Template:Did you know nominations/Bernard A. Maguire


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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:08, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Bernard A. Maguire

 * ... that Bernard A. Maguire was responsible for separating the preparatory division from the rest of Georgetown College? Source: The Bicentennial History of Georgetown University, pp. 158-159
 * ALT1: ... that Bernard A. Maguire separated what would become Georgetown Preparatory School from the rest of Georgetown University into different buildings?
 * ALT2: ... that Bernard A. Maguire suppressed a student rebellion during his presidency of Georgetown University? (Woodstock Letters p. 5)
 * ALT3: ... that Bernard A. Maguire suppressed an uprising at Georgetown University by dismissing 70 students?
 * Reviewed: Poplar Hill (Glen Cove, New York)

Created by Ergo Sum (talk). Self-nominated at 06:37, 2 December 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Can a new hook be proposed here? It doesn't seem very interesting, and it's also very vague (separating the preparatory division of what? The University?). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:03, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * That's the main thing he's known for as far as his presidency of Georgetown is concerned; it was a fairly significant decision. I've added a alternate hook, though, that might be catchier.  Ergo Sum  05:10, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately that's still not a very interesting hook fact. Separating divisions isn't exactly uncommon in the academic world. Something else here needs to be proposed. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:46, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I've added a second alternative; I find this one pretty interesting.  Ergo Sum  23:41, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Seems pretty negative, and/or rather bland. Do you have any other suggestions? ALT2 could be a start but more needs to be said, in this case. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:40, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I've added another alternative. It's more detailed and is certainly interesting in my book. Not sure what else is left in the article to offer if this doesn't work.  Ergo Sum  00:56, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Reading the article again, perhaps another option here could be returning to the separation of buildings, albeit while adding the context (apparently he did it because of his belief that one was doing "corrupting influences" on the other?) Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:28, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Requesting a new review. I appreciate your review, but all of the DYK criteria have been satisfied except the one subjective one. Providing 4 possible hooks is more than reasonable and I think a new editor should weigh in.  Ergo Sum  03:29, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svgALT3 is good to go. No other issues. AGF with some inaccessible sources. Vincent LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 10:25, 23 December 2018 (UTC)