Template:Did you know nominations/George A. Mitchell

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:29, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

George A. Mitchell

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• ... that George A. Mitchell has rightly been called the father of Cadillac?

• Comment - Sources for hook Ref #11, #12, & #13 Bulletin (Michigan Historical Commission), As the founder of this city Mr. Mitchell has been rightly called the father of Cadillac.
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Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 11:05, 9 February 2017 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen in online sources. Hook is hooky, but it is directly quoting the sources by using the word "rightly". I removed "rightly" from the article and wonder if you want to remove it from the hook, or use another word? Also, would you like to link "Cadillac" in the hook to the town? Images used in the article are public domain or freely-licensed. QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 22:58, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
• @Yoninah: Thanks for review. Submitting ALT1 for consideration. If o.k., then the original can be struck. No, do not want to link to the town = because the hook without the link gives it a mystery (if it might be the car) so the reader would then click on the article to see what it is about (giving a higher overall view count). The part of NOT linking to town gives it the "hookiness" (if there is such a word) = mystery! Are you O.K. with all this?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 23:16, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that George A. Mitchell has justifiably been called the true father of Cadillac?

• @Doug Coldwell: changing "rightly" to "justifiably" is ok, but when you add "true", I'm wondering why you need "justifiably"? Could you pick one or the other?
• ALT1a: ... that George A. Mitchell has justifiably been called the father of Cadillac?
• ALT1b: ... that George A. Mitchell has been called the true father of Cadillac? Yoninah (talk) 18:41, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

@Yoninah:Choose ALT1a and struck others so there would not be any confusion.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:20, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

• Great, thanks. ALT1a verified and cited inline. ALT1a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 19:29, 18 February 2017 (UTC)