Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Strum
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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 19:42, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
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Charles Strum
- ... that Charles Strum, the obituaries editor of The New York Times, seldom employed the terms "first" or "last" in an obituary to eschew issues with contradictory testimony? Source: The Wall Street Journal: "Mr. Strum lays down the law about accuracy and dresses down relatives who bollix the facts. Because obituaries are written on deadline, they often spur contradictory testimony from family members, resulting in more than a few corrections. One trick of the obit writer to avoid trouble: Rarely use the words "first" or "last" …"
- ALT1:... that Charles Strum was the internal editor of Outrage: The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley Hoax? Source: The New York Times
- Reviewed: Bruges speech
- Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only scheduled to appear in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.
5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:43, 30 April 2021 (UTC).
This article is a fivefold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral, and I detected no policy issues, except for a sentence that was close-paraphrased and which I rewrote. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:27, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
