Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Hadley

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:31, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Jack Hadley

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Hadley gives a tour at the Jack Hadley Black History Museum

... that Jack Hadley (pictured) founded his own Black History Museum in Thomasville, Georgia? "Winter is the busiest time of year at a black history museum here named after its founder -- a city native and retired Airman, who remains the driving force behind the collection of more than 5,000 items, most of them acquired locally."
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Created by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk). Self-nominated at 13:02, 19 September 2019 (UTC).

It has been proposed that Jack Hadley be moved to Jack Hadley Black History Museum.[1] We should hold off on this DYK until consensus can be reached on the main topic of the article. Kolya Butternut (talk) 14:07, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

No objection. Hopefully someone will close the RM in a week. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:22, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Requested closure at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Requests_for_closure/Archive_28#Talk:Jack_Hadley. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:47, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

RM now closed, no change. DYK away! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:06, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Ready for review. Yoninah (talk) 18:49, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Reviewing:

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: None required.

Overall: my only comment is that mentioning the over 5000 items (4669 on the website) might be more "hook"-y than mentioning the town it's located in! originalmess^{busta rhyme} 07:21, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Well, it's a small town in the Deep South, that's pretty cool. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Looks good. Nice job! --evrik ^(talk) 05:52, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Edit conflict! This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has not been done, but I think the creator has fewer than six DYKs so one is not needed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:58, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

This is my second DYK. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:13, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: if it's important that it's a small town, the hook should say so. Otherwise a reader skimming the main page just sees "Jack Hadley ... founded a museum ... in this town". There's nothing to "hook" me to read the article. Yoninah (talk) 20:26, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

If you prefer something like

... that Jack Hadley (pictured) founded his own Black History Museum in Georgia, USA?

or

... that Jack Hadley (pictured), a retired U.S. airman and postal worker, founded his own Black History Museum?

I have no problem with that, but I think the original is good enough. I hope "airman" is the right term. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:55, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: The point of a hook is to "hook" the reader with an interesting or offbeat factoid, reeling him in to read the article. Each of your hooks tells me everything I need to know, leaving me no reason to click and read more. Numbers are always a good idea, as in evrik's suggestion. Alternately, an additional interesting factoid about the museum, aside from where it's located. BTW your article says nothing about why he decided to found the museum. More detail in the article could lead to a better hook. Yoninah (talk) 17:20, 16 October 2019 (UTC)