Template:Did you know nominations/Hans Weinreich

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:00, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Hans Weinreich

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... that printer Hans Weinreich issued the first printed books in Lithuanian and Old Prussian (pictured), as well as the first Polish translation of Luther's Small Catechism in Königsberg?

Created/expanded by Volunteer Marek (talk). Self nom at 02:40, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

I've reviewed Markisches Museum.VolunteerMarek 02:55, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Length, new creation, quid-pro-quo review are OK.
AGF for offline sources, some in non-English language sources. However, there are also online English-language sources that include the information, e.g. [1] from the Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences. I believe the current use of sources is OK and the content is verifiable, but it might be nice to add an online source or two for the info in the hook.
Hook has a dangling modifier "in Königsberg". It sounds as though there were other Polish translations of Luther's small catechism in other places, and this was only the first one in Königsberg, which would be a less interesting hook. The current hook combines several distinct firsts, of which the most interesting are the first printing of books in Lithuanian and Old Prussian. I'll approve the DYK with a rewording to clarify the "in Königsberg", but I also suggest the possibility of leaving out the translation of Luther's small catechism in order to focus on the first printed books in two Baltic languages. --Amble (talk) 19:32, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the source, I'll add it to the articles. As to the dangling modifier, how about this Alt which captures everything but avoids confusion:

ALT1:...that Königsberg printer Hans Weinreich issued the first printed books in Lithuanian, Old Prussian (pictured), as well as the first Polish translation of Luther's Small Catechism?

The first Polish translation of LSC *is* a pretty big deal here too. Thanks! VolunteerMarek 19:53, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

ALT1 is ready to go. --Amble (talk) 20:14, 17 August 2012 (UTC)