Template:Did you know nominations/D'Alton Corry Coleman

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:51, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

D'Alton Corry Coleman

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... ~~that D'Alton Corry Coleman was the first commoner to become president of the Canadian Pacific Railway? [1]~~
- ALT1:... ~~that D'Alton Corry Coleman was the first person without a peerage title to become president of the Canadian Pacific Railway? [2]~~

Reviewed: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

5x expanded by Flibirigit (talk). Self-nominated at 02:09, 10 August 2020 (UTC).

Hi Flibirigit, I'll do a full review later but just wanted to make an initial comment. In British usage knights are not considered members of the peerage and are included in "the commons". The quote from the source used is "first of the CPR presidents not to be listed in Burke's Peerage". The formal title of the work is "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage" which does include knights. Suggest the article and hook are amended to "first person not to be listed in Burke's Peerage" or similar. You could also use the nickname "the Great Commoner" which is used by the source - Dumelow (talk) 09:07, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

I am aware of the comment above. I am busy in real life and do not expect to be online much if for a few days. Thank you in advance for understanding. Flibirigit (talk) 00:22, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Flibirigit, no worries. Drop me a ping when you're ready - Dumelow (talk) 05:36, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

I need to make some adjustments to the CPR war time contributions. Hopefully I will get around to it later tomorrow. Flibirigit (talk) 18:39, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that D'Alton Corry Coleman was the first Canadian Pacific Railway president who was not listed in Burke's Peerage, and was described by Maclean's as "the Great Commoner"? [3]

@Dumelow: new hook above, plus some changes made to the article. Flibirigit (talk) 03:10, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Flibirigit, article much more than 5x expanded from 9 August; article is of good length; article is well written and cited inline throughout; I didn't find any issues with overly close paraphrasing in a spot check on sources; hook is interesting, in the article and backed up by the citation. No issues here - Dumelow (talk) 05:47, 12 August 2020 (UTC)