Template:Did you know nominations/Missouri School for the Blind

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The result was: promoted by Lord Roem (talk) 15:31, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Missouri School for the Blind

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• ... that the Missouri School for the Blind was the first school in the United States to adopt the braille system?

• Reviewed: Bradbury Fields

Created/expanded by SteveStrummer (talk). Self nom at 00:11, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

• DYK review:
  1. Article is new (as of 12th), good length, well sources, appears to meet all content policies.
  2. Hook length good, catch is good, but I wonder if we can add the timeframe (1850s) to it easily - you have room in the 200 characters limit but the ways I think of adding it changes the intended meaning. Maybe ..that the Missouri School for blind adopted the braille system in the 1850s, the first school in the United States to do so? That feels like it loses the catch, so I don't know if there's a better way around that.
  3. QPQ met, no image suggests so ok there.
• Very nearly there, just would like to see if we can improve that hook. --MASEM (t) 17:46, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that in 1860 the Missouri School for the Blind became the first school in the United States to adopt the braille system? SteveStrummer (talk) 20:19, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

• Works quite well. Ready to go. --MASEM (t) 20:29, 14 February 2012 (UTC)