Template:Did you know nominations/George Boris Townsend


 * 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) 23:18, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

George Boris Townsend

 * ... that English physicist and television technology developer George Boris Townsend (pictured) described color television as a "judicious combination of human imperfections and clever technical solutions"? source:Townsend quoted in
 * Comment: Article created by Kingston451 via AfC process on May 7, 2017; moved to mainspace by BusterD on December 29, 2017

Moved to mainspace by Kingston451 (talk). Nominated by BusterD (talk) at 19:19, 31 December 2017 (UTC).


 * For now, I just formatted the hook. May review, don't know yet, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:40, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Since the nominator has more than 5 DYKs, a QPQ is needed here. Yoninah (talk) 21:20, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Interesting bio, on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. - First job: we need more inline citations, recommended at least one per paragraph, best at its end. Second: his name should be repeated at the beginning of each section, instead of "he" or "his", - readers may jump from the TOC. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I found this at AfC awaiting review and liked it. Clearly I'm a bit out of practice but I'm glad to do a QPQ (thanks for the formatting help). I've requested sources about early life from the author twice but no response. It's entirely possible the editor had given up on awaiting review (and that editor has taken several whacks at this subject) and isn't following this discussion. I've performed a reasonable search and I'm not seeing anything that would support the early life section. I'm presuming the author has access to offline sourcing. I was hoping a copyvio search would get me close to some sources but the author has done a good job and I'm not seeing close paraphrasing. I'll perform the suggested style changes. With any luck I can cite something in that section. Appreciate the reviewing help. BusterD (talk) 17:37, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I asked the project how much good faith we have to offer for the early life. Please find sources for the later paras. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:59, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you and helper for referencing early life. Some more is needed later, Works, first para, for example. I am surprised about the lack of capitalisation in his first work. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:49, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I've passed the citation threshold now. A man from a pre-internet world, most refs will be found in books, IMHO. Will look for likely review template for my QPQ. BusterD (talk) 18:05, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Take your time ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:15, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * QPQ done at Bartell Group. Easy review of page from mature editor. BusterD (talk) 19:12, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I added the image, as requested on my talk (you could do it here as well). I also removed a comment from below the bottom line ;)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg offline sources accepted AGF, image licensed and a good illustration! - Thank you for all you did for this foundling! - The hook would work also without "once".
 * Final q: he seems to be known just as Boris, - better known even? Then the article should be moved, and George only be mentioned in the birth name. Better before DYK than in the middle of that day. IF you move, don't move this template. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:32, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Fixed. In references I'm seeing a spread of names. Usually Boris, but sometimes G.B., and occasionally George Boris.BusterD (talk) 20:40, 4 January 2018 (UTC)