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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 Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 22:09, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Indian Model O

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Illustration of an Indian Model O motorcycle from the April 1917 issue of Popular Mechanics

Created by SamBlob (talk). Self nominated at 15:22, 12 May 2013 (UTC).

  • New article moved from mainspace a couple days ago, 2315 chars
  • QPQ done
  • Images are PD
  • Hook is sufficiently brief, and verified
  • Article is cited inline
  • Sources look sufficiently reliable. The book seems a little light on the scholarship end, but it isn't an essential source for too much of the article.
  • Sources verify my spotchecks of the article, and duplication detector found no significant copying or paraphrase
Issues/Suggestions
  • For the hook, it might make it more interesting to give Indian's reason, making Harley-Davidson's decision look foolish
ALT1 = "... that in 1917, the year Indian discontinued its Model O flat-twin motorcycle (pictured) because of poor sales, Harley-Davidson introduced a flat-twin motorcycle?" What is your opinion of this hook?
Chris857 (talk) 00:24, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Looks good to me; I have no objection to it. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 01:59, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
This nomination is good to go.Chris857 (talk) 23:51, 15 May 2013 (UTC)