Template:Did you know nominations/William Mason (gunsmith)

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 20:37, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

William Mason (gunsmith)

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... that William Mason was an engineer and inventor who worked for Remington Arms, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, and Winchester Repeating Arms Company in the 19th century?

Reviewed: Sacrifice (Battlestar Galactica)

Created/expanded by Mike Searson (talk). Self nom at 18:06, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

The article's length, date and sourcing are fine. All the refs are offline, so AGF for plagiarism/copyvio. The hook is OK, but might be snappier (see suggestion below) and all parts are cited - AGF for the offline hook ref.

ALT1 ... that William Mason was an engineer and inventor who worked for Remington, Colt and Winchester in the 19th century?

I'm assuming that many people will know that they are all arms manufacturers. Mikenorton (talk) 20:57, 1 December 2011 (UTC)