Template:Did you know nominations/Edwin S. Votey
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The result was: promoted by Maile66 (talk) 00:24, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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Edwin S. Votey, Farrand & Votey Organ Company, William R. Farrand
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Votey + 1st player piano
- ... that Edwin S. Votey (pictured pointing), while president of the Farrand & Votey Organ Company with William R. Farrand as partner, invented the practical player piano that played music automatically? Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 - Kane, Joseph Nathan (1997)(pg 26). Famous First Facts "The first pneumatic piano player that was practical was the Pianola, invented in 1896 by Edwin S. Votey"
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
5x expanded by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 13:33, 20 January 2020 (UTC).
Hi Doug Coldwell, I'll look to review these over the course of this evening:
Edwin S. Votey: article more than 5x expanded from 20 January; article is well written and of good length; article is cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't notice any overly close paraphrasing from the sources - Dumelow (talk) 19:26, 23 January 2020 (UTC)- Farrand & Votey Organ Company: article created 20 January; article is long enough and within policy; article is cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I can't access many of the sources but I didn't notice any overly close paraphrasing from those I could see - Dumelow (talk) 20:33, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
- William R. Farrand: article created 20 January; article exceeds minimum length; article is within policy and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; no overly close paraphrasing noticed from the sources I checked - Dumelow (talk) 07:41, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
- General: image is appropriately and freely licensed; hook is interesting and mentioned in the article; hook is backed up by the sources cited (it seems there were earlier self-playing pianos but they weren't practical - they broke down too often etc.); hook is a bit awkwardly worded but I can't think of any improvements that preserve the meaning; three QPQs have been carried out - Dumelow (talk) 09:18, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
