Template:Did you know nominations/German Metal Workers' Union

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:01, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

German Metal Workers' Union

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... that the German Metal Workers' Union (Nuremberg building pictured), Germany's first industrial union, was the world's largest trade union for a brief time following World War I? (edited)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wang Ruofei, Template:Did you know nominations/1 (2013 film)
Comment: I'm not sure about the image, but it could be used in a pinch.

Created by Carabinieri (talk). Self nominated at 10:42, 29 September 2014 (UTC).

ALT1 (a bit more humorous, though it might only make sense to US readers): ... that communists once had considerable influence in the DMV? --Carabinieri (talk) 11:40, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

The article is new enough and long enough and offline sources are accepted in good faith. Per DYK rules (sigh) the hook fact needs an inline citation directly afterwards and not at the end of the paragraph. I think the second hook has more punch; the first hook is ambiguous (I could see "German Metal Workers' Union" referring to an entity in a country other Germany, especially before World War I). Only one QPQ is necessary. Mackensen (talk) 04:31, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

I've duplicated footnotes, so the facts in the original hook are immediately followed by footnotes. I've changed "the country's" to "Germany's" in the original hook. I also like the ALT better; I'm just worried people outside the US might not think of the Department of Motor Vehicles when they read DMV, so the joke might be lost on them.--Carabinieri (talk) 05:35, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

thanks, looks good to me. I think it's up to the promoter which hook to use, but if it were up to me I'd use ALT1 (see Template:Did you know nominations/Chessie (train) for a similarly misleading hook). Best, Mackensen (talk) 11:27, 1 October 2014 (UTC)