Template:Did you know nominations/Josephus C. Vines

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:31, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Josephus C. Vines

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... that Josephus C. Vines, the former Prohibitionist mayor of Brighton, Alabama, shot and killed a man that was drinking on his doorstep?^[1]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gessner Harrison

Created by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:57, 23 March 2020 (UTC).

Hey Jon698, while the hook is interesting and the article is generally well-sourced (could use an inline citation for the death date, though), it's not quite long enough yet - need 1,500 characters of prose and now I see 1,098. Would it be possible to expand the article with existing sources? Juxlos (talk) 15:10, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Juxlos Done. I just increased it to over 1,500 characters. - Jon698 (talk) 16:06, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Nice work - any sources for his death date? I've noticed that the sources all predate his death. Juxlos (talk) 16:09, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Juxlos Well I tried finding an obituary or any reference to his death from a source, but I couldn't find anything. The only thing I have to go off of for his death date is the Find A Grave external link. Should it be removed? - Jon698 (talk) 16:47, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

If you can't be sure that's him then yeah, remove it. Juxlos (talk) 16:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Juxlos So does it pass now? - Jon698 (talk) 17:05, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Jon698 Is the given link a QPQ? Juxlos (talk) 17:17, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Juxlos Yes - Jon698 (talk) 17:20, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Jon698 The QPQ is currently invalid (as the article you're reviewing is too short), so you may want to replace it. Juxlos (talk) 17:35, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Juxlos I remembered that I had the DYK nomination review of Gessner Harrison from February that I never used. - Jon698 (talk) 18:24, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Good to go then. Juxlos (talk) 19:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

References

^ "Prohibitionist Finds Stranger Drinking on Steps, Kills Him". The Courier-Journal. July 17, 1955. p. 24. Archived from the original on March 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "Prohibitionist Finds Stranger Drinking on Steps, Kills Him". The Courier-Journal. July 17, 1955. p. 24. Archived from the original on March 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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