Template:Did you know nominations/Stephen Hopkins (politician)

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The following discussion 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 BlueMoonset (talk) 04:31, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Stephen Hopkins (politician)[edit]

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  • Comment: The autodidactic Stephen Hopkins was, from childhood, a voracious reader, and knowledgeable in many areas, including the sciences, languages, and great works of literature. With the upcoming transit of Venus (June 2012), I thought this little tidbit to be very timely, based on an article that I am currently expanding.

Created/expanded by Sarnold17 (talk). Self nom at 20:20, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

  • The original hook, at 224 characters, is over the limit of 200. The following squeezes all of the same information into 201 characters, but a still shorter hook would be better:
  • ALT1: ... that Rhode Island governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence Stephen Hopkins was also a surveyor and astronomer who helped take measurements during the 1769 transit of Venus across the sun? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:28, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
    • I've shortened the hook a bit more so that it should meet length guidelines.Sarnold17 (talk) 21:07, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
      • Note: Sarnold17 has replaced the original with the shortened version, so I've struck my comment, including ALT1. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:29, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
    • Could this be considered for a special date, namely 5 June 2012, the date of the transit of Venus across the sun? This is a big astronomical deal, because it won't happen again until the year 2117.Sarnold17 (talk) 01:26, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
      • Moved to 5 June (it isn't that far off).
  • New user, so no QPQ required.
  • Hook short enough, verified.
  • Article new enough, long enough.

Comment Unless he was using sign language it should be 'signator' not 'signer' Richerman (talk) 21:54, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Forget that - it would be signator in the UK but a google search shows that it's signer in the US. Richerman (talk) 22:00, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
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