Template:Did you know nominations/Mount Hope(Ottoman Empire)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

Mount Hope(Ottoman Empire)

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• ... that Mount Hope site was visited by authors of Moby Dick and The Grapes of Wrath? Source: "The writer Herman Melville, author of "Moby Dick," visited the little community in January 1857...", John Steinbeck ... visited the former site of the community during a visit to Israel in 1966 [1], [2]
  • ALT1: ... that Mount Hope site was visited by Herman Melville and John Steinbeck? Source: "The writer Herman Melville, author of "Moby Dick," visited the little community in January 1857...", John Steinbeck ... visited the former site of the community during a visit to Israel in 1966 [3], [4]
  • ALT2: ... that Mount Hope farm was commemorated in the name of Hatikva Quarter in south Tel Aviv? Source:[5]

• Reviewed: Not needed my third nomination.

Created by Shrike (talk). Self-nominated at 08:29, 12 June 2018 (UTC).

Interesting, on good sources, Hebrew sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. - The hooks need work, I think. How about mentioning Jaffa? Saying not "site" but something more precise such as "former [educational] farm"? As cute as it is to combine quirky things, original hook and ALT1 rely on people knowing titles and/or authors. How about focusing on Steinbeck and saying that he not only visited but had his roots there? - How do you feel about an infobox, which would show at a glance that it's not about a mountain? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:31, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

• ALT3: ... that Mount Hope former farm near Jaffa was founded by grandparents of John Steinbeck and he visited the remnants during his visit to Israel? Source: John Steinbeck ... visited the former site of the community during a visit to Israel in 1966 [6]
  • • User:Gerda Arendt If you could improve the hook any futher I would be gratefull.I will add the infobox Shrike (talk) 13:38, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, how is this:

ALT4: ... that Mount Hope, a farm near Jaffa, was founded by grandparents of John Steinbeck, who visited its remnants?

but I'll watch for other ideas. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:37, 18 June 2018 (UTC)