Template:Did you know nominations/Willie and Eugene Howard

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The result was: promoted by Baldy Bill (sharpen the razor|see my reflection) 15:03, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Willie and Eugene Howard[edit]

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... that after spending a decade on the vaudeville circuit, comics Willie and Eugene Howard became "a riot" in Broadway revues?

Reviewed: Second Entumbane Uprising

Created by Ssilvers (talk). Nominated by Pgallert (talk) at 08:50, 3 October 2013 (UTC).

Article is new enough, long enough, well referenced. I only see close paraphrasing in the description of their "most famous bits" from Stewart – this sentence should be written as a direct quote instead. The hook ref is verified; do you think that adding "Jewish comics" would help any? Yoninah (talk) 19:10, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

OK, done, but I had to add brackets for the key information provided by Cullen. It might be better to, instead, reword the sentence a little more to avoid the close paraphrasing, but up to you. I'm not sure if "Jewish" comics is better - maybe, but it might distract the reader from the point that they were playing vaudeville houses and then WHAM: landed on Broadway. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:06, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

The quotes look fine to me, but if you would like to rewrite the sentence in your own words, please do so. The hook can stay as is, but if you're stressing the move from vaudeville to Broadway, why aren't you linking Broadway instead of revue? Yoninah (talk) 21:33, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

OK, good idea - I changed the links. You know the fine points of DYK much better than me! -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:34, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

All checks out now. No close paraphrasing, hook ref verified. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 10:33, 27 October 2013 (UTC)