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
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:11, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
... that since 1832, a bunch of farmers have annually hosted US cabinet secretaries, newspaper publishers, and college presidents for dinner? Source: "It has also hosted dignitaries such as US Department of Agriculture secretary Arthur Hyde, newspaper publisher Frank Gannett, and University of Maryland president Raymond Pearson."
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ALT1... that since 1832, the New York State Agricultural Society has annually hosted U.S. cabinet secretaries, newspaper publishers, and college presidents for dinner? Source: "It has also hosted dignitaries such as US Department of Agriculture secretary Arthur Hyde, newspaper publisher Frank Gannett, and University of Maryland president Raymond Pearson."
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ALT2... that since 1832, the New York State Agricultural Society has hosted such dignitaries as a U.S. cabinet secretary, a newspaper publisher, and a college president for dinner? Source: "It has also hosted dignitaries such as US Department of Agriculture secretary Arthur Hyde, newspaper publisher Frank Gannett, and University of Maryland president Raymond Pearson."
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Created by
RoySmith (
talk) 14:02, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
Note: the assistance of
Epicgenius is gratefully acknowledged.
@
RoySmith: New and long enough, within policy, QPQ done, Earwig detects no copyvios, image is fair use. The hook is too easter-eggy; an established agricultural society is not "a bunch of farmers", unless a significant source has described it in those words.
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (
talk) 18:07, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but it seems inaccurate to say they host U.S. cabinet secretaries, newspaper publishers, and college presidents (plural) when only one of each was hosted.
Yoninah (
talk) 00:02, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Yoninah, Yeah, I know. The problem is, the alternatives are so awkward, this really seems like the best way to say it, even if it's not strictly correct. I'm open to other suggestions. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:11, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Added ALT2, but it's clunky. --
RoySmith(talk) 00:45, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
(ec) I added some more to the New York State Fair section; could you source it? (The source in the
New York State Fair article is a dead link).
Yoninah, I could go with any of ALT[123]. --
RoySmith(talk) 00:57, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Well, ALT1 isn't a choice, so I struck it. @
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH): would you mind reviewing ALT3? Thanks,
Yoninah (
talk) 00:59, 5 October 2020 (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
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:11, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
... that since 1832, a bunch of farmers have annually hosted US cabinet secretaries, newspaper publishers, and college presidents for dinner? Source: "It has also hosted dignitaries such as US Department of Agriculture secretary Arthur Hyde, newspaper publisher Frank Gannett, and University of Maryland president Raymond Pearson."
[1][2][3]
ALT1... that since 1832, the New York State Agricultural Society has annually hosted U.S. cabinet secretaries, newspaper publishers, and college presidents for dinner? Source: "It has also hosted dignitaries such as US Department of Agriculture secretary Arthur Hyde, newspaper publisher Frank Gannett, and University of Maryland president Raymond Pearson."
[4][5][6]
ALT2... that since 1832, the New York State Agricultural Society has hosted such dignitaries as a U.S. cabinet secretary, a newspaper publisher, and a college president for dinner? Source: "It has also hosted dignitaries such as US Department of Agriculture secretary Arthur Hyde, newspaper publisher Frank Gannett, and University of Maryland president Raymond Pearson."
[7][8][9]
Created by
RoySmith (
talk) 14:02, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
Note: the assistance of
Epicgenius is gratefully acknowledged.
@
RoySmith: New and long enough, within policy, QPQ done, Earwig detects no copyvios, image is fair use. The hook is too easter-eggy; an established agricultural society is not "a bunch of farmers", unless a significant source has described it in those words.
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (
talk) 18:07, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but it seems inaccurate to say they host U.S. cabinet secretaries, newspaper publishers, and college presidents (plural) when only one of each was hosted.
Yoninah (
talk) 00:02, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Yoninah, Yeah, I know. The problem is, the alternatives are so awkward, this really seems like the best way to say it, even if it's not strictly correct. I'm open to other suggestions. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:11, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Added ALT2, but it's clunky. --
RoySmith(talk) 00:45, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
(ec) I added some more to the New York State Fair section; could you source it? (The source in the
New York State Fair article is a dead link).
Yoninah, I could go with any of ALT[123]. --
RoySmith(talk) 00:57, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Well, ALT1 isn't a choice, so I struck it. @
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH): would you mind reviewing ALT3? Thanks,
Yoninah (
talk) 00:59, 5 October 2020 (UTC)