Talk:Congressional seed distribution

A fact from Congressional seed distribution appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had members of Congress distribute millions of free seed packets to Americans?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:32, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in the 19th and early 20th centuries the United States Department of Agriculture distributed millions of free seed packets through US Congressmen?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Twynham hut
Comment: Not sure that this is the best phrasing...

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:49, 30 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

I agree, the hook should be rephrased. It's not clear what "through" means in this context (t · c) buidhe 07:08, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Buidhe: How about ALT 0b below? I can't think of a great way to briefly explain how it actually worked with Congresspeople, but that's not really the focus of my suggested hook right now anyway. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:37, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0b: ... that in the 19th and early 20th centuries the United States Department of Agriculture distributed millions of free seed packets to Americans?
ALT0c: ... that in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the United States Department of Agriculture had members of the United States Congress distribute millions of free seed packets to Americans?

Newly created article that is large enough and sourced to some articles, with plentiful inline citations. The article appears to be written neutrally and the hook fact is throughout the "Program" section. I'm adding "ALT0c" as another rewrite to try to make the hook fact more clear. QPQ is complete, but there are is a link (in the article twice) that needs disambiguation. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:53, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Muboshgu, I've resolved the {{dn}} tags. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 21:34, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay here. Good to go. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:40, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Edits

Hi Yoninah. with regards to your edits on Congressional seed distribution, I just have some questions. Adding a fixed px to an image, while it definitely looks better on my computer, is explicitly disapproved of in WP:THUMBSIZE. I replaced it with |upright=1.4-- is that OK with you? While this edit was fine, the source in question is a USDA research paper, which should be in public domain, so I don't think putting it into quotes was necessary, and I attributed it with {{PD-notice}}-- did I miss something here? Cheers and happy new year, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:03, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Eddie891: you are right on both counts. Sorry for interfering. Yoninah (talk) 22:05, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about it. I'd rather have you not be perfect once in a century than let the many obvious mistakes you fix slip through my work. Thanks for all you do. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:08, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]