at 21:24, 13 March 2022 (UTC).
Comment (not review)
Dwkaminski, to make the hooks easier to review, could you replace the quotes from the article for each hook with brief quotes in quotation marks from the linked sources?
TSventon (
talk) 11:29, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, picture used in article, DYK done, passes earwig. Approving Alt1, though if anyone has a better hook, please suggest it. --
evrik(
talk) 20:21, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
@
Evrik: Just to confirm, I assume you approved ALT1 since you crossed out the original hook and ALT2.
Dwkaminski (
talk) 13:11, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
ALT3: ... that Wade Stubbs built the Cheshire Hall plantation in
Caicos rather than remain in the newly Spanish-controlled Florida? "spanish-controlled florida" might jump-start a few people :)
It's not correct. Thomas Stubbs built the plantation with money from his brother Wade, ran it for several years and then sold it to Wade after financial difficulties. How about the following:
Hmm, I think we can make it a bit punchier. How about:
theleekycauldron (
talk •
contribs) (she/
they) 05:13, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
ALT5: ... that Wade Stubbs moved to Cheshire Hall plantation in
Caicos rather than remain in the newly Spanish-controlled Florida?
It's a slight nuance. Wade initially moved to North Caicos from Florida.
ALT5a: ... that Wade Stubbs, owner of Cheshire Hall plantation, moved to
Caicos rather than remain in the newly Spansh-controlled Florida?
Dwkaminski (
talk) 12:28, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
@
Evrik: What are your thoughts on the above?
Z1720 (
talk) 01:08, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
I think that Alt1 works the best. Thanks for the help! --
evrik(
talk) 02:42, 18 April 2022 (UTC)