Template:Did you know nominations/Monroe Morton
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:48, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
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Monroe Morton
[edit]... that Monroe Morton built the Morton Building and Theatre in 1910, a center of the Hot Corner area of African-American society and business in Athens, Georgia?Curtis, Nancy C. (1996). Black Heritage Sites: An African American Odyssey and Finder's Guide. American Library Association. ISBN 9780838906439.; Black Meetings & Tourism SunGlo Enterprises, 2004, p60 for more discussion of Hot Corner
- Reviewed: Joan Benesh
- Comment: In the US, February is African-American history month, so it might be nice to have this on the main page during the month.
5x expanded by Smmurphy (talk) and FloridaArmy (talk). Nominated by Smmurphy (talk) at 08:01, 5 February 2018 (UTC).
- Will review --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:34, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Interesting life, on good sources, paywall sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I don't understand the hook, sorry, - please try harder ;) - Perhaps mention Ellington and/or Armstrong, with a source. (The claim needs one.) - I have trouble understanding his parents' skin colours, "fellow future politician", "came to a head", but that may just be my lack of English. I never heard of performing alongside a theater (only alongside people). Please avoid run-on sentences with "and ... and". - How do you feel about an infobox? Any details about his family on the pic? - Good luck! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the new hook. Next time, please strike the former an word some ALT1, - to make the discussion transparent. Tell me when you are done with the article, I am pleased with the changes you made so far. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:00, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
- Finished. I tried to fix the article per your suggestions. I don't quite understand your alt instructions but I understand I think I should have introduced the new hook as an alternative rather than modified the existing one. Thanks for your help! FloridaArmy (talk) 17:17, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, and yes, you understood well what I meant about the ALT. New wish: the lead/intro should only have information from below, summarized, - that long red link belongs below, and - if mentioned in the lead at all, should be delinked, unless the article gets written. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I came by to promote this, but have a question about the hook fact. The SunGlo source is referring to the "Hot Corner" as a theatre block, not a center of society and business. Yoninah (talk) 00:24, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I see what you are saying, but here is another source (which I've added to the page) about hot corner being a center of society and business: Denty, Red. Cool food, fun and music on Hot Corner this weekend Athens Banner-Herald, June 2, 2017. Smmurphy(Talk) 01:32, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Smmurphy: Thank you for the new ref. It makes more sense that it was a center of "business and culture" rather than "society and business", as the source indicates. I suggest tweaking the hook as follows:
- ALT0a: ... that in 1910 Monroe Morton built the Morton Building and Theatre in the "Hot Corner", a center of African-American business and culture in Athens, Georgia?
- You might also think about making an article out of Hot Corner (Athens, Georgia) if it's so notable. Best, Yoninah (talk) 01:39, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'd be happy with either hook. With the goofy way DYK works, I'm never sure what the best next step is. If you feel comfortable promoting ALT0a, great. If now the nomination should wait for another promoter to pick between the alts, that is fine, too. As for Hot Corner, I agree that it might be a suitable subject for an article, but sadly I do not plan to write it. Thanks for looking the article over, though! Smmurphy(Talk) 02:37, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
- Finished. I tried to fix the article per your suggestions. I don't quite understand your alt instructions but I understand I think I should have introduced the new hook as an alternative rather than modified the existing one. Thanks for your help! FloridaArmy (talk) 17:17, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the new hook. Next time, please strike the former an word some ALT1, - to make the discussion transparent. Tell me when you are done with the article, I am pleased with the changes you made so far. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:00, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
