Template:Did you know nominations/J. C. Walter, Jr.

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:22, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

J. C. Walter, Jr.

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• ... that 9 days after his heart transplant, J. C. Walter, Jr. merged his company Houston Oil & Minerals with Tenneco, retired to his ranch; then founded Walter Oil & Gas three weeks later?

• Source: Walter Oil & Gas history: “On April 1, 1981 he underwent heart surgery. Nine days later, Joe concluded a merger with Tenneco and retired to his ranch in Brownwood, Texas, a retirement that lasted all of three weeks.”

• • ALT0:... that 9 days after his heart transplant, J. C. Walter, Jr. merged his company Houston Oil & Minerals with Tenneco, then retired to his ranch, and less than 2 months later founded Walter Oil & Gas?

• Sources: (1)Walter Oil & Gas history: “On April 1, 1981 he underwent heart surgery. Nine days later, Joe concluded a merger with Tenneco and retired to his ranch in Brownwood, Texas, a retirement that lasted all of three weeks.” and (2)Bloomberg Company Profile: Walter Oil & Gas: "Walter Oil & Gas Corp ; SUB-INDUSTRY. Oil & Gas Services & Equip ; INCORPORATED. 05/28/1981 ; ADDRESS. 1100 Louisiana Street Suite 200 Houston, TX 77002 United"

• • ALT1: ... that after his heart transplant, J. C. Walter, Jr. started two oil and gas companies, Walter Oil & Gas and Walter International, which together found the first commercial gas in Equatorial Guinea? Source: Same as above: "“…Walter International….with Walter Oil & Gas as a partner, they developed the offshore Alba Field, with reserves in excess of 1 Billion barrels of oil equivalent, and representing the first commercial hydrocarbon field developed in the west African country of Equatorial Guiana [sic].”
  • ALT2: ... that J. C. Walter, Jr. started his successful oil and gas exploration company, Walter Oil & Gas in the midst of the 1980s oil downturn? Source: Same as above: "Joe organized Walter Oil & Gas in 1981….. With a small staff, the majority of which were too young and inexperienced to appreciate the risk of joining a startup E&P during single digit oil prices.”
  • ALT3: ... that J. C. Walter, Jr., founder of Walter Oil & Gas, identified a new extinct species of brachiopod, Derbyia sulcata Walter, while he was a college student? Source: Paleo Database “ Derbyia sulcata was named by Walter (1953)”, and Texas ScholarWorks: “…[he] identified Permian invertebrates, among which was Derbya sulcata Walter. n. sp.”
  • Reviewed:

Created by ERcheck (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

— ERcheck (talk) 19:37, 8 March 2025 (UTC).

• This article, created on 7 March, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced (one uncited sentence which is just a summary of what's below), and presentable. No QPQ needed. No copyvio issues. ALT0 is the most interesting. It is cited, in article, and the citation checks out. GTG. Tenpop421 (talk) 15:10, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Reopening per WT:DYK.--Launchballer 18:47, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
    • @Launchballer:: Added another reference (Bloomberg) that gives the founding date of Walter Oil & Gas. So, definitely within 2 months of his heart surgery. I added ALT0 at the top as a more verifiable time frame. In addition, updated the article with that info and reference. — ERcheck (talk) 13:10, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
    • @Launchballer and Tenpop421: The ALT0 hook is revised to address the issues discussed in the queue; in addition, the article has had a slight revision to complete the loop. Ready for a revisit now. — ERcheck (talk) 16:07, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
    • For clarity, I've struck out the initial hook in favor of ALT0. — ERcheck (talk) 05:35, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

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Overall: Good to go with ALT0, 1, 2 or 3 Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:54, 3 May 2025 (UTC) Individual hooks:

ALT0 - ? fn1 says he negotiated a merger with Tenneco in 1981, but does not say it was nine days after his heart transplant

• @Hawkeye7: - Thanks. It should be fn5. I've fixed that. — ERcheck (talk)

• Y Okay then. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:06, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

ALT1 - Y

ALT2 - Y

ALT3 - Y

*: fn6 isn't working for me. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:54, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

• Fixed fn6 - replaced it with the same material from Justia— Preceding unsigned comment added by ERcheck (talk • contribs)

Apologies for ignoring this, by the way. I kept getting tongue tied.--Launchballer 02:32, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

ALT4: ... that J. C. Walter Jr. ran an oil company until he had a change of heart? Bremps... 01:25, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Y Approved. Good to go with ALT4. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:37, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

I would rather not promote such a misleading hook. SL93 (talk) 22:40, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

I think it is brilliant. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:29, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Maybe if it was April Fool's. SL93 (talk) 23:33, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

• He actually ran Walter Oil & Gas after the "change of heart". I prefer ALT0 and ALT2. — ERcheck (talk) 23:58, 7 May 2025 (UTC)