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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 04:21, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

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Roper (company)

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  • ... that while the American company Roper was the largest stove producer in the world, they also produced artillery shells during World War II?

Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:15, 20 August 2019 (UTC).

  • I know that the closure section is missing detail. The second reference does have more detail, but that section of the newspaper scan is too blurry to read. SL93 (talk) 02:53, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Comment (not a review). The name "Wherle" is mentioned three times in the article and the name "Wehrle" seven times. I searched the #1 source for both these names and got zero results, and also get zero results for "Roper". So I could not verify which name was correct or whether the source supported the article contents at all. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:43, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
@Cwmhiraeth: Wherle was a typo. Everything is referenced and everything appears in those references. The first reference uses "Wehrle" and it's there for anyone to view and I gave the exact page in the link. The second reference has "Roper" in the title from when it changed its name and the article I used gives a long history of the company. The third reference says "Roper" again from when the company changed its name. I thought I made it obvious that it changed its name multiple times and that the final name was Roper. How did you not see Wehrle in the first reference? The title of the section is even The Wehrle Stove Foundry. SL93 (talk) 15:26, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
On the first reference that goes exactly to where Wehrle is mentioned, I count that word more than 10 times. SL93 (talk) 15:48, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
When I look at the source "Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio" I see a search bar labelled "From inside the book". I cannot see any of the pages so cannot look at the pages the numbers of which you cite. When I enter "Wehrle" into the search bar I get zero results. The same for "Roper". Perhaps you have a hard copy of the book, or maybe I am seeing a different version of the Google book in the UK from what you are seeing? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 16:08, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
I don't have a hard copy of the book and I am using exactly what I linked to. I see the two pages completely. "Roper" isn't in the first reference because the reference is from before the name was changed, but it is in the next two. Can you just assume good faith because I can clearly see it? SL93 (talk) 16:11, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
Here is an alternate link with it - https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt/search?q1=wehrle;id=nyp.33433081817946;view=1up;seq=11;start=1;sz=10;page=search;orient=0 SL93 (talk) 16:22, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
  • Thank you, I can access that source. This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:43, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
  • @Cwmhiraeth: I'm glad that I could find a source that anyone can read. Thanks for the review. SL93 (talk) 18:45, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
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