Template:Did you know nominations/Majestic Radios

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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 20:06, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Majestic Radios

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Majestic radio, 1933

• ... that Majestic Radios were so highly regarded in 1929 that captain Hugo Eckener and navigator Max Pruss of the Graf Zeppelin airship bought them when they landed at Lakehurst, New Jersey, to take back to Germany? source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 20, 1929
  • ALT1:... that a share of Majestic Radios stock purchased at $40 per share in 1928 had risen in value to $1,100, before the Stock Market Crash of 1929? source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 17, 1936 (AP)

• Reviewed: Ontario Highway 45

Created by JGHowes (talk). Self-nominated at 00:16, 17 November 2020 (UTC).

• I think either of these hooks are great, with a light preference for ALT0. Referencing is good here and within the article. The article itself is new enough, long enough, and checks out in regards to copyvio. QPQ has been done and the image is free. Looks good to go, well done. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 07:22, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

• @Amkgp: The hook you promoted is well over 200 characters. You could either ask the nominator to shorten it, or choose another hook. Yoninah (talk) 16:23, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

• The ALT1 hook has too many numbers and is hard to follow. @JGHowes: could you shorten ALT0? Yoninah (talk) 18:43, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

• ALT0a: ... that Majestic Radios (pictured) were so highly regarded in 1929 that the Graf Zeppelin's captain bought one when his airship landed in the U.S. to take back to Germany?  JGHowes  ^talk 19:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you. I see you've changed it from "them" to "one", which is how the source has it. Hook ref verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Mccunicano. ALT0a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 19:19, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

• Reviewing the source, I see that only the navigator purchased one on this trip; the captain bought his on an earlier visit. I edited the article accordingly and am editing the hook:
• ALT0b: ... that Majestic Radios (pictured) were so highly regarded in 1929 that the Graf Zeppelin's navigator bought one when his airship landed in the U.S. to take back to Germany?
• ALT0b verified and cited inline. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 19:24, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah:, @Amkgp:, @Mccunicano: have added a better image (File:Majestic_Radio_model_161.jpg, above) since initial DYK review.  JGHowes  ^talk 17:20, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Image is OK to go with the ALT0b hook — Amkgp 💬 20:06, 11 December 2020 (UTC)