Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas A. Spragens

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:10, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Thomas A. Spragens

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• ... that Centre College president Thomas A. Spragens was a delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention? Source: Interview with Thomas A. Spragens: "In 1968 I was a delegate to the infamous Democratic National Convention in Chicago."
  • ALT1: ... that president Thomas A. Spragens suspended all classes at Centre College several days after the Kent State shootings, and organized teaching sessions for students on the college lawn? Source: William Weston (2019), Centre College: a Bicentennial History: "The peak moment of ferment came a little later, in the first week of May 1970, after the National Guard killed four students at an anti-war protest at Kent State University. On May 8, classes were suspended for a "Day of Concern"... President Spragens and many faculty members addressed students first on the lawn and then in organized teaching sessions."
  • ALT2: ... that Thomas A. Spragens, later president of Centre College, chose to take a permanent position with the Bureau of the Budget rather than return to Syracuse to finish graduate school? Source: Interview with Thomas A. Spragens: "I was asked to remain on, though I had gone there on a temporary appointment, and after consulting with the dean at Syracuse I decided to forgo the rest of my graduate program there."
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5x expanded by PCN02WPS (talk). Self-nominated at 15:20, 21 April 2022 (UTC).

• Hooks are of appropriate length, sourced, neutral. I think ALT1 is the most interesting though all appear acceptable. Article is recently 5x expanded, appears sourced and neutral. Earwig shows some uncomfortable similarities between phrases in the article and those in two others (see these two comparison pages [1] [2]). Once that's resolved, this will be good to go. Action needed, ping PCN02WPS ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 16:56, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Ezlev, I have tried to clean up the article, most of the remaining similarities are proper nouns or organization names. Let me know if there's anything else that needs tweaking. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:23, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
    • Looks good! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 19:45, 28 April 2022 (UTC)