Talk:John J. Slocum
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Did you know nomination
[edit]- 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) 20:09, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that John J. Slocum's areas of expertise included Newport high society, nuclear testing, and modernist literature? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/01/arts/john-j-slocum-83-diplomat-and-connoisseur-of-literature.html
- ALT1: ... that John J. Slocum was Ezra Pound's agent and James Joyce's bibliographer? Source: Pound; Joyce
- ALT2: ... that John J. Slocum tried in vain to return James Joyce's body to Ireland? Source: Irish Times
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Julius Busa
Created by Blameless (talk). Self-nominated at 01:12, 17 December 2021 (UTC).
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| QPQ: Done. |
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ALT2 is my personal favorite. I think it's a very catchy and interesting hook. DanCherek (talk) 15:28, 25 December 2021 (UTC)