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The result was: promoted by  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:09, 10 March 2013 (UTC).

Bernard R. Hubbard

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  • ... that Father Bernard R. Hubbard, known as "the Glacier Priest," was the highest-paid lecturer in the world in the 1930s?

Created by Acroterion (talk). Self nominated at 22:40, 28 February 2013 (UTC).

  • Reference for hook does not specify the period in which he was the world's highest paid lecturer. Otherwise good to go; newly created, adequate prose size. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 23:47, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
    • The third paragraph, the main reference, states 1937. I've copied the date reference into the lede,for DYK purposes only. Acroterion (talk) 00:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
  • I'm sorry, but a reference published in 1937 does not cover the entire 1930s. The hook needs to be more restrictive in its claim. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:59, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
I disagree that the hook implies inclusiveness rather than at some point in the 1930s, but how about ALT1: "... that Father Bernard R. Hubbard, known as "the Glacier Priest," was called the highest-paid lecturer in the world in 1937?" The source noted by the reference was published in 1937 and makes no specific claim about when, so I did not wish to be too specific. Acroterion (talk) 20:12, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
"At one time during the 1930s the highest paid..."? There's a fine line between being unspecific and between inflating the source. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 11:16, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
ALT2: ... that in 1937 The Literary Digest described Father Bernard R. Hubbard, "the Glacier Priest", as the highest-paid lecturer in the world?
That's more or less literally what's in the article and the source. Acroterion (talk) 19:15, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay, that's fine now. Thank you for your work on the article! MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 16:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)