Talk:Rock Road massacre

A fact from Rock Road massacre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a livestock auctioneer and former Army sharpshooter shot and killed seven family members in the Rock Road massacre?

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Michigan's largest mass murders

Press accounts describe the Rock Road massacre as the third largest mass murder in Michigan history. It appears to be tied for third largest. The following are the largest on record:
1. Bath school disaster, May 18, 1927 - Andrew Kehoe detonated bombs at a school killing 43 and wounding 58
2. Hazelwood massacre, June 14, 1971 - eight persons shot and killed at an alleged drug house in Detroit
3. (tie) Rock Road massacre - seven killed near Farwell, Michigan
3. (tie) Harry Belcher, January 25, 1965 - Harry Belcher set fire to his Ferndale house, killing his wife and six children
3. (tie) Troy axe murders, September 29, 1964 - After being released from a mental hospital, former Royal Oak fireman William Gravlin killed his wife and six kids, using an axe and a hammer at the family home in Troy. Cbl62 (talk) 05:17, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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) 20:45, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a livestock auctioneer and former Army sharpshooter shot and killed seven family members in the Rock Road massacre?
- Reviewed: WEIB

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:28, 30 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Cbl62, a friendly reminder that QPQs should be submitted within seven days of being nominated, and are subject to closure if not supplied within seven days of a notification such as this one. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:34, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the heads up. QPQ added. Cbl62 (talk) 07:18, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Overall, a good new article, well cited, seems to match citations given OwainDavies ^(about)_(talk) edited at 14:55, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Written in unencyclopaedic style

"...described as fat with red locks"; "where he played chess and lifted weights..."

This entire article is written very unencyclopaedically 2402:E280:3D6B:5DB:3181:DECE:2CB7:58A7 (talk) 14:43, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Cbl62 (talk) 15:47, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Citations not supporting claims

There are several citations in this Wikipedia page that do not support claims written for this subject. 167.73.209.198 (talk) 14:32, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you be specific? Cbl62 (talk) 14:38, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]