Template:Did you know nominations/G. Gould Lincoln

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:47, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

G. Gould Lincoln

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G. Gould Lincoln in 1908

• ... that Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient G. Gould Lincoln (pictured) was a political reporter for the Washington Evening Star for almost six decades? Source: [1]
  • ALT1:... that reporter G. Gould Lincoln (pictured) briefly left The Washington Times to become an assistant superintendent for a South Carolina tea plantation? Source: [2] [3]
  • ALT2:... that before entering journalism, G. Gould Lincoln (pictured) was part of Thomas Edison's team that looked for Canadian nickel in 1902? Source: [4]

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gayl King
• Comment: If picture is not feasible per size, let me know. It's a newspaper clipping in the source cited.

Moved to mainspace by MrLinkinPark333 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:17, 13 November 2019 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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: Well done, everything checks out for me. For the hook, I think I like ALT2 the best as it is a bit more interesting than the other two. Ffor the photo, perhaps we could just crop a headshot should it be used? Connormah (talk) 22:35, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

@Connormah: I wouldn't mind if it's cropped out. I'll leave it for whoever comes to promote this nom if this is decided. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:53, 15 November 2019 (UTC)