Talk:Big Chief Russell Moore

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Did you know... that trombonist Big Chief Russell Moore was the first member of the Pima tribe to receive an obituary in The New York Times?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 SL93 (talk) 18:20, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that trombonist Big Chief Russell Moore was the first Pima tribe member to receive an obituary in The New York Times? Source: Martínez, David (2014). "LIVING LARGE DURING THE JAZZ AGE:". The Journal of Arizona History. 55 (2). Arizona Historical Society: 127–144. ISSN 0021-9053. JSTOR 24459881. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ALT1: ... that trombonist Big Chief Russell Moore invited the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to see him play on the Lower East Side? Source: Erwin, Pee Wee; Vaché, Warren W. (1987). Pee Wee Erwin : this horn for hire. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press and the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University. pp. 267–268. ISBN 978-0-8108-1945-0.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Lettieri
- Comment: I may be a couple hours late with the the time deadline. I started expanding this article 7 days ago and only got a chance to finish it and do this today. I ask for a little grace with this and believe I am still in the spirit of the rules.

5x expanded by Vladimir.copic (talk). Self-nominated at 00:05, 30 May 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Comment - Interesting article, Vladimir.copic. Do you prefer ALT0 over ALT1? If so, I have a question - are members of the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community considered Pima? Or are there Pima members in that tribe? I found a later obituary (2020, after your source) about a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community enrolled member. That may complicate matters ... I think ALT1 would be more interesting, anyway. Urve (talk) 12:51, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks Urve. I’ve done a bit of reading into this now and I just don’t know enough about the Native American tribal system to say anything for definite. I think if we go with ALt0 it would be safer to say "... the first Pima tribe member ...”. I like both hooks equally - my only concern was that ALT1 is sourced from an autobiography - I don’t have a problem with this but others might. I’ll leave the choice up to other editors. Vladimir.copic (talk) 22:09, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks! Your revision of ALT0 sounds great; I'll edit. It's always a bit tricky to verify these "first" hooks, but after looking through some NYTimes archives, I can't find anything that would disprove it. Your thinking about ALT1 makes a lot of sense; I would prefer ALT0 over that, then. Good luck! Urve (talk) 10:21, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article is sufficiently long, hooks are interesting, the article is well sourced, no copyvios. We're good to go! Haiiya (talk) (contribs) 21:07, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Vladimir.copic: I'm unable to verify ALT0 in either the two sources in the article or the source in this DYK nom- where does it say he was the only Pima member to receive an obituary there? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:32, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"One of the most extraordinary lives in modern Pima history, he is the only tribal member whose death warranted a full obituary in the New York Times". Urve (talk) 08:41, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron: Please see the following as cited in the article and DYK nomination: Martínez, David (2014). "LIVING LARGE DURING THE JAZZ AGE:". The Journal of Arizona History. 55 (2). Arizona Historical Society: 127–144. ISSN 0021-9053. JSTOR 24459881. Retrieved June 16, 2022. p. 127: One of the most extraordinary lives in modern Pima history, he is the only tribal member whose death warranted a full obituary in the New York Times. Vladimir.copic (talk) 12:03, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]