Template:Did you know nominations/Klinger (horse)
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:15, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
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Klinger (horse)
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Klinger (left) with U.S. Senator John McCain
- ... that Klinger (pictured) is a member of the horse hall of fame?
- ALT1 ... that Klinger (pictured) is the namesake of the Klinger Award, given annually to "a horse, individual or organization that best demonstrates the values of honor and service"?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ojos Locos
Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 09:20, 31 May 2018 (UTC).
QPQ done. Image is correctly labeled as in the public domain and source link checks out ok. Article is new, long enough (just barely at 1615 characters (261 words) "readable prose size"), and there does not appear to be any close phrasing. Dup detector & earwigs were used to compare to reference 1 (wihs.org) without any issues. Hook fact appears in article prose in a sentence followed by a supporting citation. The hook should be more precise. Horse hall of fame? A quick Google search indicates there are several horse halls of fame. At a minimum, I think the hook should say "Horse Stars Hall of Fame" and would be even better if it said "the United States Equestrian Federation's Horse Stars Hall of Fame". That said, the hook is quite bland and, of course it's subjective judgment, but I don't think it is particularly interesting. I don't want to suggest an entire hook, because I can't review/pass a hook I propose, but how about mentioning that Klinger has participated in more than 5,000 military funerals? Or that there's an award established in his honor? AHeneen (talk) 04:55, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
- AHeneen - thank you for the review! I've proposed an alt, above. Chetsford (talk) 19:44, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
ALT 1, without quotation marks - The cited source that contains the quoted text is a secondary source that doesn't use quotation marks. The Horse Stars Hall of Fame profile (the other citation at the end of the sentence about the award) has a link to the award page, but it is a dead link. I don't think it makes a difference in terms of impact to leave off the quotation marks. AHeneen (talk) 20:53, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
