Template:Did you know nominations/Eugene S. Matthews

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The result was: promoted by Rcsprinter (babble) @ 23:43, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Eugene S. Matthews

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... that Eugene S. Matthews sold his newspaper and fled town after mine owners threatened him, only to spend forty years editing a newspaper in the next county?

ALT1: ... that Florida politician Eugene S. Matthews sold his newspaper and fled Dunnellon after phosphate mine owners threatened him for reporting on their mistreatment of lease convicts?

Created by Gamaliel (talk). Self nominated at 00:35, 27 November 2013 (UTC).

Temporary dropbox link for one of the hook citations. Will do QPQ soon. Gamaliel (talk) 00:38, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Reviewed: Out of Athens. Gamaliel (talk) 04:55, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

New enough, long enough and within policy. There are a few minor formatting issues, though: there are too many redlinks (rather just don't link those newspapers if they don't have articles). Also, given the length the article could probably afford to be broken up into a section or two. The hook needs more wikilinks, too. How about ALT1: ... that Florida politician Eugene S. Matthews sold his newspaper and fled Dunnellon after phosphate mine owners threatened him for reporting on their mistreatment of lease convicts? -Kieran (talk) 05:31, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

I like the new hook. It's a bit long (but still under the limit) but it's also more specific. I've removed a few redlinks. Gamaliel (talk) 17:24, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

I've removed the last of the redlinks and added sections. Good to go using ALT1. -Kieran (talk) 20:30, 6 December 2013 (UTC)