Template:Did you know nominations/Armistead Abraham Lilly

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:04, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Armistead Abraham Lilly

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Portrait of Lilly, published in 1915

• ... that West Virginia attorney general Armistead Abraham Lilly (pictured) previously served as a state house delegate, prosecuting attorney, and presidential elector for William Howard Taft? Source: Source 1: Attorney General (Harris 1917, p. 338.); Source 2: House of Delegates Member (Miller 1908, p. 470.); Source 3: Prosecuting Attorney (Harris 1916, p. 711.); Source 4: Presidential Elector (Harris 1916, p. 711.)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Blacks
  • Comment: Please feel free to suggest alternative hooks! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Improved to Good Article status by West Virginian (talk). Self-nominated at 23:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The hook is factually accurate. But I think it's a bit dry. Frankly, the subject seems to have been a not very interesting person. Even the important court case in which he was heavily involved appears to have been very dry, even by the standards of major court cases. I was tempted to suggest the alternative hook of "... that West Virginia attorney general Armistead Abraham Lilly (pictured) referred to himself as a "fighting Republican"?". However, that's a vague description, and perhaps also not NPOV enough for a hook. How about this one:

• ALT1 "... that American lawyer and politician Armistead Abraham Lilly (pictured) was also a principal owner of Ruffner Hotel in Charleston, West Virginia, and resided in its penthouse?"

Bahnfrend (talk) 11:25, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

• Bahnfrend, thank you for taking the time to complete this review, and thank you for suggesting this ALT1 hook. I approve of and support this ALT1 hook. -- West Virginian (talk) 18:29, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

  West Virginian Okay, let's go with ALT1 then. Bahnfrend (talk) 05:58, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

  • A reviewer can't approve their own hook; we'll need a tick for ALT1. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 03:02, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

  • Approving ALT1. SL93 (talk) 01:17, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

ALT1 to T:DYK/P5 without image