Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Stearns
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:16, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
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Isaac Stearns
[edit]... that Isaac Stearns was selected to plan the first bridge over the Charles River?
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... that every attempt to trace the Stearns lineage in the United States has led back to Isaac Stearns or his brothers or nephews? - ALT2:
... that Isaac Stearns was among the original settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? - Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Disappearance of Bethany Decker
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Created by Kirk Leonard (talk). Nominated by ONUnicorn (talk) at 21:16, 22 January 2016 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Hooks cited to RS (I made ALT1 conform with source and made ALT2 more instinct). Strongly prefer original hook or
- ALT3: ... that Richard Nixon and T.S. Elliot are both descended from Isaac Stearns? --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 16:35, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
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I prefer ALT 3. ALT3 appears in the article and is cited in line to two books. I do not have access to the books, but I AGF 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:40, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
- Review
- Good To Go - ALT3 has been verified in Google Books for BOTH Nixon and Eliot. ALT3 is an outstanding hook, that grabbed my attention. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:08, 1 February 2016 (UTC)