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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:07, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
ALT1 ... that the slave trader John Knight transported over 26,000 Africans to the Americas?
Source no.6 in the article says "Knight, he was a major Liverpool slave trader with an interest in 111 voyages over thirty years (1744-74) that delivered over 26,000 Africans to America"
Created by Desertarun (talk). Self-nominated at 08:21, 3 September 2021 (UTC).
I'm really not keen on a double entente hook for an article on a notorious slave trader (and I suspect that 'fanny' didn't have this connotation at the time - the creep probably named the ship after his wife or another significant woman in his life). I'd suggest a hook focused on his slaving activities, perhaps noting the huge numbers of voyages and slaves he was responsible for. Nick-D (talk) 23:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
@Nick-D: Hi, I've added ALT1 and struck ALT0. Desertarun (talk) 07:09, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
@Desertarun: That looks good - thanks. I'll review below:
Overall: This is good to go. Nice work with the article and the revised hook. I've spot checked the references I can access, and they support the text and there are no issues with close paraphrasing (Earwig returns a 0% likelihood of violations!). The article is also new enough, and is of a generally good quality. Nick-D (talk) 07:30, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
I'm really not keen on a double entente hook for an article on a notorious slave trader (and I suspect that 'fanny' didn't have this connotation at the time - the creep probably named the ship after his wife or another significant woman in his life). I'd suggest a hook focused on his slaving activities, perhaps noting the huge numbers of voyages and slaves he was responsible for. Nick-D (talk) 23:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
This is good to go. Nice work with the article and the revised hook. I've spot checked the references I can access, and they support the text and there are no issues with close paraphrasing (Earwig returns a 0% likelihood of violations!). The article is also new enough, and is of a generally good quality. Nick-D (talk) 07:30, 5 September 2021 (UTC)