Template:Did you know nominations/Charlton Hunt

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 15:17, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Charlton Hunt

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• ... that Charlton Hunt was the cousin of poet Francis Scott Key, the uncle of Confederate general John Hunt Morgan and the granduncle of Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Hunt Morgan?

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ALT1... that Charlton Hunt studied law under future Chief Justice Roger B. Taney before practicing law in Paris?

ALT2... that during Charlton Hunt's tenure as the first mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, the city was hit by a major cholera epidemic?

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• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hanyang Park

Created by Sahaib (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 36 past nominations.

Sahaib (talk) 15:57, 25 January 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

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• Interesting: - The backhalf of the hook is not particularly interesting, and the whole premise of relying on his relations is not a great way to advertise the man. I suggest finding an ALT.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Needs a new hook. SounderBruce 05:27, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: both Francis Scott Key and Thomas Hunt Morgan are level 5 vital articles whilst John Hunt Morgan is known for Morgan's Raid. There is more at Template:Hunt–Morgan family tree. Anyway, I have added more hooks. Sahaib (talk) 08:14, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

ALT1 could be trimmed to remove Paris, while ALT2 needs some grammar work. Both are preferable to ALT0. SounderBruce 05:29, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

@Sahaib and SounderBruce: What is the progress of this nomination? (For what it's worth, ALT0a: ... that Charlton Hunt is a cousin of the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and a granduncle of a Nobel Prize laureate? is exactly the hook I'd have gone for.)--Launchballer 15:31, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

ALT0a works. The others just aren't interesting to a broad audience who are not well-versed in 19th century American history. SounderBruce 21:56, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

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