Template:Did you know nominations/John Scott (died 1533)
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 23:32, 20 March 2013 (UTC).
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John Scott (died 1533)
[edit]... that Sir John Scott's grandson, Reginald Scott, wrote The Discoverie of Witchcraft?
- Reviewed: Livesey, Hargreaves and Company
Created by NinaGreen (talk). Self nom at 01:44, 4 March 2013 (UTC).
- Unfortunately, the DYK suggested is a coatrack - it's not about Scott, it's about his grandson. This should be rewritten to say something about Scott himself. Ego White Tray (talk) 05:08, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
- Would this work?
- ALT1: "... that Sir John Scott was the grandfather of Reginald Scott, author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft?
- NinaGreen (talk) 06:53, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm not entirely sure about the hook, but the claim in the article's intro that the book was an inspiration for Macbeth either needs an inline citation of a source that contains that information, or it needs to be removed. Neither of the sources in that sentence support the Shakespeare link. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:03, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
New review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:17, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
The MacBeth/Discoverie of Witchcraft link has a citation (though there are better citations than the google books preview paragraph that also verify the claim that could be added to the article). I agree that there is some "coatrack-y" elements to this hook being more about Reginald Scott and his book versus about John Scott himself. Personally I think a hook about John Scott's involvement in Anne Boleyn's coronation would be more ideal but there isn't anything explicitly in the DYK rules against having "coatrack-y" hooks provided that the material is neutral, mentioned and cited in the bold article. So with that and the article passing all other DYK criteria, including having no signs of plagiarism or close paraphrasing, it looks good to go. AgneCheese/Wine 20:29, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
