Talk:Walter Gladwin

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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:

Did you know... that Walter Gladwin was the first black New York state assemblyman from the Bronx?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Walter Gladwin.

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 13:19, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Walter Gladwin was the first black Assemblyman from The Bronx? Source: "Walter H. Gladwin, the first black Assemblyman in the Bronx, died of a heart attack yesterday in Arden Hill Hospital in Goshen, N.Y." https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/13/obituaries/walter-gladwin-85-former-bronx-judge-and-assemblyman.html
- 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]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Amster Yard

Created by RoySmith (talk). Self-nominated at 19:37, 20 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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]

- ALT2 ... that Walter Gladwin was the first black Assemblyman from The Bronx? Source: "Walter H. Gladwin, the first black Assemblyman in the Bronx, died of a heart attack yesterday in Arden Hill Hospital in Goshen, N.Y." https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/13/obituaries/walter-gladwin-85-former-bronx-judge-and-assemblyman.html?smid=em-share

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]