Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Kipi

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 06:02, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Samuel Kipi

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• ... that Hawaiian King Kalākaua appointed Samuel Kipi to serve as Royal Governor of the Island of Hawaiʻi from 1874 to 1879?

• Reviewed: Sedgwick House, Cumbria

Created/expanded by KAVEBEAR (talk). Self nom at 23:57, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

• Fascinating article. Would you consider breaking this article up into sections, e.g., "Early career", "Governor of Hawaii", "Death"?
• If the article is divided up, it would benefit from a strong summary intro.
• Where was Kipi born and educated? Prburley (talk) 13:35, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
  • The sources do not say.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 18:42, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
  • I broke it up to the version you said but to me the paragraphs and information look too short and it didn't look right? I changed instead to "Life and career" and "Death and legacy". A summary intro would basically take away from an article of this size.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 18:49, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
    • Found his year of birth from Ancestry.com.
    • Section breaks look great.
    • Intro paragraph: just my personal preference to write a three sentence intro -- there's enough info here for that. However, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies#Opening paragraph recommends what you have. Prburley (talk) 21:54, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Looks great to me. Prburley (talk) 21:54, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

• Note: at the time of promotion, the "from 1874 to 1879" portion of the hook was changed to "in 1874", which is supported by the article. There doesn't appear to have been a five-year appointment by the King in the sources, but that Kipi died in office in 1879, which is reflected in the article. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:02, 19 November 2012 (UTC)