Talk:James W. Nance

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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 Yoninah (talk) 19:17, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

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Nance flying a Douglas A-3 Skywarrior in 1956

• ... that James W. Nance tested the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior aboard USS Forrestal (pictured), which he later commanded? Source: Capt. James W Nance of Monroe, N. C., has taken command of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal ... Capt. Nance performed the initial carrier-suitability test flying of the A3 Skywarrior which was made aboard the Forrestal...
  • ALT1:... that James W. Nance, later Deputy National Security Advisor, played in a school band with Skipper Bowles and Jesse Helms? Source: "Gone is the cornet player Skipper Bowles, a former gubernatorial candidate and the father of former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles. And last week, the clarinet player, retired Rear Adm. James "Bud" Nance, passed away. Which left Helms, the tuba player, fielding condolence calls from the likes of President Clinton and Gov. Jim Hunt."
  • ALT2:... that James W. Nance, an aide to Jesse Helms, called a pay increase in 1995 "living high off the hog"? Source: "Under this scheme, $4.53 a week wouldn't do it. Mr. Nance had to make the minimum wage $4.25 per hour, or $170 per week. This, Mr. Nance noted, was a 38-fold pay hike, about as good as it gets for anybody but a lottery winner or an NBA free agent. Mr. Nance said he was "living high off the hog.""

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Briallen_Hopper
• Comment: Pity this might not post before November 29...

Created by Javert2113 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:52, 26 November 2020 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough (over 6,400 characters). No policy issues. The last sentence needs a citation. The both facts of the hook (A-3 test pilot on Forrestal) and {later command of Forrestal) are both in the same ref, although the article uses a different ref for the command part which is fine. I think ALT0 is much better that ALT1 or ALT2 so I haven't reviewed them. QPQ done.

Need to cite the one sentence "The Jesse Helms Center holds an annual lecture in his honor." or remove it. Then this will be good to go. MB 16:33, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

@MB: Appreciate it. Removed that last sentence (I'll add it back in later if I can find a source). — Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 17:37, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

with ALT0 MB 17:50, 27 November 2020 (UTC)