Template:Did you know nominations/American Writers: A Journey Through History

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 21:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

American Writers: A Journey Through History

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• ... that the C-SPAN series American Writers visited The American Philosophical Society, Sunset Boulevard, DeWitt Clinton High School, Walden Pond, and a meat processing plant near the old Union Stockyards in order to discuss writers associated with those places?

Created/expanded by KConWiki (talk). Self nom at 06:07, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

• Date and length check out, spots checks reveal no evidence of plagiarism. The hook is interesting but far too long (258 characters, well over regulation). KConWiki, what would you say to

ALT1: ... that the C-SPAN series American Writers visited a meat processing plant to discuss Upton Sinclair's The Jungle? (111 chars) -- Khazar (talk) 14:57, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed the part about the character count. How about the following: ALT2: "that C-SPAN’s American Writers visited Sunset Boulevard, DeWitt Clinton High School, Walden Pond, and a meat processing plant near the Union Stockyards to discuss writers associated with those places?"

KConWiki (talk) 00:44, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Generally shorter hooks are preferred where possible--that one appears to be right up at 200 chars--but I'm fine with leaving it up to the template assembler at least. In any case, both ALT1 and ALT2 are verified and good to go. Cheers, and thanks for putting together this article, Khazar (talk) 00:58, 3 February 2012 (UTC)