Template:Did you know nominations/Abraham Hatfield
- 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: rejected by Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:33, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
It has been over a month since the last edits to the article, and article and hook issues have not been addressed. Furthermore, the nominator has not edited since August 2. It is unlikely that the issues will be addressed anytime soon, so regrettably this nomination is now marked for closure as stale.
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Abraham Hatfield
[edit]- ... that Abraham Hatfield was a sugar merchant who built a castle and solved a mystery about stamps? [1])
- ALT1:... that Abraham Hatfield borrowed stamps from a congressman to solve a philatelic mystery? Source: [2]
5x expanded by Rising*From*Ashes (talk). Self-nominated at 07:11, 7 July 2018 (UTC).
The article has been sufficiently expanded, is well referenced, copyvio is unlikely. No QPQ necessary, as the nominator has less than five DYKs so far. The hooks are interesting, but the sources and the article itself do not describe the case Hatfield solved as "mystery"; you either have to reword the article, provide another source, or reword the hooks. Applodion (talk) 19:42, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- ALT2:... that Abraham Hatfield was the first philatelist to ascertain that the New York Postmaster's Provisional stamps were printed using a plate of forty positions?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rising*From*Ashes (talk • contribs) 03:14, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
- ALT2 may need to be reworded somewhat to make it more accessible to a broad audience: the term "philatelist" probably needs to be linked, for example. And honestly the hook feels too technical, and while may be of interest to philatelists, it may not easily be understood by the average person. I think a hook about his mansion would work out better, as long as the sourcing is there. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:21, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
It has been over a month since the last edits to the article, and despite my review and Applodion's review, article and hook issues have not been addressed. Furthermore, the nominator has not edited since August 2. Unless she returns to editing soon or another editor decides to adopt this nomination, it is unlikely that the issues will be addressed anytime soon, so regrettably this nomination is now marked for closure as stale. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:46, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
