Template:Did you know nominations/This Dust Was Once the Man

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:40, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

This Dust Was Once the Man

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~~... that Walt Whitman's poem This Dust Was Once the Man is just four lines long?~~

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dilys Price

5x expanded by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:25, 14 October 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Have written a few five-line poems myself. Okay, they were limericks, but still... Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:05, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but I wonder how many readers know who Walt Whitman was or care about a 4-line poem. But if you were to mention Abraham Lincoln, it would have more hook interest IMO.
ALT1: ... that Walt Whitman's poem This Dust Was Once the Man, an elegy for President Abraham Lincoln, is just four lines long? Yoninah (talk) 18:05, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Yoninah: that’s much better for me- fwiw I think Whitman’s very well known, but the hook is objectively better with Lincoln in it. Thanks for coming up with this. Best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:43, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. We need a reviewer for ALT1. Pinging original reviewer Hawkeye7. Yoninah (talk) 19:44, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
I think Walt Whitman is well known; the reader should have encountered him in high school English. Sourced to fn 3. Struck the original hook to avoid confusion. Good to go with ALT1. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:18, 17 October 2020 (UTC)