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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) 06:34, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

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Erinea Garcia Gallegos

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  • ... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, whose ancestors were among the first settlers of San Luis Valley, Colorado, made her own history as postmistress of San Luis for nearly 40 years? Source: "Ancestors of both her parents were among the earliest Spanish-speaking settlers, establishing farms and towns on Mexican land grants in southern Colorado and New Mexico" ... "Gallegos served as an educator for 12 years and as postmistress in San Luis from 1934 to 1973" (Colorado Women's Hall of Fame)

5x expanded by Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 13:04, 16 July 2018 (UTC).

  • copyvio ok, expanded 5X, long enough and will complete review soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 20:15, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
The proposed hook looks questionable: "made her own history" doesn't correspond to anything specifically stated in the article. Here's another possible hook: Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:52, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
  • ALT1:... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, postmistress of San Luis, helped patrons to write and translate letters to local men overseas during World War II? Source: "Helping patrons prepare money orders and write and translate letters were Gallegos’ specialties, especially during World War II and later conflicts when many local men served overseas. " Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
  • General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Concise and well written. The information about how "she was one of Colorado’s first Hispanic women to go to college"... "and was appointed postmistress in San Luis by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935" may also give some ideas for other hook. ALT1 is otherwise my preference and is in source and hook. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:58, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

  • @Mary Mark Ockerbloom: and @Whispyhistory: thank you for the suggestions. I would like to submit this ALT2 for consideration:
  • ALT2: ... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, one of the first college-educated Hispanic women in Colorado, helped write and translate letters to local men serving overseas in World War II as postmistress of San Luis? Yoninah (talk) 13:22, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Or shorter, since she did this for several wars:
  • ALT2a: ... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, one of the first college-educated Hispanic women in Colorado, helped write and translate letters to local men serving overseas as postmistress of San Luis? Yoninah (talk) 13:28, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Alt 3 ... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, one of the first college-educated Hispanic women in Colorado, was appointed postmistress of San Luis by President Franklin D. Roosevelt? Philafrenzy (talk) 20:17, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Alt 4 ... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, appointed postmistress in San Luis by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, helped customers write to local men serving overseas during World War II? Philafrenzy (talk) 21:01, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Thanks all. ALT2 ok. ALT3 is clearer to see that it is in article and source and is shorter. Whispyhistory (talk) 21:09, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Thanks, Philafrenzy. I like ALT3 the best. I changed "in" to "of" since there was only one post office there. Yoninah (talk) 22:02, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
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